Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-06-25
Buyer: Statens lånekasse for utdanning
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72260000: Software-related services | 72266000: Software consultancy services | 72267100: Maintenance of information technology software | 72268000: Software supply services
Estimated value: 120000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-09-27
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The purpose of the procurement is to enter into a contract with a license partner (LSP) for the purchase, hire and maintenance of the existing licenses and associated LSP services. The contract must also cover Lånekassen’s existing services in the form of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service; SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
New versions, possibly new product name, upgrades, replacement products, and additional products that are closely related to the existing licenses, are included in the contract.
During the contract period, Lånekassen will likely procure completely new licenses or cloud services not related to the existing licenses and thus are not initially included in the framework agreement. In such instances the framework agreement will be able to be temporarily used as a broker contract for separate procurements of new licenses under the EEA threshold value, as of June 2021 NOK 1 300 000 excluding VAT, in accordance with the assessment rules in the regulation § 5-4 (procurement according to the public procurement regulation part I). In that case, the procurement regulations part I will be adhered to by the Customer, to then effect the purchase via the license administrator.
A comprehensive description of the procurement and delivery is in the appendix to the tender documentation, in particular refer to SSA-R Annex 6, the Customer's requirement specification.
The contract will be automatically renewed for one year at a time, up to two times (1 year + 1 year).
The framework agreement contains options on the purchase of brand-specified licenses listed in the Customer's requirement specification (SSA-R Annex 6).
Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
Credit rating based on the most recent accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by a credit rating company with licence to conduct this service. The credit rating must not be older than six months and there are requirements for a minimum rating of A or equivalent. NB: the credit report must be performed by a certified credit rating company (Bisnode, Experian, etc.).
Description of the tenderer's three most relevant and comparable assignments during the last 3 years.
It is the tenderer's responsibility to document relevance through the description. Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of the personnel at disposal for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while the personnel performed services for another service provider.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 120000000