Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-06-30
Buyer: AtB AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72200000 | 72212000: Platform-specific software programming services | 72212100: Industry specific software programming services | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72230000: Custom software development services
Estimated value: 115000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-08-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Consultancy services for digital service development (Norwegian: DTU) Framework agreement - Qualification
The procurement concerns entry into a framework agreement for consultancy services for the digital service development section.
The contract applies from and including contract commencement and has a duration of 2 years, calculated from the start-up date of 01.01.2024.
There may occasionally be a need for assistance in related areas other than those listed above. In such cases, AtB will be able to utilise the framework agreement, but is not obligated to do so.
The procurement concerns entry into a framework agreement for consultancy services for the digital service development section.
The contract applies from and including contract commencement and has a duration of 2 years, calculated from the start-up date of 01.01.2024.
There may occasionally be a need for assistance in related areas other than those listed above. In such cases, AtB will be able to utilise the framework agreement, but is not obligated to do so.
AtB is part of a public-public collaboration with other mobility companies, county authorities and Entur. The collaboration is called the Public Mobility Collaboration [Offentlig Mobilitetssamarbeid (OMS)]. Therefore, the following contracting authorities from the OMS collaboration will have the right, but not the obligation, to make call offs on the framework agreement:
- Kolumbus AS The framework agreement has an estimated value of NOK 55 million and a maximum value of NOK 115 million.
The estimated value is based on an estimate of AtB's needs, while the maximum value is based on a possible greater need at AtB, as well as any call-offs made by the other contracting authorities from the OMS collaboration. All call-offs must be made through AtB AS as the manager of the agreement.
The contracting authority will choose a minimum of three and a maximum of five tenderers who will be invited to submit a tender. If there are not a minimum of three qualified tenderers, the contracting authority is entitled to invite two tenderers to submit tender offers.
The tenderers will be ranked based on their response in Annex 7 Assignment Overview. The selection will be made based on the following objective and non-discriminatory criteria:
- The 3-5 tenderers with the most relevant experiential assignments. This will be assessed based on which tenderers have experience from assignments that are most similar to the current assignment in terms of content, scope and size.
Tenderers must be registered in a register of business enterprises, professional register or a trade index in the country where the tenderer is established.
Service providers must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, payroll tax and value added tax (VAT).

Eligibility requirements: The procedure rules, point 5.2 Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a register of business enterprises, professional register or a trade index in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: - Company Registration Certificate

Award value: 115000000