Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-04-10
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48600000 | 72510000: Computer-related management services
Submission deadline: 2019-05-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Operation of Skatteetaten’s [the Norwegian Tax Administration's] Central System for Tax Collection (SOFIE)
An ongoing service contract will be entered into for the basic and application operation of the Contracting Authority's central system for tax collection (SOFIE). See the tender documentation for more detailed information.
The contract will have a duration of 6 years, calculated from the date the contract is signed, with an option for the Contracting Authority to extend the contract for 1 year at a time, limited to a total of 4 extensions. The maximum duration of the contract is consequently 10 years.
— foreign companies must submit documentation confirming that the tenderer is registered in a trade index or company register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
— credit rating, not older than 1 year calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures,
— if a tenderer will use another company to fulfil the current qualification requirements, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The credit evaluation mentioned in the previous sentence must fulfil the requirements in the point above. Furthermore, tenderers must provide the Contracting Authority with documentation proving that the tenderer has the right to use the company's relevant and necessary resources, for example, by presenting a commitment statement.
Note that the Contracting Authority also requires that tenderers have their tax, employer contribution tax and VAT payments in order, c.f. Point 2.1 in the tender documentation's main document. The last named requirement concerns the following documentation requirement:
— Norwegian tenderers must submit a certificate, either from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration, highlighting the extent of (if any) the tenderer's outstanding payments regarding tax, employer contribution and VAT,
— foreign tenderers must submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities,
— the certificate must not be older than 6 months, calculated from the deadline for receipt of the tender. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
— in the last 5 year, the tenderer must have performed basic operation AIX in a power-based production environment for at least one eternal client, of which the tenderer's basic operation for the external client must have included:
(b) production environment with 1 or more databases, of which the database or the databases have a total size of 1 TB or more; and
(c) performance of underlying platform services that as a minimum cover processing, storage and security copying,
— during the last 5 years, the tenderer must have been responsible for application operation of systems that utilise or build on Oracle database engine, Oracle Fusion Middleware — applications service and Oracle E Business Suite, for at least 1 external client, which must have been included in the application operation for the external client:

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirement: — The tenderer must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — norwegian tenderers must submit a company registration certificate, — foreign companies must submit documentation confirming that the tenderer is registered in a trade index or company register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.