Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-25
Buyer: Forsvarsbygg
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48218000 | 48900000 | 72000000 | 72200000
Submission deadline: 2025-08-25

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers shall have sufficient experience from similar assignments/deliveries.

If a tenderer has experience with similar deliveries (cloud and on-premise licences) to public contracting authorities with a value of more than NOK 50 million, the requirement will be seen as fulfilled. 

The requirement shall be documented by the tenderer completing the annex "Reference List". The document shall include a description of the tenderer ́s minimum 2 relevant deliveries in the last three years. 

Maximized to 10 pages - Font size point 10.
The tenderer shall have the tax and duty payments in order. 
(only for Norwegian tenderers).

'Tax and VAT certificate' (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate shall not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.
Tenderers must have sufficient financial capacity to fulfil the contract. 

It is sufficient to fulfil the requirement that the tenderer has achieved the credit rating of "credit worthy" or equivalent. 

Credit rating, undertaken by a company that can legally carry out  
credit rating, by the tenderer, not older than 6  
months calculated from the expiry of the application deadline.  
 
The credit rating shall include an assessment of  
the tenderer's payment history/reliability. Result  
of the credit rating must be stated as a graded  
value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale.  
 
If the tenderer, in order to meet the requirement, refer to  
guarantees from other companies (e.g. the parent company),  
equivalent credit appraisal from this shall be submitted.  
Company. Furthermore, a legally binding  
confirmation from this company that they have joint and several  
for any liability under the contract.
The tenderer shall be a legally registered company.

Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below.
A security contract must be signed with the tenderer before he can access the tender documentation. 
Personnel that the tenderer shall use to read the tender documentation/tender offers must be certified and any security cleared in accordance with the Security Act.
 
The deadline for entering into a security agreement, as well as authorisation and any security clearance for supplier personnel, will be set at 2 weeks after the tenderer receives notification that they are otherwise qualified. 
Please note that it is the tenderer's risk that the security contract, as well as authorisation and any security clearance cannot be achieved within the deadline, unless the delay is due to conditions that the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency provides.

The requirement shall not be documented in the application itself. The tenderers who submit an application will be contacted by the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency and informed about the processes connected to entering into a security agreement, as well as authorisation and any security clearance.
The contract terms shall be enclosed with the complete tender documentation for qualified tenderers.
Deadlines stated in the procurement regulations.
The framework agreement will be for the procurement and hire of licences, as well as renewals for existing licences, maintenance, upgrades, trade-in etc. The agreement will apply to minor cloud licences (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and minor on-premise licences. The contract shall support the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency's main and support processes. The framework agreement shall cover consultancy and technical consultancy services within licences, products and technology related to the contracting authority ́s current and future licence and product portfolio. The framework agreement shall be signed with one tenderer. The estimated value of the framework agreement, including any options, is NOK 250 million excluding VAT. Due to considerable uncertainty connected to defence political processes and the actual need during the framework agreement period, the maximum value of the framework agreement is, including all options, NOK 500 million excluding VAT. The framework agreement will be valid for 2 years, with an option for an extension for up to 1 (one) year at a time, up to 5 (five) times, maximum duration of 7 (seven) years. The framework agreement is "non-exclusive", and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to hold competitions for procurements and assistance outside the framework agreement if the Contracting Authority finds this appropriate.
The framework agreement will be valid for 2 years, with an option for an extension for up to 1 (one) year at a time, up to 5 (five) times, maximum duration of 7 (seven) years.