Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-07-19
Buyer: Statens vegvesen [The Norwegian Public Roads Administration]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72319000: Data supply services | 72322000 | 72514000: Computer facilities management services
Estimated value: 5416000 NOK
Award criteria: Price, Expertise and experience

Technical requirements: Price
Expertise and experience
Framework agreement for the purchase of maintenance and consulting services for safeguarding the TTP role in AutoPASS.
The contracting authority wants tender offers on the delivery of maintenance and consulting services related to ICT safety for handling of cryptographic keys (chip keys) in the management of electronic toll payment in Norway (AutoPASS).
The role as manager of cryptographic keys in AutoPASS is called the TTP role (The Role of the Trusted Third Party) as the name implies, this is an independent role that safeguards confidence that the cryptographic keys are managed in an appropriate manner.
Procure a tenderer who can ensure the safeguarding of the TTP role hereafter. The procurement is divided into 2 parts/work areas. Both of the parts are obligatory when submitting a tender offer. Work area A is for system management and operation and work area B is for professional assistance on safety in the execution of the TTP role.
For work area A, The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will make available an ICT system for key handling (called KMS). The tenderer will be trained in the system and work processes connected to the system, in order to execute the job of managing the system.
Brief information about the system: KMS is written in Java and is an off-line system that only exchanges information with the help of manual processes and USB storage units. KMS shall only be used for fixed work processes approximately 1 time per month. When not in use, the KMS machine will be turned off and securely locked in a safe.
The tenderer will also be responsible for further development of the software for KMS according to the existing technology. The tenderer will have access to source code and documentation ‘as is’ for the existing KMS. The tenderer must use this as a basis for maintenance and further development.
Work area B is on professional assistance on safety/audit. Primarily in relation to following up equipment suppliers to AutoPASS. It is expected that equipment suppliers to AutoPASS use their own technical system for key handling. The professional assistance should give the contracting authority confidence that the equipment suppliers handle cryptographic keys in a sufficiently secure manner.
1) the agreement period is 2 years from signing of the contract, with the possibility to extend the framework agreement with 1 year + 1 year, so that the total possible agreement period is 4 years. During the agreement period, call-offs can be draw on agreements, these agreements follow the Government's standard agreements, SSA-B and SSA-V.
Releasing of options on work areas must be done within the first month after signing of the contract, after that time, the respective work areas will either be part of the framework contract or fall outside of the framework contract.
A more detailed description of the procurement is in the tender documentation annex V and B ‘Description/Requirement specification’.


Winner: Teleplan Consulting AS
Number of bids: 5