Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-03-04
Buyer: Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72600000 | 79200000 | 79500000 | 79600000
Estimated value: 20000000 NOK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Negotiations are not allowed in this competition. Tenders cannot, therefore, be changed after the tender deadline has expired. Furthermore, attention is agreed that tenders that include significant deviations from the procurement documents shall be rejected in accordance with PPR § 24-8 (1) letter b. The contracting authority can reject tenders that include deviations from the procurement documents, uncertainties or similar that must not be considered insignificant, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 24-8 (2) letter a.

Tenderers are therefore strongly encouraged to follow the instructions given in the procurement documents and possibly ask questions about uncertainties via the contracting authority ́s KGV.

Tenders shall be prepared in accordance with the guidelines given in the procurement documents and submitted electronically by using the contracting authority ́s KGV.
The aim of the procurement is to ensure Bufdirs and Bufetat access to qualified personnel in extraordinary situations where more resources are required than the contracting authority can use at the relevant time. 

The procurement is divided into two lots:

• Sub-contract 1 Framework agreement for the purchase of staffing services - IT
• Sub-contract 2 Framework agreement for the procurement of staffing services - administrative personnel
Up to two framework agreements shall, thus, be signed, one for temporary staff within IT and one for temporary staff within administrative (commercial) areas.
The price will be evaluated based on the offered mark-up, stated in the percentage, on the temporary staff ́s gross hourly wage. 
The gross annual salary shall be in accordance with the collective agreements that apply for Bufdir ́s own employees in the relevant area.
The hourly wage is calculated based on broken annual salary/1950 hours for temporary staff who do not go on a rota.
The estimate shall include all costs, including social costs, administrative costs and the tenderer's profits. See Annex 3 Price and Price Terms for further information.
Only one mark-up shall be offered per sub-contract, which shall apply for all temporary staff in the individual framework agreement.
Documentation: State the offered mark-up percentage on the temporary staff ́s hourly wages in Annex 3 Price and Price Terms.
Exercise comprehension

Under this criteria, measures and procedures will be evaluated that can contribute to the contracting authority experiencing an increased quality and value-added value for the services covered by this contract. It will mainly be evaluated at the following points:

• It is important for the contracting authority that the tenderer has a high degree of delivery, i.e. the tenderer can deliver suitable candidates with the requested competence/experience at the desired location at the desired time. 
An evaluation will be made as to how the tenderer can ensure high access to sufficiently well qualified temporary staff, as well as how the tenderer works to retain qualified personnel, including the tenderer ́s routines for following up the temporary staff. 
Emphasis will be put on how the tenderer ensures high access to candidates in Tønsberg.
• Tenderers ought to have good routines for interaction with the customer. It is, for example, an advantage if the tenderer has routines and measures that ensure that the customer is only presented to suitable temporary staff and does not have to spend much time assessing CVs for temporary staff who are not qualified.
Any routines and measures must be binding in order to get a payout. It is an advantage if examples are referred to.
The contracting authority will assess the factors mentioned above. Good measures that contribute to a high degree of delivery will get a higher score on this criteria.
NB! A count will not be given as only a description of measures resulting from the contracting authority ́s minimum requirements, cf. Annex 1 The contracting authority ́s requirement specifications.

Documentation: The tenderer ́s own description of up to 2 pages, font size minimum 10.
If tenders are submitted for both lots, separate assignment comprehension shall be provided for each sub-contract.
If the responses are more than two pages, only the first 2 pages will be considered. References to links and other annexes will not be considered.
Sub-contract 1 comprises initially the hire of IT temporary staff for the user support in Tønsberg, for vacant positions. The assignments will normally last for 3 months or more, and the temporary staff must physically be present in Tønsberg.


Winner: Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet