Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-06-18
Buyer: Statens Kartverk
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32420000 | 32422000 | 32424000 | 48200000 | 48600000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like to enter into a framework agreement for a data centre and related products.
The contract will cover the product area described in Annex 3 the contracting authority's technical platform. It therefore covers hardware, software and related products that support the data centre infrastructure, unless the software is covered by other (framework) agreements.
Data centre infrastructure also includes cloud systems that complement or extend functions in the data centres.
The framework agreement does not cover technical building systems, including electricity, cooling, fireproofing etc.
The contracting authority would like to enter into a framework agreement with a dealer and competence partner that can be a total supplier, as well as assist with consultancy services on the product spectrum in the framework agreement if required. Out of consideration to, amongst other things, predictability, stability and simple operation, the equipment portfolio must be as homogeneous as possible.
The contracting authority always aims to have a limited set of products within the same functional area and that the technology is used in a standardised way. The focus is, therefore, on building a uniform and standardised infrastructure. At the same time, the goal is to use new functionality that is cost efficient and labour saving in operation, as well as the infrastructure having good performance, scalability, and degree of use.
The contracting authority has good competence in product areas that are included in the enquiry, but is, however, dependent on a supplier who has weight with manufacturers and/or sub-suppliers. Tenderers must have adequate breadth in their product portfolio and products from different manufacturers. It is also important that the tenderer has both sufficient breadth and expertise in the different products and product areas that are relevant for the enquiry. It is important that the new infrastructure supports the existing competence at the contracting authority.
See the requirements specification under the tab 'Requirements' in the Mercell portal and annex 1 of the Procurement Contract for further details on the procurement.
The contracting authority has the option to prolong the contract on the same terms for 1(one) + 1(one) years so that the total possible contract length is 4 (four) years.
Notification of an extension shall be given in writing at the latest 3 (three) months before the framework agreement expires.
The contracting authority sees that the award criteria Price in this competition can give an incorrect evaluation in relation to identifying the economically most advantageous offer. This error cannot be corrected without cancelling the competition. In order to safeguard the procurement act requirement for competition and equal treatment we are cancelling the competition in accordance with PPR § 25-4 (1). The contracting authority aims to announce the competition again soon.