Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-19
Buyer: Arbeids- og Velferdsetaten (NAV)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72200000 | 72210000: Software programming services | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72230000: Custom software development services | 72240000
Estimated value: 144000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-02-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement — Framework agreement for the development and administration of a mainframe, as well as transition for selected systems
The Contracting Authority, the Directorate for Labour and Welfare, invite tenderers to a negotiated procedure for the procurement of parallel framework agreements for the provision of services for the development and administration of systems on a mainframe, as well as the transition of selected systems out of the mainframe.
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The aim of the procurement is to establish a contract with two tenderers for the provision of services for the development and administration of systems on a mainframe, as well as the transition of selected systems out of the mainframe. The transition will involve moving or replacing systems on the mainframe over to newer platforms and technology, mainly Java.
The systems and use of the mainframe are described in more detail in the tender documentation for the procurement, cf. Annex 3 Description of the Existing System Areas.
The Tenderer's resources shall be part of the Contracting Authority's development team and the Tenderer shall be able to staff various roles in the development team. The work will mainly include architecture/system design, design/development, tests, error recoveries, preventive maintenance, team management and technological and technical support.
The Contracting Authority will carry out the development, administration and transition with internal resources and resource reinforcements from the tenderers, as well as cover swings in capacity needs from the tenderers. The tenderers could also be responsible for the results from the implementation of development assignments.
The Contracting Authority will emphasise the use of a flexible implementation model for further development.
The selection of tenderers will be based on the degree of compliance with the qualification requirements in the qualification documentation, point 2.4.
— Foreign tenderers: Certificate for registration in the company register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established.
— Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than six months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: The tenderer is required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre, — Foreign tenderers: Certificate for registration in the company register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established. Requirement: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than six months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest.

Award value: 144000000