Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-03-26
Buyer: Arbeids- og Velferdsetaten (NAV)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72267100: Maintenance of information technology software | 72300000 | 72500000
Submission deadline: 2021-04-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet (NAV) (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)) will implement procurements within:
Services and development areas will be outsourced that are currently regulated by contract within application development. The contest will be implemented as a tender procedure with negotiations. The contract was expected to be signed approx. 25 June 2021
NAV plans to a contest with negotiations for the service area given in the table below. It is now necessary to hold competitive tendering for this service area as the contract will soon expire.
The software service is central to NAV's mainframe environment. A service contract will be established for ‘Underkategori (Avtaleområde)’ (Sub-category (Contract area)) Development and Analysis Tool.
(Development tools for troubleshooting batch and on-line programs as well as analysis tools that reveal the use of resources in programs)
2) Services connected to the implementation and maintenance of the software in the contracting authority´s premises, including any migration from the existing to the new software. Tenderers must be able to implement, integrate, maintain and further develop the offered systems.
It is important for NAV to arrive at a flexible solution that serves NAV's mainframe environment in an optimal way. It is also important for NAV to secure flexibility in the costs in related to the client's expectations for reduced use and establish contracts that are in accordance with relevant regulations that apply to NAV.
The scope of the contract is in accordance with machine capacity. The applicable machine capacity is 491 MSU. For a more detailed description of scope refer to the tender documentation Part III Annex 3 Client's technical platform.
The contract duration will be from signing and up until 31 December 2023 with the possibility to extend for 1 year + 1 year + 1 year.
Annex 8 Combined price and price provisions including the spreadsheet ‘Avtale om kjøp av programvare Bilag 8’ (Contract for purchase of software Annex 8)
The selection of tenderers will be based on the degree of fulfilment of the following qualification requirements stated in point 2.4 of the qualification documentation: Implementation ability, weighted 40 %, experience from similar deliveries, weighted 60 %.
— The contract duration will be from signing and until 31 December 2023. The contracting authority has an option to extend the contracts for 1 + 1 + 1 year.
Requirement: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities, not older than 6 months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest. Requirement: the tenderer is required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers — Company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: Certificate of registration in a company register as prescribed in the legislation of the state where the tenderer is established.
Requirement: tenderers are required to have the financial ability to fulfil the contract. Documentation: the contracting authority will obtain a credit rating carried out by Experian, see www.experian.no If a tenderer believes that the credit rating will not provide an accurate picture, supplementary information is to be attached to the request for qualification.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities, not older than 6 months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest. Requirement: the tenderer is required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers — Company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: Certificate of registration in a company register as prescribed in the legislation of the state where the tenderer is established.