Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-03
Buyer: Forsvaret v/Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48810000: Information systems | 72000000 | 72200000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Estimated value: 900000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-10-05
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Procurement of Parallel Framework Agreements for Consultancy Services for the Defence Sector within Selected Disciplines
The defence sector has a changing need for consultancy services. The need will be met through the establishment of parallel framework agreements within the following disciplines:
Parallel framework agreements will be signed with a maximum of 6 tenderers within each discipline, of which 1 tenderer within each discipline will be awarded a contract as the A-tenderer. The procurement will be carried out via a contract draft. The delivery will comprise consultancy services as stated in Annex 1 requirements specification for the discipline in question.
The Defence sector has a growing need for professional purchasing competence, both strategic and operative in circumstances where the need cannot be covered by the contracting authority's own employees. There is a need for consultancy services in all phases and in all types of purchasing. The discipline areas included are amongst others:
The defence sector has a growing need for delivery of consultancy services within project management and project support. The most complex projects require a lot of knowledge and experience within a number of competence areas, including:
— EBA and ICT projects. The list is not exhaustive. There is an additional need for deliveries of skills upgrading, training services and courses.
The Defence Sector has a varying need for consultancy service in the field of finance, auditing, and resource management, including expertise and experience in a wide range related to finance in both government and private enterprises. The discipline areas included are amongst others:
The list is not exhaustive. There is also a need for general counselling and guidance, as well as arrangement of courses, training services and skills development.
The defence sector has a changing need for consultancy services within strategic ICT. The consultant support will be for varying amounts, and can be in and outside projects. Service deliveries that can be included are, amongst other things:
— prepare visions, missions and strategies with the intention of having a general plan for improving profitability;
— assist with the preparation of course material, webinars and e-leaning, as well as courses and competence raising in Microsoft Office 365 and other Microsoft products.
The Defence sector has a growing need for consultancy services in the discipline of strategic advisory services, including amongst other things monitoring and implementation of restructuring activities with a focus on modernisation, progress, profits, streamlining and risk. There is also a need for general advice and guidance, as well as a need for courses, training services and skills development for the contracting authority's employees. The list is not exhaustive.
The defence sector has a changing need for consultancy service related to the profession systems engineering. Systems engineering must, amongst other things, ensure that the essential needs are safeguarded in the final system solution through function analysis, requirement analysis, system analysis, design and verification. There will be a need for support through all project phases and management of control systems in the defense sector. The list is not complete.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
Foreign companies: confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be a legally registered company. Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirements: Norwegian tenderers: company registration certificate; Foreign companies: confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 900000000