Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-06-06
Buyer: Utlendingsdirektoratet — UDI
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72514000: Computer facilities management services
Estimated value: 24000000 NOK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: UDI currently has an operational contract with Sopra Steria AS, which was established in November 2009. The contract expires on 31.1.2019. UDI is now working on the basis for a competition for a new operational contract.
UDI established its own programme, the Modernisation Programme, in 2017, for the renewal and improvement of UDI's system portfolio in accordance with UDI's entity and IT strategy. The modernisation programme has had continual deliveries in 2018, but in the first half year of 2019 major projects will go into production on a large scale.
UDI entered into a new Framework Agreement for development and maintenance with 4 suppliers in January 2018. There is reason here to focus on the fact that UDI is entering into a new hybrid sourcing model where a traditional ICT and computer centre shall interact with UDI's systems in a cloud.
In spring 2019, 2 important systems, which are being developed, will be put into production in a hybrid system. UDI believes that a change of operational supplier in this period will involve a large risk for progress and thereby the financial aspect in the projects.
The abovementioned factors are importance for operations and operational stability. A new operational contract will involve a major change and it would be a large project in itself. It is costly and resource consuming to establish a new operations provider / new operational concept. UDI's assessment is that there is an even larger risk and probable increased costs if there are major production implementations and a migration to a new operations supplier at the same time. UDI believes, therefore, in this situation that outsourcing the current operational portfolio is risky, costly and will not give social benefits if the competition is announced in the 3rd quarter of 2018 with migration to a new operations supplier in spring 2019.
UDI intends, therefore, to extend the current operational contract with Sopra Steria AS to a new expiry date of 30.9.2019.
UDI currently has an operational contract with Sopra Steria AS, which was established in November 2009. The contract was approved on 31.1.2011 and it expires on 31.1.2019. UDI is now working on the basis for a competition for a new operational contract. A market survey was carried out in spring 2018 and the plan is to procure a new operational contract in autumn 2018.
UDI established its own programme, the Modernisation Programme, in 2017, for the renewal and improvement of UDI's system portfolio in accordance with UDI's entity and IT strategy. The modernisation programme has had continual deliveries in 2018, but in the first half year of 2019 major projects will go into production on a large scale.
Furthermore, UDI entered into a new Framework Agreement for development and maintenance with 4 suppliers in January 2018. It is these suppliers who shall develop and take over the maintenance of UDI's system portfolio. The operationalising of these contracts will be in 2018, where an increased degree of Dev.Ops will also be secured as a work form as well as a strong focus on standardisation and automation. There is reason here to focus on the fact that UDI is entering into a new hybrid sourcing model where a traditional ICT and computer centre shall interact with UDI´s systems in a cloud.
The implementation of these operational adaptations is demanding as it is a model composed of many actors. This also involves a certain risk and thereby demands a lot of focus from the parties in order to ensure both goal achievement and the necessity of having stable operations on the existing platform. UDI believes that 2018 will go to getting these processes in place with our development suppliers.
In spring 2019, 2 important systems, which are being developed, will be put into production in a hybrid system. UDI believes that a change of operational supplier in this period will involve a large risk for progress and thereby the financial aspect in the projects.
The abovementioned factors are importance for operations and operational stability. A new operational contract will involve a major change and it would be a large project in itself. It is costly and resource consuming to establish a new operations provider / new operational concept. UDI's assessment is that there is an even larger risk and probable increased costs if there are major production implementations and a migration to a new operations supplier at the same time. UDI believes, therefore, in this situation that outsourcing the current operational portfolio is risky, costly and will not give social benefits if the competition is announced in the 3


Winner: Sopra Steria AS
Award value: 24000000