Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-05-25
Buyer: Sykehuset i Vestfold HF (SiV) [The Hospital in Vestfold]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72212222 | 72413000: Website design services | 72415000: Website hosting services
Estimated value: 2500000 NOK

Technical requirements: Digitalisation of services and information on dementia, old age psychiatry, disabilities and mental disabilities and old age.
Old Age and Health shall, via a digitalisation process, go from an informative website to an engaging internet community where relatives, users and professionals can easily find exactly the information and services they require. By being close to the user, Old Age and Health will be able to engage a broader audience than it currently does and be present in the user's everyday life. A digital network has been built based on the Django framework and back-end. Old Age and Health's digital surfaces, aimed at patients, relatives and health personnel and employees, shall be gathered within this framework.
The reason why this procurement can be made on the basis of the published intention notice is as follows: Old Age and Health shall ensure national competence development and competence spreading in old age psychiatry, dementia, disabilities and old age and mental disabilities and old age. We shall be Norway's preferred digital platform for services and information on dementia, old age psychiatry, disabilities and mental disabilities. Old Age and Health has developed a digital strategy with assistance from the consultancy company Zeppelin. Our vision is that Old Age and Health shall be a national innovation laboratory for the development of digital services. Old Age and Health shall, via a digitalisation process, go from an informative website to an engaging internet community where relatives, users and professionals can easily find exactly the information and services they require. By being close to the user, Old Age and Health will be able to engage a broader audience than it currently does and be present in the user's everyday life. A digital network has been built based on the Django framework and back-end. Old Age and Health's digital surfaces, aimed at patients, relatives and health personnel and employees, shall be gathered within this framework. Zeppelin has considerable competence and experience within this technology. The development of the website is a continuation of this. Zeppelin has, via the strategy work, established a unique insight into and competence in Old Age and Health systems, services and future needs and how Old Age and Health shall further develop the preferred digital platform. If Old Age and Health is to succeed with its digital strategy, it is decisive that this competence is continued. We estimate that the training need for, at the starting point, an accomplished team of consultants, developers, concept developers and designers to get the necessary basic knowledge, will be approx. 700 hours. The system requested by Old Age and Health must include a segmentation engine that adapts the content that the user accesses according to given criteria. Zeppelin has previously developed such a segmentation engine at its own cost, and this will be included in the tender free of charge for Old Age and Health. As the further development is closely integrated with already implemented systems, Old Age and Health cannot see other suppliers in the market who are able to provide the service that is wanted within the current frameworks. The reason for the direct procurement without a prior notice is that a competition postponement will be a pro forma process. The previous chosen platform, as well as the need to choose a cooperation partner with sufficient competence results in strict criteria for this procurement, which does not allow a real competition. Replacement costs will be considerable.