Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-11-24
Buyer: Norsk Helsenett SF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 71241000 | 71620000 | 71621000 | 72000000 | 72200000
Estimated value: 30000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Framework Agreement for Supplier-independent Research, Analysis and Consultancy Services Related to ICT for the Health Administration
The Norwegian Network of Health, on behalf of the health administration intends to enter into a framework agreement with Gartner Norge AS for access to supplier-independent research, analysis and consultancy services related to ICT and the supplier market.
The framework agreement must, among other things, ensure that the health administration is always given the relevant knowledge for being able to manage and further develop solid ICT systems for the health administration.
The services shall provide access to analysis and research material, and the tenderer must at the same time provide advisory/consultancy services and quality assurance if required.
The contracting authority needs to ensure good and efficient execution of the development and solution selection, access to analysis, methodology, templates and tools for numerous special fields:
The framework agreement shall include access to strategic analysis, supplier-independent research and research related to ICT and the supplier market in such a way that the contracting authority is being able to provide a qualitatively good service, being able to manage and further develop solid ICT solutions for the health administration.
The agreement shall also provide access to methodologies, templates and tools, as well as access to analysts/consultants for quality assurance when needed. The agreement shall also include role-based programs with access to relevant content for the individual role, programs for different levels in an ICT organisation, and relevant national and international professional conferences.
The agreement shall also include consultancy services as the current framework agreements for consultancy assistance do not cover this need.
It is a prerequisite that the agreement is kept together, to ensure consistent use of analysis, methodology and best practice, and that the tenderer can advise the contracting authority in strategic choices, related to e.g. business architecture, sourcing, IT security and technical solutions, by using the same material.
The agreement period is 2 years from contract signing, with an option for extension two times for 1 year at a time. The total contact period is, thus, 4 years.
The contracting authority has an option for entering into a contract for consultancy/advisory service.
The exception for direct procurements is in the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 (b). The contracting authority has no knowledge of other participant in the market who can provide equivalent services as Gartner Norge.
Based on the contracting authority's knowledge of the market, the selected tenderer is the only provider that covers the contracting authority's requirements for the supply of services for supplier-independent, objective and fact-based research, analysis and consultancy, with an extensive knowledge of the international and national market global and local presence, as well as offers of foreign and Norwegian professional conferences.
A number of similar contracts have been published in Doffin. We cannot see that any of the other contracting authorities have succeeded in receiving tenders or procuring the service from anyone else than Gartner. It appears that Gartner is the only supplier.
The contracting authority therefore believes that a proper and attentive assessment has been carried out as to whether the exception in the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 b) is met, and a contract can be signed after the publication of a voluntary ex ante transparency notice cf. PPR § 21-5.


Winner: Gartner Norge AS
Award value: 30000000