Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-04-18
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30210000 | 30211300 | 30230000 | 30236200
Estimated value: 200000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2019-06-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority's central operational platform (system) consists of hardware and software for, amongst other things, processing, storage and network, mainly made by Cisco, NetApp, Commvault and Brocade. The contracts covered by this contest will cover the Contracting Authority's need for supplementary procurements and maintenance of the system. Further information is given in the tender documentation.
The Framework Agreement and maintenance contract will be valid for an initial period of 2 years, with an option for the Contracting Authority for an extension for 1 year at a time. The sum of the contract's first period and realised options for extensions cannot exceed 4 years, calculated from the date the contract is signed.
— foreign companies must submit documentation confirming that the tenderer is registered in a trade index or company register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
— credit rating, not older than 1 year calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders. The rating must be based on the latest known accounting figures,
— if a tenderer will use another company to fulfil the current qualification requirements, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The credit evaluation mentioned in the previous sentence must fulfil the requirements in the point above. Furthermore, tenderers must provide the Contracting Authority with documentation proving that the tenderer has the right to use the company's relevant and necessary resources, for example, by presenting a commitment statement.
Note that the Contracting Authority also requires that tenderers have their tax, employer contribution tax and VAT payments in order, c.f. Point 2.1 in the tender documentation's main document.
— Norwegian tenderers must submit a certificate, either from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration, highlighting the extent of (if any) the tenderer's outstanding payments regarding tax, employer contribution and VAT,
— foreign tenderers must submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities,
— the certificate must not be older than 6 months, calculated from the deadline for receipt of the tender. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
— tenderers must have carried out deliveries of converged infrastructure to at least two external customers in the last 5 years. External customers mean customers outside the tenderer's own organisation and any group structure that the tenderer is a part of. Furthermore, tenderers must currently have, or have had in the last 5 years, responsibility for the maintenance of converged infrastructure for at least 2 external customers. The latter can be the same external customers that are covered by the requirement's first sentence.
Tenderers must enclose an account that proves that the company in question fulfils all the elements in the qualification requirement. The account must, as a minimum, include a description the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a part of in the last 5 years, proving fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on:
— the nature and extent of the individual contractual relationship, including information proving that the elements described in the relevant requirement text in Part 2.4 of the tender documentation's main document are covered
— the name, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the individual joint contractor.
If the tenderer must rely on another company to fulfil the current qualification requirement, the tenderer must otherwise document for the Contracting Authority that the tenderer has the right to use use such company's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by presenting a commitment statement.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirement: — the tenderer must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian tenderers must submit a company registration certificate, — foreign companies must submit documentation confirming that the tenderer is registered in a trade index or company register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 200000000