Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-09
Buyer: Stortinget
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72254000: Software testing | 72254100: Systems testing services
Estimated value: 18000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-03-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The service provider will deliver assistance and advice related to testing and test management of existing and future IT solutions through participation in projects or management tasks in line.
There are many ongoing projects for the Storting where it is expected that there will be a need for support with testing and test management in the coming years. We therefore need to enter into a new framework agreement for the subject area.
Based on experience figures and expected increased need, the annual value of the procurement is estimated to  NOK 2.5 million - NOK 3.5 million excluding VAT. The estimated value for a four-year period is thus NOK 10 million - NOK 14 million excluding VAT.
There is uncertainty associated with the need and we emphasise that this is an estimate and not binding for the Storting.
The contract does not involve any purchase obligation for a specific volume for the contracting authority.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have the economic and financial capacity to execute the contract. The credit rating must show that the tenderer is credit worthy without security. Tenderers with a rating lower than this, (i.e. not credit worthy or credit worthy with security) will be rejected. Documentation requirement: A credit rating carried out by a certified credit company shall be enclosed with the tender. The credit assessment shall be a rating (include a credit rating, part judgement and historical rating). The credit report must be based on the last known accounting figures. The credit rating must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.
Requirement: The tenderer must have testing and test management as an established subject area in its own organisation. Documentation requirement: A short and general description shall be given of the company, including: An overview of the company´s history, organisation as well as a description of the current activities. A description of the subject area for testing and test management.
In order to best ensure the necessary and desired independence between the Storting's provider of project management and testing / test management, the Storting's framework agreement supplier for testing and test management shall not simultaneously be the Storting's framework agreement supplier for project management.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.

Award value: 18000000