Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-19
Buyer: Tolletaten
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48200000 | 48210000 | 48600000 | 48700000
Estimated value: 720000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-09-01

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers shall have relevant experience from similar deliveries. 
During the last three years the tenderer must have delivered similar deliveries to three other 
customers in the EU/EEA. At least one of the customers shall be a customer in the Norwegian public sector.
The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to carry out 
Contract.
1. Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order.
2. The tenderer must be a legally established company.
The waiting period expires 10 days after notification of award of contract
The objective of the framework agreement is to give the Customer access to public cloud services in the form of PaaS and IaaS (Standardised cloud services) from one Cloud platform with support. The contracting authority shall also have access to consultancy services, consultancy services and other value-added services from the tenderer.  
The tenderer shall be the Customer's competence partner within the extent of the Framework agreement and shall have sufficient experience, competence and delivery ability in the contract period to assist the Customer in using and utilising the Standardised cloud services in The Cloud Platform.

The contracting authority ́s strategic modernisation project "Future Customs Management" plans to start development on the new Sky platform in 2026. By utilising Public Cloud PaaS services, the project can benefit from a modern and scaleable platform that supports rapid development and implementation of innovative systems. This will be decisive for ensuring the project's success and contributing to the Contracting Authority ́s long-term goal. 

The framework agreement shall also give the Customer access to the tenderer ́s competence within 
cloud services, cloud platforms, the offered Cloud Platform and the Contracting Authority's Infrastructure Services. 
The competence can be provided in the form of planned and non planned hourly consultancy services or assignments at the agreed price with result responsibility.

The framework agreement also includes value-added services from the tenderer. This can be 
free-standing services or consultancy services, related to the Cloud Platform or the Contracting Authority's 
Infrastructure services.
Furthermore, the Contracting Authority has the option to extend the Framework Agreement for five (1+1+1+1+1)years, as follows. 
that the total possible contract length is seven (7) years.