Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-18
Buyer: Kommunal- og moderingseringsdepartementet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30211300 | 48000000 | 50324100 | 72000000 | 72260000: Software-related services
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-02-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Regionalforvaltning.no is a professional system which is particularly facilitated for subsidy administration. The system is used by all Norwegian counties and more than 275 Norwegian municipalities and regional councils.
Regionalforvaltning.no can be used by public participants for subsidy administration, and is particularly facilitated for tasks and case considerations for regional development. The professional system contains functions for publishing schemes, receive and consider applications, register payments and process reports. The system also contain functions for reports from each county to the ministry.
(main) supplier. The contracts also include options for further development with the accompanying operation and maintenance costs. The Operational Contract (Government Standard Terms and Conditions SSA-D) only regulates basic platform operations, whilst the Maintenance Contract (Government Standard Terms and Conditions SSA-V) regulates application operations, maintenance and further development.
For a further description of the assignment, see Annex 1 of both contracts (the Contracting Authority's description of the assignment).
The first 3 years of the operation and maintenance contract are fixed, thereafter the contracts are automatically renewed for 1 year at a time. (The evaluated contract length is 6.5 years.) The planned date for the start-up of the contracts is 1.6.2018.
An option shall be offered for further development of the functionality described in Annex 1 of the maintenance contract.
Furthermore, the Contracting Authority, all municipalities and counties or entities on behalf of them, shall be able to make call-offs for services in accordance with the SSA-V Point 2.2.8 (further development), or order additional services in accordance with SSA-D and SSA-V. The extent of these call-offs and orders is uncertain. The Contracting Authority estimates that the number of hours will not exceed 600 per annum, but there is no guarantee for any specific volume and there may not be any orders at all for such services in the contract period. See the tender documentation for more detailed information.
Certificate, not older than 6 months, confirming that the tenderer has fulfilled his tax, social security and VAT obligations. The certificate can be ordered and obtained from Altinn from the separate link on skatteetaten.no
If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. The certificate is electronically certified and is therefore not signed. For further information, see skatteetaten.no
The certificate shall be enclosed with the tender in accordance with the outline given in the tender documents:
— foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
— foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the service provider is established.
The tenderer must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the delivery, in which, amongst other things, being creditworthy without any requirement for collateral will be adequate.
A credit rating with key figures from a recognised credit assessment company, or other form of documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met.

Eligibility requirements: Mandatory qualification requirements: Qualification requirements Paid taxes and duties Documentation requirement: Certificate, not older than 6 months, confirming that the tenderer has fulfilled his tax, social security and VAT obligations. The certificate can be ordered and obtained from Altinn from the separate link on skatteetaten.no If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. The certificate is electronically certified and is therefore not signed. For further information, see skatteetaten.no The certificate shall be enclosed with the tender in accordance with the outline given in the tender documents: — foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. Legal position: Qualification requirements Legally established company Documentation requirement: — norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate, — foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the service provider is established.

Award value: 8000000