Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2021-02-03
Buyer: Statens Kartverk
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72200000 | 72212222 | 72212327 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222300: Information technology services
Estimated value: 48000000 NOK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Norwegian Mapping Authority has a separate IT development department and operations department. The development department has approx. 40 developers, whilst the operations department has approx. 40 employees split between application operation, infrastructure operation, and client operation.
In addition we have a department for architecture, security, and standardisation that has 15 persons. The office of CIO function is also here (OCIO).
The IT function in the Norwegian Mapping Authority currently has little strategic ability within digitalisation and general digital transformation. Most of the current IT capacity is used in full for concrete operative delivery work. This is a significant weakness for the IT function's ability to adopt new technological possibilities that can improve the Norwegian Mapping Authority's total efficiency (digital transformation).
We would therefore like to enter into a contract with a tenderer that can equip us with strategic and operationalising capacities within all of the modern IT function's area.
The Norwegian Mapping Authority, c/o the IT Department, needs a tenderer that has very good competence in how new technological possibilities can be used in forms of work, tools, and platforms, in light of a digital transformation process.
— how to organise the digital development across business and IT so that the Norwegian Mapping Authority can use its capacity in the best possible way;
— how to use new technological possibilities and trends to achieve better efficiency and realise gains.
We believe in learning-by-doing, and would like advisors/consultants who can show us in practice how the above-mentioned examples can be implemented and be an improvement for us. Advisors/consultants will typically participate in concrete assignments and projects, and through this show us how such efficiency gains can be achieved.
Ongoing strategic assessment of the potential usefulness for the Norwegian Mapping Authority of new technologies, tools, work forms, platforms (digital twin and data sharing platforms), etc., as regards efficiency possibilities and digital transformation including clearing out old technology. Regularly advise the IT management on the possibilities in the updated strategic digital picture and ensure a continual ability to change.
The strategic advice will be given regularly year round, typically with some fixed reporting and advice schedules. In addition, as mentioned above, there will be a need for concrete assistance with operationalising such strategic proposals for improvement in concrete assignments/projects during the year if needed. Advice and assistance is expected here for tactical assessments in order to optimise the effect of strategic proposals.
— goal: ensure that the Norwegian Mapping Authority can always assess and possibly realise the usefulness of the possibilities in new technological forms of work, tools, and platforms.
The tenderer can expect to provide operative roles and capacities, which will vary from individual consultant assignments to total responsibility for concrete internal business assignments/projects. Such assignments/projects with total responsibility will typically be carried out in the product team and use the Norwegian Mapping Authority's container platform (currently Tanzu Kubernetes Grid - TKG, with full CI/CD). External cloud systems could also be used if it is deemed to be appropriate and more efficient.
The tenderer will be expected to cover all the necessary roles in the product team, but as a main rule, the product manager role will be covered by the Norwegian Mapping Authority. The product teams will follow the current guidelines in the Norwegian Mapping Authority for the product teams. The guidelines are included in the framework terms and guidelines for the product teams in the Norwegian Mapping Authority such as architecture, security, economy, reports, etc. The resources must be able to deliver in both the Oslo area and Stavanger.
— goal: enable the Norwegian Mapping Authority to carry out all business assignments and projects that the business areas have the resources and capacity to implement.
It has not yet been decided whether these two areas will make up one total contract, or whether two separate contracts will be announced.


Award value: 48000000