Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-11-22
Buyer: Mattilsynet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72212218 | 72260000: Software-related services | 72266000: Software consultancy services
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Mattilsynet [the Norwegian Food Safety Authority] shall enter into a framework agreement with a dedicated tenderer that must cover Mattilsynet's need for software licences for operation, development  and end-users in the coming years. The agreement does not apply to Microsoft licences but is intended to cover software from rights holders other than Microsoft. Purchase/hire of platform services in a cloud will not be included. However, the agreement may include SAAS services / software offered to end users.
The framework agreement will also contribute to ensuring that the department is correctly and optimally licensed, as well as ensuring consultancy services if required within reviews of and negotiations for software. The agreement shall therefore ensure that Mattilsynet [the Norwegian Food Safety Authority] always has access to the necessary software licences and accompanying services to meet current and future needs at competitive prices.
The main objective of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement with a dedicated tenderer that will cover Mattilsynet's need for software licences for operation, development and end-users in the coming years. The agreement does not apply to Microsoft licences but is intended to cover software from rights holders other than Microsoft. Purchase/hire of platform services in a cloud will not be included. However, the agreement may include SAAS services / software offered to end users.
The framework agreement will also contribute to ensuring that the department is correctly and optimally licensed, as well as ensuring consultancy services if required within reviews of and negotiations for software. The agreement shall therefore ensure that Mattilsynet [the Norwegian Food Safety Authority] always has access to the necessary software licences and accompanying services to meet current and future needs at competitive prices.
The agreement period is 2 years, with an option for 2 years extension, one year at a time. The estimated total value of the 4-year agreement is approx: NOK 32 million, excluding VAT, including options
The tenderer is given the opportunity to add any additional services, which can be included as an option to the agreement.
A number of questions have been received in the contest for a 'framework agreement for the procurement and administration of licences'. This has made the Norwegian Food Safety Authority aware of uncertainties in the tender documentation. The uncertainties in the tender documentation are of such a nature that the requirement for predictability is not fulfilled. It is not possible to correct this without
It is not possible to make significant changes to the tender documentation, cf. the public procurement regulations § 14-2 (1). The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has therefore chosen to cancel the contest, cf. the public procurement regulations, 25-4 (1).