Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-31
Buyer: Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT (Difi) (The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment)
Country: NO
Region: Oslo
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72212190 | 72230000: Custom software development services | 80420000
Estimated value: 900000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-09-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Difi invites tenderers to a tender contest for the development of several eLearning courses for managers in the government.
The aim is to give managers in the government competence and skills to fulfil their role, exploit their leeway and meet concrete challenges in their everyday life as a manager. The procurement shall contribute to Difi developing several eLearning courses on management themes and thus building up a portfolio of digital learning measures for managers in the government in an efficient way.
Tenderers are asked to submit a concrete system proposal for an eLearning course in ‘change management’. The course's structure/design/software shall be reusable in the further production of eLearning courses on other themes. The eLearning courses shall last for 30 minutes, a flexible, varied and motivating learning design.
Tenderers are invited to hold a tender presentation of 40 minutes in our premises at Grev Wedels plass 9, based on the submitted system proposal. The dates that have been put aside for these presentations are 29 and 30 September.
The contract is for the development and production of 2 concrete eLearning courses on the themes ‘Change Management’ and ‘Handling Conflict’. The contract includes a further option for the development and production of up to 6 further eLearning courses.
The eLearning course in change management shall be launched in May 2017 and the eLearning course on handling conflict shall be launched in October 2017 at the latest.
The Contracting Authority uses Mercell Sourcing Service. To express your interest and gain access to any documents, please click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser. (http://permalink.mercell.com/59448861.aspx). Then follow the instructions on the website.
Tax and VAT certificate — Requirement: The tenderer must have submitted tax statements and paid tax, payroll tax and VAT. Documentation: Tax and VAT certificate. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old from the deadline for submitting the application. Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified. If the tenderer is planning to use sub-providers, tax certificates must be provided for them as well.
Company Registration Certificate — Requirement: Tenderers should be a legally established company. Documentation: Company Registration Certificate or equivalent from the tenderer's home country.
The tenderer shall have sufficient financial strength to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a credit rating. The credit report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. This credit report must include a credit rating, (including a credit rating, part judgement and historical rating), and it must be carried out by a publicly certified credit institution. The credit score must not be lower than A (creditworthy) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (numbers). Tenderers with a score lower than A or equivalent (i.e. not credit worthy or credit worthy with security) will not be considered. Recently established Providers shall not have a score lower than AN (worthy of credit, recently established companies) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (assessment of figures). Recently established service providers can present a bank guarantee as proof of credit worthiness.
Tenderers shall have competence in digital learning forms and shall be able to refer to experience from the development of eLearning courses/programmes. Documentation requirement: A short description of a minimum of 2, maximum 4 relevant projects that the tenderer has carried out in the last 3 years. Describe the target picture, frameworks, project execution and result (preferably with a link of the product if possible). State the person responsible at the tenderer, as well as a contact person at the customer with contact information.

Eligibility requirements: Tax and VAT certificate — Requirement: The tenderer must have submitted tax statements and paid tax, payroll tax and VAT. Documentation: Tax and VAT certificate. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old from the deadline for submitting the application. Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified. If the tenderer is planning to use sub-providers, tax certificates must be provided for them as well. Company Registration Certificate — Requirement: Tenderers should be a legally established company. Documentation: Company Registration Certificate or equivalent from the tenderer's home country. The tenderer shall have sufficient financial strength to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a credit rating. The credit report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. This credit report must include a credit rating, (including a credit rating, part judgement and historical rating), and it must be carried out by a publicly certified credit institution. The credit score must not be lower than A (creditworthy) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (numbers). Tenderers with a score lower than A or equivalent (i.e. not credit worthy or credit worthy with security) will not be considered. Recently established Providers shall not have a score lower than AN (worthy of credit, recently established companies) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (assessment of figures). Recently established service providers can present a bank guarantee as proof of credit worthiness. Tenderers shall have competence in digital learning forms and shall be able to refer to experience from the development of eLearning courses/programmes. Documentation requirement: A short description of a minimum of 2, maximum 4 relevant projects that the tenderer has carried out in the last 3 years. Describe the target picture, frameworks, project execution and result (preferably with a link of the product if possible). State the person responsible at the tenderer, as well as a contact person at the customer with contact information.
The tenderer shall have sufficient financial strength to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a credit rating. The credit report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. This credit report must include a credit rating, (including a credit rating, part judgement and historical rating), and it must be carried out by a publicly certified credit institution. The credit score must not be lower than A (creditworthy) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (numbers). Tenderers with a score lower than A or equivalent (i.e. not credit worthy or credit worthy with security) will not be considered. Recently established Providers shall not have a score lower than AN (worthy of credit, recently established companies) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (assessment of figures). Recently established service providers can present a bank guarantee as proof of credit worthiness.
Tenderers shall have competence in digital learning forms and shall be able to refer to experience from the development of eLearning courses/programmes. Documentation requirement: A short description of a minimum of 2, maximum 4 relevant projects that the tenderer has carried out in the last 3 years. Describe the target picture, frameworks, project execution and result (preferably with a link of the product if possible). State the person responsible at the tenderer, as well as a contact person at the customer with contact information.