Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-09-10
Buyer: Havforskningsinstituttet
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 73000000 | 73200000 | 73210000 | 79411100
Award criteria: quality, price

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like tenders for the following: Professional contributions for internal management gatherings at the Contracting Authority (management forum). The contracting authority is organised with 50 middle managers and 11 top managers. We envisage the following extent:2 assemblies per year with 1-2 days for the middle management group.3 assemblies per year with 1-2 days for the top management group. The objective of the management development at the Contracting Authority is to give managers a common platform based on good role understanding, so that managers can be better able to use and develop the competence of their employees. A management development shall contribute to developing the manager to function as the driving force and support person for their employees. The assemblies shall, through lectures, discussions, theory and practical assignments, give the manager knowledge that provides a better understanding of what a leadership role entails, with special emphasis on management of people and teams.  The collections are mainly based on physical attendance, but up to 20% can be executed digitally. The competition will be carried out in two phases: phase 1 is the qualification phase phase 2 is the tender phase Type of Agreement, a framework agreement will be signed with one (1) tenderer for management development. A framework agreement is an agreement between the Contracting Authority and the tenderer, which intends to determine the contract terms for the call-offs that shall be entered into during the framework agreement period, especially as regards the price and amount (extent). The contract ́s extent: The annual volume of the entire procurement is estimated to NOK 1,000,000 excluding VAT per annum. The total contract value including options amounts to a maximum of NOK 4,000,000, excluding VAT. The contract ́s length and option A framework agreement will be signed with a tenderer for 2 years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the contract for a further 1+1 year, to a total maximum of four years.
The contracting authority has started work with developing managers at all levels in the organisation and intends to enter into a framework agreement for management development. The development work shall support the Contracting Authority's work with developing and implementing a new strategy, as well as providing training and knowledge on central management assignments in knowledge organisations. The intention is to use the organisation ́s full potential and deliver national and internationally leading knowledge based advice and services within coastal and ocean management. We would like to use a consultant who has experience and research based competence within management in research and development (R&D) institutions. In addition we would like a consultant who has experience from courses for managers in research institutions that are facing or are in the restructuring. The tenderer must also have competence in relation to the relevance and importance of R&D institutions for social development in Norway and the Nordic countries, as well as knowledge on research policy trends at global, European and national levels. Good communication ability and ability to communicate knowledge to managers who can be put into practical/concrete strategies in their daily leadership is also something that is an important attribute for the consultant. The contracting authority has established a management forum that gathers at least twice a year for 1 to 2 days. The aim is to create a meeting place across the institute's leaders to meet the need for a common discussion arena where central problems for institute leaders can be discussed with the aim of developing a learning organisation and achieving a common understanding of the practice of the leadership role at the institute. In some of the collections it will be necessary to hire in external competence to, for example, plan the collection, give professional contributions through lectures, arrange work-shops, discussions, exercises etc. The management forum ́s professional content will vary from time to time, and it will be important that the professional focus for the forum can always be adapted to the contracting authority ́s needs. If a tenderer cannot offer the desired contribution, the Contracting Authority shall be free to contact others.


Number of bids: 4