Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-24
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48190000 | 72000000 | 72400000 | 72410000: Provider services
Submission deadline: 2020-09-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The contract must cover the contracting authority's need for software as a service (SaaS) with associated services that enable high-quality micro-teaching. Further information on the contract, including the requirements specification and terms for the service agreement to be entered into is given in the tender documentation.
The service contract shall first be signed for a 1-year period, after which the contracting authority shall have an option for an extension of 1 year at a time, up to a total limit of three extensions. The maximum contract period is therefore 4 years.
— 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 one year from the tender deadline. The rating shall 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 assessment mentioned in the previous sentence must comply with 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. See also the last section in point 3.4.4 in the tender documentation's main document regarding ESPD.
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. The last named requirement concerns the following documentation requirement:
— 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.
Certificates not older than 6 months from the tender deadline. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
The tenderer must during the past 3 years have delivered a system or provided software service to at least three external customers, of which what has been delivered or provided to each individual external customer must:
(a) have functionality for both production and availability of learning content suitable for micro-teaching; and
(b) have been used for Micro-teaching by a total of at least 1000 simultaneous employees and/or hired persons at the external customer.

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.