Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-10-19
Buyer: Kilden teater og konserthus IKS
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32250000 | 32252100 | 32252110 | 32420000
Submission deadline: 2023-11-13
Award criteria: Mixed

Technical requirements: Kilden Theatre and Concert Hall is one of the Nordic countries' most exciting environments for professional performing arts and music. The arts centre houses Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Kilden Theatre, Kilden Opera, and Kilden Culture. In interaction with each other, they represent an unparalleled cultural operating concept, in one unified organisation which is also one of the country's largest halls for the performing arts and music. Kilden is also a large employer with over 200 permanent employees.
Further information on the 2-year framework agreements with an option for 1+1 year is given under each lot.
A framework agreement will be established for lot 1 that will cover Kilden Theatre and Concert Hall's (contracting authority) need for the procurement of personal IT equipment, technical production equipment, as well as IT infrastructure such as servers, network, security and communication equipment. The framework agreement also includes storage and security copies with the accompanying systems and services, licences, and administration of them.
The procurement will also cover the need for support and maintenance for hardware and the contracting authority's infrastructure. This also includes management and handling of guarantee obligations.
The expected annual scope of the contract will be approx. NOK 800,000 excluding VAT. The basis for further interaction with the selected tenderer is a framework agreement with a duration of 2 years with an option to extend for 1+1 year.
The prices must include all costs connected with the delivery, such as administration and invoicing costs, packaging, customs, taxes, and duties (not VAT). The products must be delivered free of charge for the contracting authority.
Relevant tenderers are not required to deliver all the products listed in the price sheet. If the contracting authority receives tenders with an incomplete price sheet, we reserve the right to price the missing products based on the average price in the received tender. This will be done in order to compare tender numbers. In such cases the contracting authority reserves the right to procure the products from another supplier than the winner of the contest.
NOTE! Attention is drawn to the fact that the tender documentation is under the main contest and not under each lot.
The contracting authority plans to enter into a framework agreement that will cover the contracting authority's need for consultancy services within network and security.
The procurement will cover the need for consultation, support, and project support, as well as contribute to secure and stable operation of Kilden's IT infrastructure.
The winner of the contest will be the tenderer that has submitted the tender with the best relationship between price (60%) and quality (40%).
The basis for further interaction with the selected tenderer is a framework agreement with a duration of 2 years with an option to extend for 1+1 year.
The offered hourly rate for the senior consultant (or higher) must include all costs connected with the work, such as administration and invoicing costs, duties (not VAT), and expenses connected to travel and turn-out.
NOTE! Attention is drawn to the fact that the tender documentation is under the main contest and not under each lot.
The contracting authority plans to enter into a framework agreement that will cover the contracting authority's need for consultancy services within infrastructure.

Eligibility requirements: Registered in a trade register or company register. Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; tenderers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.