Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-06-07
Buyer: Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72413000: Website design services | 79415200 | 79800000 | 79820000 | 79822500
Estimated value: 30000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-07-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The procurement concerns services within visual communication. The agreement covers the delivery of the design and visual communication of professional content on various platforms, communication channels and devices.
Parallel framework agreements: DSS will enter into parallel framework agreements with five tenderers. See Annex 2 of the Standard Government Contract SSA-R (the framework agreement) and section 2.2 of this document. The agreement will be non-exclusive.
Contracting authorities: In addition to DSS, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Norwegian Community of Ministries will be contracting authorities on the agreement. See Annex 1 to the Standard Government Contract SSA-R (the framework agreement) for a list of the organisations that will be contracting authorities on the agreement.
The agreement will cover the contracting authorities' needs for design, design profiles, layout, photography, illustration, etc. of various themes and maintenance of the design programme for the ministries.
The design programme for the ministries forms the basis for all visual communication on all platforms, communication channels and devices and ensures that the sender's identity is maintained in a professional manner. The tenderer is bound by this in the performance of each individual assignment.
The tenderer's end product will be digital files. Printing and production will be performed by the customer. As a rule, the contracting authority at DSS will also be responsible for publishing.
The working language is Norwegian. The procurement is described in more detail in the tender documentation.
The estimated value of the contract is from NOK 20,000,000 excluding VAT to NOK 30,000,000 excluding VAT over four years. The estimated value is not binding for the contracting authority. The agreement is non-exclusive, and the contracting authorities have the right, but not the obligation, to award contracts on this framework agreement. The contracting authority is not obliged to procure a certain volume during the framework agreement period.
In the selection assessment, we will assess the tenderer's professional qualifications in regard to i) skills, ii) efficiency and iii) experience.
i) Skills are assessed based on information about education and professional qualifications for resources available to the tenderer, and work samples, in relation to the description of the assignment.
iii) Efficiency will be assessed based on the description of the assignment and the work samples for the assignment in relation to the value of the contract (assignment).
The tenderer's response to the qualification requirement technical and professional qualifications, both a) professional qualifications and b) human resources
Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate or a printout from the Unit Register for sole proprietorships not required to register.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. The verification can be submitted in writing or by referring to BRIS.
A certificate, not older than 6 months, which verifies that the tenderer has fulfilled the obligations of payment of taxes, social security contributions and VAT. The certificate can be ordered and obtained from Altinn by using a separate link on skatteetaten.no. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.

Eligibility requirements: Requirements: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate or a printout from the Unit Register for sole proprietorships not required to register. Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. The verification can be submitted in writing or by referring to BRIS.

Award value: 30000000