Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-28
Buyer: Arbeids- og Velferdsetaten (NAV)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72200000 | 72210000: Software programming services | 72211000: Systems and user software programming services | 72212000: Platform-specific software programming services | 72212100: Industry specific software programming services
Submission deadline: 2020-10-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of the procurement is to establish parallel partner contracts (framework agreements) that will contribute to covering the capacity for product development and maintenance of systems.
We will establish parallel framework agreements with 3-4 tenderers, provided that we receive a sufficient number of suitable tenders.
The systems that are under continual development cover several of NAV's product areas, including work, employer, health and pension and other teams in NAV.
The offered resources will be included in a team that carries out new developments and/or further development and maintenance of systems and the team.
The tenderer's resources will be part of the contracting authority's development team and will provide assistance in the contract period with relevant competence for the development that is occurring at the contracting authority. Tenderers must be able to provide staff for different roles in the team.
The contracting authority will carry out continual development with internal resources and resource reinforcements from the tenderers, as well as cover swings in capacity needs from the tenderers.
This service contract (partner contract) will be a main contract for booking resources within the described competence areas and NAV's product areas as part of an established partnership, (i.e., close collaboration relationship). NAV also has an existing service contract (VESA) that will ensure capacity and competence for the contracting authority for the development and management of systems within decision making and case management and associated areas.
The VESA contract will be used until it expires within its area, but it will not be renewed. This area will then be included in the partner contract. As a starting point, VESA will expire in February 2023 at the latest.
In addition, NAV also has framework agreements for consultancy services, which for relevant areas, will mainly be used in cases where NAV's capacity requirements are greater than what the suppliers under service contracts have capacity for, as well as for cases where the assignment is outside the core area for the established partnership.
The procurement's total scope in the contract period is estimated to be 400-600 FTE. This scope is, however, very uncertain due to, amongst other things, the ongoing work on the modernisation of NAV, a comprehensive renewal/modernisation of the IT in the department and changes within NAV IT. The scope in coming years is also uncertain, as NAV now manages development work itself, and carries out a lot of the development work with its own employees. This can mean that the capacity need is somewhat greater or considerably less than expected. The estimates are not binding for NAV.
The contracting authority will invite 4-6 of the qualified tenderers to submit a tender, provided that a sufficient number of tenderers qualify. The selection of the tenderers will be based on the following criteria:
— foreign tenderers: certificate for registration in the enterprise register as prescribed in the legislation of the state in which the tenderer is established.
Qualification requirement: tenderers are required to have sufficient financial ability to execute the contract.
Documentation requirement: the contracting authority will obtain credit ratings carried out by Experian; see www.Experian.no
If a tenderer believes that the credit rating will not provide an accurate picture, supplementary information is to be attached to the request for qualification.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirements: tenderers are required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian tenderers: company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre; — foreign tenderers: certificate for registration in the enterprise register as prescribed in the legislation of the state in which the tenderer is established.