Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-17
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30210000 | 30211100 | 30211300 | 30211400
Submission deadline: 2018-06-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Alternative 1: Contract for the procurement of IaaS services, including the establishment of a platform for efficient operation of a hybrid, hyper-converged, software-defined computer centre model, the procurement of the necessary software for the Tenderer´s equipment in the Contracting Authority´s premises, as well as moving most of the current load from the Kommunegården to the Town Hall and Rud.
Alternative 2: Contract for the procurement of equipment and software for the establishment of a hybrid, hyper-converged, software-defined computer centre model, including equipment located in the Contracting Authority´s premises, the establishment of a platform for efficient operation of a hybrid computer centre model, the procurement of operational services for the 'IaaS' layer, as well as moving most of the current load from the Kommunegården to the Town Hall and Rud.
The correct procedure: Tender contest with negotiations Alternative 1: Contract for the procurement of IaaS services, including the establishment of a platform for efficient operation of a hybrid, hyper-converged, software-defined computer centre model, the procurement of the necessary software for the Tenderer´s equipment in the Contracting Authority's premises, as well as moving most of the current load from the Kommunegården to the Town Hall and Rud.
Alternative 2: Contract for the procurement of equipment and software for the establishment of a hybrid, hyper-converged, software-defined computer centre model, including equipment located in the Contracting Authority's premises, the establishment of a platform for efficient operation of a hybrid computer centre model, the procurement of operational services for the 'IaaS' layer, as well as moving most of the current load from the Kommunegården to the Town Hall and Rud.
See the tender documentation. Stage 1. If there are more than 5 tenderers who fulfil the minimum requirements for the qualifications in points 3.2 - 3.5 of the tender documentation, the contracting authority will rank the tenderers based on their degree of fulfilment of point 3.5, requirements 4 and 5. Only 3-5 tenderers will go further to stage 2.
The tenderer is required to be financially solvent, which gives the contracting authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the period of the agreement.
The credit worthiness that will apply for qualification for this competition is A/risk class 5 (credit worthy). Tenderers with a lower rating will be rejected.
— Extended credit rating/report, not older than 3 months, from a publicly certified credit appraisal company, which includes a credit rating of the tenderer — typically given by a letter or short text, as well as an explanation of this. The report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. The date must be clear.
— Companies without sufficient credit rating, newly established companies with a credit score of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.
A very good ability to fulfil the contract is required and the tenderer, including sub-suppliers, is required to have competent resources available to fulfil all phases of the contract. (Expertise).
— Organisation chart, as well as a description of how the tenderer will ensure access to qualified personnel,
— A general overview of resource persons and competence experience for skilled workers that the tenderer has at his disposal within the relevant fields, whether they belong to the company or not. Cooperation with any subsuppliers shall be described,
— A description of similar projects that the tenderer has carried out under Norwegian law, where data is stored in Norway or the EU,
— Also describe, if possible, similar projects where the Tenderer has started up hybrid computer centre architecture with a 3rd computer centre within a maximum of 3 millisecond distance from the location, so that 'latency' challenges are avoided for critical systems,

Eligibility requirements: See the tender documentation. Requirement 1: tax certificate. Requirement 2: Company Registration Certificate. Requirement 3: finances. Credit Rating. Requirement 4: ability to fulfil the contract. Requirement 5: experience. Requirement 6: quality management system.