Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-07-04
Buyer: Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyring (DFØ)
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48820000: Servers
Estimated value: 60000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-08-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The tender contest includes a framework agreement for the procurement of servers, software and licences. A framework agreement will be signed with one tenderer.
The purpose of the procurement is to cover the increasing need for data performance, storage and future-oriented systems, including hybrid systems (computer hall and cloud services), and containerisation.
The tender contest includes a framework agreement for the procurement of servers, software and licences. A framework agreement will be signed with one tenderer. The purpose of the procurement is to cover the increasing need for data performance, storage and future-oriented systems, including hybrid systems (computer hall and cloud services), and containerisation.
Furthermore, DFØ needs to meet the coming requirements for a backup system. The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) has a current system that comprises Veritas Netbackup. It is relevant both to expand the current system and to establish an offline system for backup.
The contract shall also cover licences for backup and storage. It will also cover the need for new licences and an expansion of existing licences, in order to meet both existing and new needs within the same areas.
DFØ has an exclusive right (option) to extend the framework agreement twice for up to one year at a time. The maximum agreement period is 4 years (2 + 1 + 1 years).
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
- Updated Company Registration Certificate. DFØ will obtain the relevant information itself from the company register.
- Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Credit rating based on the last known accounting figures, not older than three months. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating company with licence to conduct this service.
An overview of the tenderer's up to three most relevant assignments in the last three years. The overview must include a description of the assignments and information on the contract's value, date of delivery, and a contact person (name, telephone number, and email address).
It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of personnel at disposal for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while personnel performed services for another supplier.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian tenderers: - Updated Company Registration Certificate. DFØ will obtain the relevant information itself from the company register. Foreign tenderers: - Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 60000000