Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-09-29
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 63712210 | 72000000
Estimated value: 16000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Statens vegvesen [the Norwegian Public Roads Administration] intends to change the duration of the contract with the existing supplier of a central system for toll money collection.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration intends to change the duration of the contract with the existing supplier of a central system for toll money collection. The change will allow the Norwegian Public Roads Administration the opportunity to extend the contract for up to 6 months by changing the contract provisions on extension (point 4.4 of the contract). The contract expires on 15 January 2022. The extension is made to ensure the transfer of all toll money projects to the new system systems, a proper phasing out of the central system,  and to ensure the entire value chain that toll collection in Norway represents.
The current central system, CS Norge, covers the functionality from the registered passing until the invoice is paid, and is described as a monolithic system. The current solution and functionality will be replaced with a component-based architecture where each actor has their own solutions or services. In general, the vision consists of AutoPASS Kjerne, the toll companies’ operator solutions and the issuers' issuing solutions.
With the exception of issuer systems, all the operator systems are already integrated with the procured and ready developed core components (AutoPASS Kjerne).
According to the issuer regulation, the issuers must be separate from the operators. With commencement of the issuer regulation, however, a separate issuer market had not been established in Norway and a transitional arrangement was therefore established where the Norwegian Public Roads Administration could grant dispensation to toll companies so that they could continue to carry out issuing activity as integrated issuers through the use of the current system. It follows from the hearing about the issuer regulations and the establishment of a private issuer market that the issuers must provide for their own systems.
A functioning issuer market has still not been established. The schedule says that this must be in place during the last quarter of 2021. However there is some uncertainty as to whether all the issuers will have adequate systems integrated, as well as the necessary data transferred by the end of 2021. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will have to offer system support until the integrated issuers can deliver their own procured services for the issuing area. Therefore, more time is required than anticipated in order to complete all of the necessary toll projects and transfer all clients to the new components.
Furthermore, the CS Norge system includes some data that actors must have access to for a period after the phasing out, amongst other things, in order to have correct accounting and secure any debt demands. Access to data is necessary for up to 12 weeks after new systems have been commissioned.
After the last vehicles have been processed in CS Norge, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the current supplier need some time to carry out technical completion activities. These include, amongst other things, extracting reports, various export extracts, and archiving transferred data in order to comply with legal requirements.
Based on this, there is a need to extend the contract with Q-Free for up to a maximum of 6 months. This will enable the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to ensure a system that covers all needs, as well as set a final deadline for when the existing central system will be phased out. This possible extension will be applied by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration changing point 4.4 in the existing contract. The change will be made in order to ensure that the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has access to a system for toll money collection in Norway.
It is not possible to hold a contest for this extension, as no supplier, neither new or established companies, would be able to deliver a system for toll money collection for this period. Only the existing supplier is able to deliver and operate a functioning system until the new system is in place. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration therefore believes that a contract can be signed without a contest.


Winner: Q-Free ASA
Award value: 16000000