Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-11
Buyer: Direktoratet for økonomistyring (DFØ)
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48490000 | 72000000 | 72227000: Software integration consultancy services | 72260000: Software-related services
Submission deadline: 2019-04-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Direktoratet for økonomistyring [the Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management] wants to procure services connected to ordering and invoice management that covers all processes from need to payment. In this procurement, the Contracting Authority means the process from the time the need arises until the invoice is entered. The procurement does not include the tender implementation tool or an accounting system. The core in the procurement is a delivery that digitises processes within ordering and invoice management.
The contract is valid from the commencement date and for six (6) years. The client has the right to extend the Framework Agreement for a further two (2) years at a time, for up to three times, so that the maximum possible contract period is twelve (12) years.
The tenderer must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer shall be creditworthy. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
Newer information of relevance to the company's fiscal figures, including the last up to date accounts.
It must be clear that the company has the required financial solidity to execute the contract period.
An extended report from a publicly certified credit rating company that contains a credit rating of the service provider — typically represented by a letter or brief text as well as an explanation of this. The report must include the auditor's report, negative payment remarks, accounts and rating history. The report must be based on the last known fiscal figures.
Norwegian companies that submit tender offers on behalf of a foreign company must attach such a certificate with a credit rating for the Norwegian company and the foreign company.
The tenderer must have experience from comparable, large and complex assignments for ordering and invoice management.
3 references from similar assignments over the last 5 years must be provided (service providers who only provide process support for ordering or process support for invoice processing and enter into a collaboration with another service provider for this delivery, must be able to show 3 references each). It is the tenderer's responsibility to document relevance of the assignments through the description. The references must as a minimum contain:
— description of the client's satisfaction with the implementation (finances, deadlines, contract follow-up).
Tenderers may do this by including documentation on the competence of the personnel that can be used for this project, including experience that has been acquired while the personnel was in the service of another employer.
— an account of the company’s business concept and core competencies related to the scope of the delivery,
— an overview of the company’s history, organisation and ownership, as well as a description of the current business activities,

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.