Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-01
Buyer: Hordaland fylkeskommune
Country: NO
Region: Hordaland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72266000: Software consultancy services | 73000000
Submission deadline: 2017-03-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In order to supply competitive and good digital teaching aids for secondary education, NDLA must undergo restructuring in the coming years. The production processes for development and management of teaching aids will change. The teaching plans that form the basis for the teaching aids, will be changed, and other factors can affect NDLA's assignment and financing in the coming years. Therefore we have a need to connect with good consultants in teaching aid production and different models for networking collaboration and ‘cloud sourcing’ over the internet. There will also be a need for project managers who can lead restructuring projects in our core business.
This competition comprises the signing of parallel framework agreements for the following service areas:
NDLA is a business that bases it's processes on ‘Lean’ and ‘Lean Innovation’. The business produces and manages digital teaching aids that are supplied in a digital format to secondary education. Periodically we need project managers who can support us in the work with improving the framework provisions for our core processes, or in the work with reorganising and improving the processes themselves. The framework provisions consist i.a. of production tools, communications systems and portals that ndla.no, deling.ndla.no, fyr.ndla.no etc.
In their restructuring projects, NDLA needs advice from specialists in modern production methods for the development of digital teaching aids. NDLA will publish on their own portals and through external tenderer of teaching software. In the future, NDLA's content will be shared in arenas for sharing of ‘Open Educational Resources’ (OER).
NDLA has 3 key processes that directly impact the published learning resources: Building Science, Better science and Management of content.
In their restructuring projects, NDLA needs advice from specialists who have experience from networking and ‘cloud sourcing’ oriented content production. NDLA has organised content production in their latest subject, through the network of contributors who provide content to a central editorial team.
Open sharing platforms and interface with third party providers of teaching software will give NDLA the ability to let users themselves create their own versions of the teaching resources that they can also share with others. Users can give feedback on the published content and present suggestions for improvements. NDLA must figure out how to extract benefits from this in a management improvement and user sharing context. A good model in this area will be crucial for NDLA's own capacity and ability to manage, improve and develop new learning resources in the future.
Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the tenderer is established.
Requirement: The tenderer shall have sufficient financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract.
The tenderer's Annual Financial Statements including notes with the Board's and auditor's reports from the last year.
If the annual accounts for last year are not completed by the deadline for submission of documentation, interim financial accounts for the last year should also be enclosed.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to collect the tenderer's credit rating. Financial strength will be evaluated in relation to turnover, operating profit margin, solidity and liquidity.
If, for valid reasons, the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may establish their economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority finds acceptable.
Requirement: The tenderer shall have relevant experience from equivalent assignments during the last 3 years. Equivalent assignments means one or more assignments that are directly relevant for the service areas stated.
Documentation: description of the tenderer's most relevant assignments during the last 3 years. The description must include information about the value of the assignment, dates and recipient (name, telephone no. and e-mail address). References must be contactable if needed to clarify the relevance of the assignment. However, it is the tenderer's responsibility to provide a description substantiating relevance. The tenderer shall use the reference form in Annex 4.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement 1: Norwegian tenderer shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation: Certificate for tax and VAT, not older than 6 months from the tender deadline. Foreign tenderer must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Requirement 2: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documentation: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the tenderer is established.