Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-11-27
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 30200000 | 32424000 | 48000000 | 48200000 | 48210000
Estimated value: 190000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-01-06
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: See the tender documentation's main document, including chapter 3.3
The contracting authority uses several solutions in combination to ensure central network security, including hardware and software solutions. These include solutions in the following categories:

• Firewall solutions from Check Point incl. associated administration solutions
• Identity management solutions from Check Point
• Sandbox solutions from Check Point
• Remote access solutions from Check Point

• Solutions for access control and load balancing from F5
• Proxy solutions from F5
• Web application firewall solutions from F5

The procurement includes goods and services associated with these categories. The contracting authority has decided to divide the procurement into two sub-areas, hereafter referred to as sub-area CP and sub-area F5. Sub-area CP includes goods and services associated with the categories in the first four bullet points, while sub-area F5 includes goods and services associated with the categories in the last three bullet points.

One framework agreement and one maintenance agreement shall be entered into per sub-area, a total of four agreements. The two agreements covered by sub-area CP relate to specified goods and services that the contracting authority needs for maintenance, management as well as capacity-wise and functional expansion of the Check Point-based part of the contracting authority's network central security infrastructure. The same applies to the framework agreement and the maintenance agreement which are covered by sub-area F5, with the exception that these relate to the F5-based part of the contracting authority's network central security infrastructure.

The framework agreement and the maintenance agreement covered by sub-area CP shall be entered into with one and the same legal entity. Likewise, the framework agreement and the maintenance agreement covered by sub-area F5 shall be entered into with one and the same legal entity. It is possible to compete for one or both sub-areas.

The values in the notice only apply to the two framework agreements included in the procurement, cf. chapter 1.2 in the tender documentation's main document. Access to parts of the tender documentation requires a declaration of acceptance of confidentiality, cf. the chapter 1.5 in the tender documentation's main document.

Further information regarding the procurement is available in the tender documentation.
Selection criteria:
• Tenderers shall have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order.

Documentation requirement:
• Norwegian tenderers shall submit a certificate from the Norwegian Tax Administration, which demonstrates the extent of any tax, employer contribution and VAT payment arrears.
• Foreign tenderers shall submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
• The certificate must not be older than six months calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
Selection criteria:
• Tenderers shall have satisfactory solidity.

Documentation requirement:
• Credit rating, not older than one year calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. The assessment shall be based on the latest known accounting figures.
• If an interested party rely on another company to fulfil this selection criteria, including other companies in the same group as the interested party, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the bullet point above. Furthermore, interested partys must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a commitment statement. See the last section in chapter 3.3 in the tender documentation's main document.
Selection criteria:
• Tenderers shall be a legally established company.

Documentation requirement:
• Norwegian tenderers shall submit a Company Registration Certificate.
• Foreign tenderers shall submit documentation that proves that the interested parties are registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.