Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-06-13
Buyer: Bergen kommune - Innkjøp konsern
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72224200: Systems quality assurance planning services | 72225000: Systems quality assurance services | 72266000: Software consultancy services
Estimated value: 25000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-08-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Bergen Municipality would like to enter into framework agreement for consultancy services for Bergen Municipality within personal protection and information security.
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 procurement concerns a framework agreement for the provisions of consultancy services to Bergen Municipality in the service area personal protection and information security.
The contract applies to all of Bergen Municipality. Each individual call-off will have a description of whether the assignment requires presence at the contracting authority's location.
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 the tenderer is not registered in Creditsafe, they submit the company's two most recent auditor-approved annual accounts 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 and good ability to implement 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.
The attached form Qualification Requirements Technical and Professional Qualifications states the minimum requirement (qualification requirement) for the number of employees for the service 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 total capacity for the total minimum requirements, sub-suppliers can be used for qualification, as long as the tenderer fulfils its share of the minimum requirement.
The total competence profile for the service area personal protection and information security must show a majority (minimum 50%) of consultants at the competence level senior consultant/advisor or higher. A consultant can only be at one competence level. The competence levels requirement is detailed in annex 1, point 2.2 Competence Level.
The qualification form must be seen in connection with the minimum requirements in annex 1, chapter 4.2 Requirements for the Consultants' Competence. ALL the names given in the minimum requirements (under Requirements in Mercell) MUST also be in table 1 in the attached form Qualification Requirements Technical and Professional Qualifications.

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: 25000000