Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-01-27
Buyer: Politiets fellestjenester
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48218000 | 72212218 | 72260000: Software-related services | 79121100
Estimated value: 600000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-02-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority wants to enter into an agreement with a Licensing Solution Partner (LSP) for procurement and maintenance of Microsoft licences and associated LSP services.
The contracting authority currently has an EA contract with Microsoft that expires on 30.06.2023. The EA contract also includes two enrolments with separate tenants. The contracting authority also has a SCE contract that expires on 30.06.2024. The contracting authority's current LSP contract expires on 30.06.2023.
The aim of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement with a tenderer in order to continue the existing system at the contracting authority for the products from Microsoft. Detailed information is in the tender documentation.
The contracting authority has the option to extend the contract on verbatim terms for 1 year + 1 year so that the total possible contract length is 4 years.
The contracting authority will select which tenderers will be invited to participate further in the procurement based on the tenderers' fulfilment of the qualification requirements. The selection will be based on the interested tenderers' fulfilment of the selection criteria in point 6.2.4. Provided that a sufficient number of tenderers qualify, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 tenderers will be invited to participate further, and it is only these tenderers that will have the right to submit a tender in the contest.
Reservation is made regarding unforeseen events or major changes in the contracting authority's needs, which can result in an extended need than the probable estimate for the products that is stated above. This extended need could increase the contract value up to an estimated value of NOK 100 million excluding VAT. The maximum value will then be NOK 700 million.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
• Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, trade register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
-  A credit rating based on the most recent financial figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating agency with a licence to provide such service.
If a tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can document his economic and financial capacity by presenting other documents considered suitable by the contracting authority.
Tenderers must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance and management system for the provided services
A description of the tenderer's up to 3 most relevant/comparable assignments. It is preferable if the deliveries have taken place in the last three years, but relevant deliveries or services that a supplier carried out more than three years ago will also be taken into consideration.
The description must include a statement of the assignment value, dates and recipients (name, telephone number and e-mail 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.
A description of the tenderer's average annual workforce and the number of employees in management during the last three years.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: • Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate • Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, trade register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 600000000