Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-23
Buyer: Bodø kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72514000: Computer facilities management services | 72600000
Submission deadline: 2021-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Bodø kommune (Bodø Municipality) wants to enter into a contract for IT services connected to operation of the municipality’s professional systems and associated service areas, including take-over of the existing operational environment and a transformation project for transition to pure service deliveries. The procurement concerns the hire and operation of central infrastructure and operation of local network, application operation and user-support. WAN will be acquired through a separate tender contest. For a more detailed description of the procurement content and scope refer to the tender documentation.
Bodø kommune [Bodø Municipality] wants to enter into a contract for IT services connected to operation of the municipality’s professional systems and associated service areas, including take-over of the existing operational environment and a transformation project for transition to pure service deliveries. The procurement concerns the hire and operation of central infrastructure and operation of local network, application operation and user-support. WAN will be acquired through a separate tender contest.
Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate issued no more than six months before the tender deadline expires.
Foreign tenderers must prove that the company is registered in a trade register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Tax Certificate which is not more than 6 months from the tender deadline.
The tax certificates must be issued by the tax collection office in the municipality where the tenderer has his head office and by the tax officer in the corresponding county. Tenderers with arrears will generally be rejected. However, this does not apply if the rejection based on of a specific assessment will seem disproportionate. Tenderers with arrears are requested to present documentation about the case as part of the qualification application.
Foreign tenderers must present certificates from authorities in the country equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
If the authorities in the respective countries do not issue such authorisation, the tenderer must present a self-declaration regarding whether there are arrears on taxes and if so, the amount of these. The self declaration must be signed.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the contract. Credit rating from a certified credit rating company, not older than 6 months.
In addition the previous year´s auditor approved accounts shall be enclosed as documentation, as well as recent information that is of relevance to the company´s accounting figures.
1) The tenderer must have experience from systems with a high degree of complexity, including cloud-services and operation and management of a broad portfolio of applications.
The tenderer must enclose a list of the primary relevant deliveries during the last 3 years, including information about time period, scope (value) and customer reference with name, telephone number and email. The description must be presented in a template as stated in Appendix 2 — Template for description of the tenderer’s experience. The references will be contacted if necessary.
2) The tenderer must have an actively used, well-functioning quality assurance system for the services that will be provided. Description of how quality assurance is placed in the system. In addition, the following from the tenderer’s quality manual must be attached:
If tenderers are quality certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard or equivalent, a copy of a valid certificate must be attached.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be a legally established company. Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate issued no more than six months before the tender deadline expires. Foreign tenderers must prove that the company is registered in a trade register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.