Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-03
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48600000 | 48700000 | 72600000
Estimated value: 250000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-03-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: A framework agreement for the procurement and maintenance of licences, licence administration and consultancy services for Bærum municipality.
Bærum municipality, hereafter called the contracting authority, invites tenderers to an open tender contest for a framework agreement for the procurement and maintenance of licences and consultancy services for Bærum municipality. The framework agreement shall include supplementing, maintenance and consultancy services for the entire licence portfolio for Bærum municipality's IT department (Norwegian abbreviation: DigIT), as well as for the services DigIT provides to the sectors.
The contracting authority intends to enter into a framework agreement with one provider for ensuring a joint and efficient management of the licence portfolio.
The provider must have a status as Licensing Solution Partner (LSP) at Microsoft. And, Licensing Solution Provider at VMware.
A credit rating of the tenderer — typically given with an alphabetic character or a brief text, as well as an explanation of thereof. The report must be based on the last known fiscal figures. The date must be clear.
Companies without adequate credit rating, newly started companies with a credit score of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the contracting authority deems suitable.
The tenderer is required to be financially solvent, which gives the contracting authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the period of the agreement.
Foreign companies: verification that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
A statement of the tenderer's average workforce and the number of employees in the administrative management during the last 3 years.

Eligibility requirements: The provider must have a status as Licensing Solution Partner (LSP) at Microsoft. And, Licensing Solution Provider at VMware. A credit rating of the tenderer — typically given with an alphabetic character or a brief text, as well as an explanation of thereof. The report must be based on the last known fiscal figures. The date must be clear. Companies without adequate credit rating, newly started companies with a credit score of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender. If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the contracting authority deems suitable.

Award value: 250000000