Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-04
Buyer: Skatteetaten [The Norwegian Tax Administration]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48730000: Security software package | 48732000: Data-security software package
Submission deadline: 2016-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: A framework agreement will fixed provisions will be signed for the delivery of further defined services and goods, including hardware and software licenses, to the Contracting Authority's security barriers. The framework agreement shall cover the Contracting Authority's needs regarding management and expansion of the existing security barriers. The Contracting Authority shall also enter into a continuous maintenance agreement which shall include further defined maintenance services, related to the existing security barriers, as well as the expansions from call-off contracts that will be established in the framework agreement.
The term ‘Security Barrier’ shall be defined as machinery and software that naturally falls within the following 2 categories:
There is major uncertainty both regarding the nature and scope of the deliveries that will be applied to the existing security barriers in the subsequent four years following establishment of the agreement provisions for the competition. The procurement's total value, including the value of contracts founded under the framework agreement as well as the value of the ongoing maintenance contract, is difficult to confirm, but is estimated, without any obligation, to be between 8 and 14 000 000 NOK. Within this range the Contracting Authority estimates without obligation that the combined value of the goods and service deliveries in each of the relevant categories will amount as follows:
Requirement: The interested party shall have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order.
Documentation Requirement: Norwegian tenderers should deliver certificates, either from the Tax Collector of The Norwegian Tax Administration, indicating whether the interested party has payment arrears regarding tax, employers contribution and VAT. Foreign tenderers shall submit certificates that are equivalent to the Norwegian certificates, from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
The certificate must not be more than 6 months old calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than 1 year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures.
If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement.
Requirement: During the last 3 years tenderers must have delivered goods and services that naturally fall within category 1 and category 2 as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least 8 000 000 NOK.
Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on:
— the nature, scope and value of the individual agreements, including an indication of to which of the relevant categories the contract provisions are related,
If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: The interested party shall have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order. Documentation Requirement: Norwegian tenderers should deliver certificates, either from the Tax Collector of The Norwegian Tax Administration, indicating whether the interested party has payment arrears regarding tax, employers contribution and VAT. Foreign tenderers shall submit certificates that are equivalent to the Norwegian certificates, from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. Any arrears and other notes must be explained. Requirement: The interested party must be a legally established company. Documentation Requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit a Company Registration Certificate. Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. Requirement: Tenderers shall have adequate solidity. Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than 1 year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures. If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement. Requirement: During the last 3 years tenderers must have delivered goods and services that naturally fall within category 1 and category 2 as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least 8 000 000 NOK. Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on: — the nature, scope and value of the individual agreements, including an indication of to which of the relevant categories the contract provisions are related, — the date the individual contract provisions were established, as well as — the name of public or private joint contractor(s). If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have adequate solidity. Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than 1 year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures. If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement.
Requirement: During the last 3 years tenderers must have delivered goods and services that naturally fall within category 1 and category 2 as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least 8 000 000 NOK. Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on: — the nature, scope and value of the individual agreements, including an indication of to which of the relevant categories the contract provisions are related, — the date the individual contract provisions were established, as well as — the name of public or private joint contractor(s). If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.