Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-06-28
Buyer: DEPARTEMENTENES DIGITALISERINGSORGANISASJON (DIO)
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72100000 | 72200000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Estimated value: 1200000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2024-08-26

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance is in the process of creating a new department that from 1 January 2025 will have the overall responsibility for delivering digital services to the ministry community: The Ministries Digitalisation Organisation (DIO). A joint IT platform ("Ny Løsning") will be established and delivered to the customers for whom it has been decided that DIO will provide services. The establishment and implementation of Ny Løsning will occur gradually and is expected to take place over a transition period of 2-3 years before the existing platforms are phased out. Ny Løsning shall be based on a hybrid system design that can both offer services from a dedicated/private infrastructure and from public cloud services. Ny Løsning shall be able to provide services that fulfil the requirements for protected unclassified information systems and other unclassified information systems. The scope of the procurement consists of two parts: 
1) Establishment and outsourcing of central infrastructure and platform operation, hereafter called sub-area 1;
2) Support for the transition project, hereafter called sub-area 2.
Both sub areas include an option to procure assistance for operational support on existing platforms in the transition period to make key personnel available to assist in the establishment of Ny Løsning. The procurement shall result in two separate contracts, one per sub-area. The procurement will be carried out in accordance with FOSA.
Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil a contract of an equivalent nature and scope, with, among other things, a credit rating of "good creditworthiness" from Experian, or equivalent level from another credit information company will be adequate.
Documentation requirement:
A credit rating with key figures from a certified credit information company, for example Experian or equivalent. 
The credit rating shall include the credit rating degree (rating) of the tenderer - typically indicated by a rating code or brief text. The assessment shall include or have attached an explanation of the rating code/scale of possible rating codes.
If the tenderer feels that such a credit rating will not provide an accurate picture, please send supplementary information together with the qualification application.
Norwegian tenderers
Tax certificate, not older than six months, confirming that the tenderer has fulfilled his tax, social security and VAT payments, can be ordered and obtained from Altinn by using a separate link on the skatteetaten.no. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. The certificate is electronically certified and is therefore not signed. See the skatteetaten.no for further information.
Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate or printout from the Register of Business Units for non-registration obliged individual companies.
Foreign companies: Confirmation that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established. The confirmation can be submitted in writing or with reference to BRIS.
Tenderers shall have sufficient combined experience to fulfil a contract of an equivalent nature and extent.
Documentation requirement:
• A description of the tenderer's up to four most relevant assignments in the last five years. 

• The description for each assignment shall include a statement of:
o Name of the recipient (if possible)
o The time and length of the assignment
o The assignment's scope in value and FTE
o The tenderer ́s role/responsibility
o Infrastructure and platform services
o Any other related services
o To what degree the services support socially critical functions
o To what degree a dedicated/customer specific infrastructure or shared/multi-customer infrastructure has been delivered.
o Tools and processes integrated with the contracting authority ́s value chains
o Operational and infrastructure related services, such as monitoring and security services.
o Any other conditions that are central for assessing relevance of the assignment.

Tenderers are themselves responsible for ensuring that the description is of such a nature that it documents that the requirement is met. 

Deliveries where the tenderer has carried out the infrastructure established more than five years ago can also be considered. 
Use a template in Annex 4 Template for a description of reference assignments sub-area 1.