Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-09-13
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30000000 | 30200000 | 30230000 | 30234000 | 48000000
Estimated value: 202000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-10-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 20230057 Framework agreement for storage infrastructure and a maintenance contract for server, storage, and backup infrastructure
The contest concerns the establishment of a framework agreement for the procurement of new storage infrastructure, as well as maintenance services for new storage infrastructure and the existing server, storage, and backup infrastructure. The contracting authority needs to establish a new operations platform that will run in parallel to the current central operations platform. The contracting authority's total need will be met through several different contests.
The contracting authority need to renew the NetApp based storage part of the operations platform when the existing equipment reaches its technical lifetime, and also so as to be able to expand the operations platform's capacities and functionality with further storage equipment. The framework agreement will cover these needs and replace the current framework agreement for storage equipment.
This contest is for the establishment of a framework agreement for the procurement of new storage infrastructure, as well as maintenance services for new storage infrastructure and existing server, storage, and backup infrastructure. The contracting authority needs to establish a new operations platform that will run in parallel to the current central operations platform. The contracting authority's total need will be met through several different contests.
The contracting authority need to renew the NetApp based storage part of the operations platform when the existing equipment reaches its technical lifetime, and also so as to be able to expand the operations platform's capacities and functionality with further storage equipment. The contracting authority's NetApp based storage system is detailed in Annex 3 of the Maintenance Contract. The contracting authority can also need installation services and consultancy services that are connected to the framework agreement. The framework agreement will cover these needs and replace the current framework agreement for storage equipment.
The selection of qualified interested parties will be based on the qualification requirement stated in the tender documentation, chapter 2.4, cf. the PPR § 16-12, second paragraph.
The maintenance contract's duration will be four years, with an option to extend twice, for one year at a time, total maximum six years. The contracts' duration will be calculated from the date the contract is signed.
•  Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
• Tenderers must have completed at least one delivery of a NetApp storage system in the last five years with responsibility for installation and commissioning, with a total value of minimum approx. NOK 10 million excluding VAT.
• Tenderers must also have had maintenance responsibility for a NetApp storage system, as well as maintenance responsibility for physical servers and a backup system in the last five years, with a total value of minimum approx. NOK 10 million excluding VAT.
The deliveries of a storage system and maintenance can have been carried out for one or more customers.

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

Award value: 202000000