Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2023-03-28
Buyer: Trøndelag fylkeskommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 48441000 | 48812000: Financial information systems | 72212440
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice: Digital system for business management, financial planning and reporting
Trøndelag municipality intends to procure a new cloud-based system to support municipal business management, budgeting, financial planning and reporting. The county intends to sign a contract with Framsikt AS within 10 days if no other issues arise.
Trøndelag county needs a system that will be integrated with the financial system and the personnel/payroll system Unit 4. The system will be used within the following main areas: Formulating financial plans, budgeting, budget reports, climate budget, operating plan, and the municipality's other planning systems. The system must facilitate easy production of easily understood and informative action programmes, as well as budget, planning and report documents for publication. The most relevant modules concern analysis, reviews, plans, financial plans, annual budget, business management, consolidation and reporting.
Trøndelag county has kept itself updated on whether there are any alternatives on the market. This has been done by obtaining information on procurements of similar systems in municipalities and counties in 2022 and 2023, as well as surveys conducted in connection with the procurement of a new ERP solution in 2019. It is clear to Trøndelag county that there are no alternative players in the market other than the system from Framsikt AS that cover the county's overall need for business management.
The procurement is outside the scope of the procurement regulations because,  as far as we have been able to determine, Framsikt AS is the only supplier of such a system in the market.
The supplier can deliver a comprehensive system for financial planning, including the production of a document and publication of the work. The system includes modules for analysis, reviews, planning, financial planning, annual budgeting, business management and reporting. Trøndelag county has not found any systems that are able cover the need for comprehensive business management in the same way as the system from Framsikt AS.
The procurement is considered to comply with the Public Procurement Regulations (PPR) § 13-4 letter b no. 2, and no. 3: The contracting authority carry out a procurement without a tender contest if the procurement concerns services that only a specific service provider can deliver as "competition is impossible due to technical reasons".
Trøndelag county has kept itself updated on whether there are any alternatives on the market. This has been done by obtaining information about procurements of similar systems in municipalities and counties in 2022 and 2023, as well as It is clear to Trøndelag county that there are no alternative players in the market other than the system from Framsikt AS that cover the county's overall need for business management.
The procurement is outside the scope of the procurement regulations. Explanation: Framsikt AS is the only tenderer in the market of such a system, as far as we know.
The supplier can deliver a comprehensive system for financial planning, including the production of a document and publication of the work. The system includes modules for analysis, reviews, planning, financial planning, annual budgeting, business management and reporting. Trøndelag county has not found any systems that are able cover the need for comprehensive business management in the same way as the system from Framsikt AS.
The procurement is considered to comply with the Public Procurement Regulations (PPR) § 13-4 letter b no. 2, and no. 3: The contracting authority can implement a procurement without a competition if the procurement concerns "a service that only a specific supplier can deliver" as "competition is impossible due to technical reasons", cf. option 2, or "the supplier has sole rights, including intellectual property rights", cf. option 3.. This only applies when "there are no reasonable alternatives and the lack of competition is not due to the contracting authority having adapted the procurement documents for a specific supplier".


Winner: Framsikt AS
Award value: 8000000