Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-06-30
Buyer: Bergen kommune - Innkjøp konsern
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72500000 | 72600000
Estimated value: 35000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-09-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The procurement concerns a framework agreement for the provision of consultancy services for Bergen Municipality for operational and management services within ICT and digitalisation.
The aim of the procurement is to put contracts in place that ensure capacity and the necessary additional competences for this work in Bergen Municipality.
Bergen Municipality will enter into a framework agreement with 3–5 tenderers. Mini competitions will be carried out between these tenderers for each individual call-off.
The framework agreement is for assistance with different consultancy services within operational and management services. These services are divided into the following fields:
The contract applies to all of Bergen Municipality. The individual call-off will have a description of whether the assignment requires presence at the contracting authority's/project location(s).
Due to staff holidays, submitted questions will not be answered in the period from 17 July to 14 August 2023.
The contracting authority has an option to extend the agreement for one year at a time, up to 2 years.
Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will control the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.
The required financial capacity will be assessed in relation to the contract's value, services, risk and length. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled. Documentation for Norwegian tenderers: The contracting authority will check tenderers' financial situation from DIFI's eBevis, Proff Forvalt (https://forvalt.no/) and/or via information given by Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com), and can obtain further information from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: The contracting authority will check the tenderers' financial situation from Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com). If a tenderer is not registered in Creditsafe, the company's two most recent auditor-approved annual accounts upon request are to be submitted upon request. If the information from the sources is not correct, or if supplementary information is required to highlight the company´s economic and financial situation, this can be submitted.
Tenderers are required to have a high standard of professional competence to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the contracting authority. Tenderers must have sufficient capacity to carry out the assignment. The qualification requirements must be fulfilled during the contract period, cf. Framework Agreement, Annex 4 Administrative Provisions, point 6.7.
Tenderers must provide the number and names of employees that will be available for Bergen Municipality from the start-up of the contract. Employees are to be grouped by competence level and competence areas. Tenderers must offer capacity in all fields.
The attached form Qualification Requirements Technical and Professional Qualifications states the minimum requirements (qualification requirements) for the number of employees for the relevant competence area, as well as the requirements for the share of minimum requirements for the tenderer's own competence. If a tenderer does not have sufficient capacity or competence of its own in relation to the minimum requirements, the tenderer can be qualified through the use of a sub-supplier(s).
A consultant can only be in one competence category (e.g. technical consultant/technical consultant II) within each competence area, but can be registered for several fields (and possibly with different competence levels based on the actual competence profile). Requirements for the competence levels are described in detail in Annex 1, Table A Description of competence levels and competence requirements.
Completed form Qualification Requirements Technical and Professional Qualifications. Tenderers must fill in the tables for each field and state the number and names of available employees divided into competence areas and competence levels from the start-up of the contract.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will control the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.

Award value: 35000000