Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-17
Buyer: Landbruksdirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72232000: Development of transaction-processing software | 72246000 | 72262000: Software development services | 72266000: Software consultancy services
Estimated value: 70000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-03-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The framework agreement for development shall give the Directorate of Agriculture, (hereafter called the Contracting Authority), access to professional and correct competence within the digitalisation and development of services and systems for the directorate.
The development of new systems and services will be relevant when the Contracting Authority must modernise or replace older trade systems due to capacity or technological challenges, or when the Contracting Authority has received new assignments or responsibilities for new policies, possibly with new user groups, or when changes to the rules and administration model are so comprehensive that they cannot be realised by adaptations to the existing system.
The review and analysis activities will consist of minor assignments such as reviews, projects and analyses that the Contracting Authority would like the Tenderer to carry out and that are not a direct part of the other development service. Relevant services will be, for example, technical consultancy services, reviews or analyses within mapping needs, choice of architecture, choice of technology or system alternatives.
— the Contracting Authority having access to the correct resources with the correct competence at the correct time,
— the development being carried out professionally, efficiently and with high quality and professional standard,
— good interaction and clear responsibility between the Contracting Authority´s suppliers within development, maintenance and operation,
The contracting authority will enter into a parallel framework agreement with two tenderers. See Annex 2 of the Contract for the rules for call-offs (distribution) under the framework agreement.
The competition is being held in accordance with the Public Procurements Act and the Public Procurement Regulations parts I and III. A restricted tender contest will be held, in which only qualified and invited tenderers will be invited to submit a tender.
Attention is drawn to the fact that this procurement is the first of three that will be announced in the first part of 2018 that will cover development, maintenance and operation of the contracting authority´s ICT systems.
If a tenderer finds that tender documentation does not provide adequate guidance, he can request additional information from the Contracting Authority’s contact person. Notification of any errors found in the tender documentation should be sent to the Contracting Authority’s contact person.
The tenderer shall be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
— foreign companies: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, trade register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
— A credit rating based on the most recent financial figures. The rating shall be carried out by a credit rating company with licence to conduct this service,

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer shall be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established. — Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate, — foreign companies: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, trade register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 70000000