Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-10-20
Buyer: Kulturdirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72400000 | 72410000: Provider services | 72600000
Estimated value: 6000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-11-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for the procurement/hire off licences and software with associated advice and support
The aim of the procurement is to enter into a framework agreement with a tenderer for the procurement/hire of softwares licences and the procurement of consultancy advisory services and associated services.
The contract will also cover licences that the contracting authority currently has, including the need to supplement/change these licences, as well as adjacent licences. The contract will also cover licences that (i) the contracting authority has at other suppliers, where the contract with them expires in 2024, and licences that (ii) the contracting authority will procure from other software suppliers during the lifetime of the contract.
The licence contracts will be signed directly between the contracting authority and Microsoft, but all conditions related to the procurement, invoicing, and licence questions are to be handled by the tenderer.
Current licences are: Microsoft, Adobe, Acrobat, Premiere, InDesign, Photoshop, Creative Cloud, Confulence, Jira, Tableau Cloud, Zoom Webinar, Google Cloud.
From 16 June 2023, the operating environment at the Directorate of Culture has been run by Intility AS. Intility provides the infrastructure platform (servers, storage, network, etc.) for the Directorate of Culture, and must therefore also be responsible for licensing this. Any other infrastructure services that the Directorate of Culture procures and that require licensing must, in the same way, be licences by Intility.
- Licence advice and follow-up, including ensuring that the contracting authority always has the correct licences
- Assessment of needs, system proposal, and implementation/assistance with implementation of software
- Technical assistance with specific needs. Tenderers must be certified as a dealer for the large customer segment (LSP), and have partner status as CSP so that the contracting authority can get assistance with and can supplement already procured licences from Microsoft. During the execution of the contract, the contracting authority will only deal with the tenderer, which will have the same responsibility for any sub-suppliers' services as for its own services for the Directorate of Culture.
A credit rating from a suitable credit rating company with a credit worthiness of minimum A or equivalent. The credit rating must be from the last approved annual accounts.
If, for valid reasons, such as a newly founded company, a tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer may prove his economic and financial position with any other document that the contracting authority finds acceptable.
A description of the tenderer's most important and most relevant/comparable deliveries in the last three years. The documentation for each delivery must state:
- the extent to which the delivery was completed by or in cooperation with other companies/sub-suppliers
A description must be given of the tenderer's delivery organisation; units and personnel that the tenderer has at their disposal to fulfil the contract.

Eligibility requirements: Must submit a company registration certificate for the payment of tax and VAT.

Award value: 6000000