Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-09
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48300000 | 48500000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72300000
Submission deadline: 2020-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The department Oppvekst Barnehage has in 2020 established a new digital strategy and action plan for the municipal nurseries in Bærum. The action plan has also been facilitated for a digital communication system adapted to nurseries, where the objective is simplifying and increase the efficiency of communication and interaction between home and nursery.
Bærum municipality wants to purchase a standard cloud service for digital communication and interaction between the municipal nurseries and parents/guardians. There are 34 municipal nurseries divided in a total of 44 physical locations. The number of children as of March 2020 is 3 280 and the total number of full-time equivalents is 850 employees.
The contract is based on the Norwegian Government's Standard Terms and Conditions for IT Procurement (Norwegian: SSA-L). The total contract period is 6 years (2 years + options).
Tenderers are required to be economically and financially solvent, which gives the contracting authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the entire contract period.
Expanded credit rating/report, not older than 3 months, from a publicly certified credit rating company with character A (credit worth) or equivalent or better rating. 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 a 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 concept of a quality management system is that i.a., the tenderer is aware of quality objectives, planning, security, handling of deviations, quality improvement and data security.
Statement of the tenderer's quality assurance system and/or copy of certificate for the quality control system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent certificate.
Systems and procedures are required that ensure low environmental impact when performing the delivery.
A description of the tenderer's environmental management system and/or copy of certificates for the environmental management system in accordance with ISO ISO 14001:2015, Miljøfyrtårn (Eco-lighthouse), EMAS or equivalent.
The contracting authority will accept other documentation of equivalent environmental management measures if the tenderer does not have the possibility to obtain such certificates by the deadline and this is not the tenderer’s fault. This requires that the tenderer documents that these measures are equivalent to the requested quality assurance standards or environmental management systems or standards.

Eligibility requirements: See the tender documentation.