Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-11-06
Buyer: Patentstyret
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48200000 | 48810000: Information systems | 72000000 | 72200000
Submission deadline: 2025-12-08

Technical requirements: Patentstyret would like tenders for a framework agreement for IT consultancy services. The aim is to ensure IT competence for development, further development, advice, quality assurance and project implementation for the Contracting Authority's digital systems. Patentstyret shall enter into two sub-contracts where the scope includes consultancy services within the following disciplines: Sub-contract 1: System development and user experienceBackend and full-stack development with. NETDevops and automated building and rolling out processes Integrations and API development (REST, GraphQL) Microservice architecture and containers (Docker) Relationship databases and document databasesFront-end development (React, Angular, Blazor, Node.js, Next.js, JSON) User experience and design (UX/UI, WCAG, user testing, Figma)Sub-contract 2: Data, analysis and artificial intelligence Data platforms (Fabric, Databricks, PowerBI)ETL and data modelling Data analysis and data visualisation, Artificial intelligence and Machine learning (Azure OpenAI, MCP, LLM, RAG, Agentic workflows, Python)KI security and management (dataset, ethics, privacy)KI consultancy (strategic and operative consulting)For a more detailed description of which services are included in the agreement, see annex 1.
The procurement shall be made in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17 June 2016 (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA) FOR 2016-08-12-974 parts I and part III (above the EEA threshold value). The contract will be awarded in accordance with the restricted tender procedure, cf. FOA § 13-1(1). This means that the competition will start with a qualification phase (Stage 1), where only tenderers who fulfil the qualification requirements and are invited to submit a tender offer (Stage 2). Note that different documents shall be submitted at the different phases (steps 1 and 2) of the competition. The contracting authority plans to invite a maximum of five tenderers to submit a tender per lot. If more than five qualified tenderers submit requests for participation in the competition, the contracting authority will choose among these tenderers on the basis of the selection criteria in point 9.1, and fewer if there are not a sufficient number of tenderers. All invited tenderers will have their tenders evaluated. Negotiations are not allowed, and tenders cannot be amended after the tender deadline. The procurement is divided into two separate sub-contracts. Tenderers can choose to submit a tender for one or both sub-contracts. The contracting authority would like to enter into parallel framework agreements with up to three (3) tenderers per sub-contract, provided that sufficient tenders are available.
Tenderers shall have relevant professional 
competence and experience within the 
the subject areas in question 
the sub-contract includes.

Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers shall give a description of 
relevant competence and experience at 
the consultants that are intended for this 
the framework agreement and how these fulfil 
requirements in point 1.2 in Annex 1.
Tenderers shall submit a separate 
description (separate document) of 
competence and experience.
The annex shall be marked «The tenderer's 
responses to competence and experience". 

The contracting authority plans to invite a maximum of five tenderers to submit tender offers per 
sub-contract. If more than five qualified tenderers submit a request for 
participation in the competition, the contracting authority will select among these tenderers for 
based on the selection criteria in point 9.1 and fewer if there is not a 
sufficient number of tenderers.
Information on deadlines for processing appeals (Norwegian): Ten days waiting period. For appeals to kofa see https://www.klagenemndssekretariatet.no/klagenemda for-public-procurements-kofa/Om-KOFA Information on deadlines for appeals (English): Ten days waiting period. See the https://www.klagenemndssekretariatet.no/klagenemda-for-offentlige

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers shall have relevant professional 
competence and experience within the 
the subject areas in question 
the sub-contract includes.

Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers shall give a description of 
relevant competence and experience at 
the consultants that are intended for this 
the framework agreement and how these fulfil 
requirements in point 1.2 in Annex 1.
Tenderers shall submit a separate 
description (separate document) of 
competence and experience.
The annex shall be marked «The tenderer's 
responses to competence and experience". 

The contracting authority plans to invite a maximum of five tenderers to submit tender offers per 
sub-contract. If more than five qualified tenderers submit a request for 
participation in the competition, the contracting authority will select among these tenderers for 
based on the selection criteria in point 9.1 and fewer if there is not a 
sufficient number of tenderers.
Information on deadlines for processing appeals (Norwegian): Ten days waiting period. For appeals to kofa see https://www.klagenemndssekretariatet.no/klagenemda for-public-procurements-kofa/Om-KOFA Information on deadlines for appeals (English): Ten days waiting period. See the https://www.klagenemndssekretariatet.no/klagenemda-for-offentlige
The procurement shall be made in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17 June 2016 (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA) FOR 2016-08-12-974 parts I and part III (above the EEA threshold value). The contract will be awarded in accordance with the restricted tender procedure, cf. FOA § 13-1(1). This means that the competition will start with a qualification phase (Stage 1), where only tenderers who fulfil the qualification requirements and are invited to submit a tender offer (Stage 2). Note that different documents shall be submitted at the different phases (steps 1 and 2) of the competition. The contracting authority plans to invite a maximum of five tenderers to submit a tender per lot. If more than five qualified tenderers submit requests for participation in the competition, the contracting authority will choose among these tenderers on the basis of the selection criteria in point 9.1, and fewer if there are not a sufficient number of tenderers. All invited tenderers will have their tenders evaluated. Negotiations are not allowed, and tenders cannot be amended after the tender deadline. The procurement is divided into two separate sub-contracts. Tenderers can choose to submit a tender for one or both sub-contracts. The contracting authority would like to enter into parallel framework agreements with up to three (3) tenderers per sub-contract, provided that sufficient tenders are available.