Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-18
Buyer: Arbeids- og Velferdsetaten (NAV)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72260000: Software-related services
Estimated value: 28000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-10-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Labour and Welfare Department (Norwegian abbreviation: NAV), c/o the IT department calls for tenders where the aim is to enter into a framework agreement with an approved partner of the Atlassian system. The framework agreement includes the purchase and maintenance of Atlassian software licences and third-party supplementary software from the Atlassian Marketplace (plug-ins), as well as advisory services, courses and training related to the software included in the agreement.
The framework agreement must ensure the contracting authority flexibility for covering the current and new requirements for software and services from Atlassian and third-party providers. The contracting authority expects an increased use of cloud services and is continuously evaluating the new technology. The framework agreement must give the contracting authority access to a high quality and updated market and technology competence.
The agreement must continue licences and maintenance services and cloud services for the current Atlassian system
The tenderer must comply with the requirements for the function as our partner related to Atlassian products, which includes:
— obtain terms and clarifications on the Atlassian software and related third-party software and any cloud services (Saas) that are offered for use in NAV,
— contribute to the management of the contracting authority's agreements and licences for standard software and cloud services
The contract duration will be 2 years from signing. The contracting authority has an option for extending the agreement for 1 + 1 year.
The selection of tenderers shall be based on the degree of fulfilment of the following qualification requirements:
Requirement: tenderers are required to have a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: Certificate of registration in the company register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established.
Requirement: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than six months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest.
Requirement: tenderers are required to have good financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Documentation requirement: The contracting authority shall obtain credit appraisal carried out by Experian, see www.www.experian.no If a tenderer believes that the credit rating will not provide an accurate picture, supplementary information is to be attached to the request for qualification.
Requirement: good ability to comply with the documentation requirements: an overview of the tenderer's average annual workforce and the number of managerial employees over the past 3 years
— a description that gives an overview of entities at the tenderer's disposal that of relevance to the scope of the framework agreement
— number of relevant resources in accordance with the content and scope of assignment for: Technical consulting/product specialist for Atlassian technology, implementation projects for cloud services and new technology.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: tenderers are required to have a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: Certificate of registration in the company register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established.

Award value: 28000000