Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-05-25
Buyer: NTNU
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72413000: Website design services | 79340000 | 79341000 | 79341100
Estimated value: 45000000 NOK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of the procurement is to establish framework agreements with several tenderers to cover NTNU's general need for communication services and the provision of services for all campuses, Trondheim, Gjøvik, and Ålesund, and levels and units in the organisation. Framework agreements will be signed for eight (8) sub-contracts with several tenderers for a total of 6 service categories of communication services, as described in the contracting authority's specification.
The need for strategic communication consultancy and advisory services involves, amongst other things, insight and analysis work for the development of communication strategies and different plans (e.g., campaign and measure plans for reputation, PR, internal communication, external communication, market, etc.).
The framework agreement will be valid from the date the parties electronically sign the contract and for two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the framework agreement for a further one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum length of the framework agreement is four (4) years.
NOTE! The total value of the procurement and framework agreement including all sub-contracts; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-1 (6), 6-2 (7) and 6-3 (8), is estimated to a total value between 35,000,000.00 - 45,000,000.00 NOK excluding VAT for the entire contract period of four (4) years.
In this service category tenderers will develop and produce small and large campaigns with the goal of making NTNU visible to different target groups in different channels and with different messages.
The framework agreement will be valid from the date the parties electronically sign the contract and for two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the framework agreement for a further one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum length of the framework agreement is four (4) years.
NOTE! The total value of the procurement and framework agreement including all sub-contracts; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-1 (6), 6-2 (7) and 6-3 (8), is estimated to a total value between 35,000,000.00 - 45,000,000.00 NOK excluding VAT for the entire contract period of four (4) years.
Service category 3 mainly includes an advertisement plan/communication plan, and media procurements, as well as the follow-up and optimisation of advertisements throughout the campaign period. The different units will have a varying need for media procurements.
The framework agreement will be valid from the date the parties electronically sign the contract and for two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the framework agreement for a further one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum length of the framework agreement is four (4) years.
NOTE! The total value of the procurement and framework agreement including all sub-contracts; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-1 (6), 6-2 (7) and 6-3 (8), is estimated to a total value between 35,000,000.00 - 45,000,000.00 NOK excluding VAT for the entire contract period of four (4) years.
Service category 4, production of visual design for analogue and digital platforms includes, amongst other things, graphical design and design services within visual communication.
The framework agreement will be valid from the date the parties electronically sign the contract and for two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the framework agreement for a further one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum length of the framework agreement is four (4) years.
NOTE! The total value of the procurement and framework agreement including all sub-contracts; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-1 (6), 6-2 (7) and 6-3 (8), is estimated to a total value between 35,000,000.00 - 45,000,000.00 NOK excluding VAT for the entire contract period of four (4) years.
The framework agreement will be valid from the date the parties electronically sign the contract and for two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the framework agreement for a further one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum length of the framework agreement is four (4) years.
See point II.2.2) Supplementary CPV Code(s), Supplementary Object "72220000-3, Systems and technical consultancy services" in the notice for Sub-Contract no. 5. It is not possible to remove, after the quality assurance, the entry of this supplementary CPV Code in the notice, and it is stated here that "72220000-3, Systems and technical consultancy services" is not correctly added to the notice.


Winner: Tank Design AS
Award value: 45000000
Number of bids: 16