Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-07-11
Buyer: The Norwegian Armed Forces c/o the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32570000 | 32571000 | 51000000 | 51300000
Estimated value: 84000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-08-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for the purchase of goods, services and maintenance for radio line equipment and the Armed Forces' communications infrastructure
The objective of the procurement is to enter into framework agreements to cover the Norwegian Armed Forces' needs for:
• Delivery of radio line materiel, antenna materiel, and passive reflector materiel, antenna masts, foundations for antenna masts (with strength calculations) and accompanying materiel (rectifiers, patch panels, guide dryers, 48V DC distributors, etc.), as well as necessary installation materiel.
• Maintenance of the materiel procured via this agreement. Service and maintenance of existing materiel is covered by an already entered service and maintenance agreement.
The objective of the procurement is to ensure that the need for necessary nationwide infrastructure in FKI is met, so that other ICT services (telephony, data communication, sensor data, etc.) are safeguarded of in an appropriate manner.
The framework agreement is a non-exclusive agreement and does not entail any financial obligations for the contracting authority. Financial obligation occurs only when entering into a call-off against the framework agreement. See Part II (Contract provisions), Appendix 1.2 (Requirements specification) for further information on the scope of the agreement.
The estimated the total contract value for the entire contract period for the purchase of equipment, installation, operation, and maintenance is NOK 84 000 000 (eighty-four million Norwegian kroner).
The estimate is based on previous figures and anticipated future use according to the contracting authority's best judgement.
The estimate is not binding for any call-offs or procurements under the framework agreement. The concrete call-offs are dependent on the users changing need during the framework agreement period. These may vary in particular depending on completed exercises, placements etc. in the contract period.
It may be possible for the contracting authority to make call-offs with the purpose of securing infrastructure to allied forces who participate in exercises or for other reasons are deployed on Norwegian territory or territorial waters. The scope of this need will vary depending on exercises etc. carried out during the contract period, as well as the specific need in the individual circumstances.
The contracting authority has the right to extend the framework agreement three (3) times for one (1) year at a time, to a total of three (3) years.
1) The tenderer must process classified information and the tenderer's relevant personnel must be subject to security clearance. A security agreement must also be entered into with the tenderer. A security agreement must be entered into between the Contracting Authority and the tenderer before the tenderer is given access to the shielding value of information, equipment, materiel or can manufacture it himself. A security agreement is entered into with all suppliers, including sub-suppliers, when they participate in the graded part of a safety-graded procurement. The tenderer is obliged to cover the costs this generates.
2) To ensure operational capability in a crisis or war situations, 80% of the supplier's personnel must be Norwegian citizens. These can be registered as conscripts if needed.
If there are too many qualified tenderers, selection will be based on the Contracting Authority´s assessment of which tenderers are best qualified based on the received documentation related to the selection criteria stated below. The following criteria will be the basis for the selection:

Eligibility requirements: See the description of documentation requirements under the individual qualification requirements.

Award value: 84000000