Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2021-03-12
Buyer: Statens innkjøpssenter v/DFØ
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48510000 | 48515000 | 72000000 | 72400000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Prior Information Notice — Invitation to Market Survey (RFI) — Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Specialised Interaction Systems
The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Norwegian Public Procurement Centre intends to set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for specialised interaction systems during spring 2021. In this connection a market survey is now being carried out.
The purpose of this prior information notice is to give the market warning that a DPS for specialised interaction systems will be published shortly, and thereby give the suppliers the opportunity to provide their input before the procurement. At the same time there is a need to collect information in relation to ensuring the system gives the greatest possible needs coverage and goal achievement, and in order to reduce risk for both the contracting authority and suppliers in the procurement.
The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Norwegian Public Procurement Centre will establish a DPS for specialised interaction systems. There is no precise definition of what specialised interaction systems are, or what functionality they must contain. However, the pending procurement will include cloud-based digital systems for interaction and communication that can reach a broad market.
The requested functionality will vary from procurement to procurement under the DPS, but it is anticipated that the most common functionality requested will be:
The need that will be covered by establishing this DPS does not include office support services such as email and calendar, text and number processing etc. This is functionality that will be requested in separate agreements at a later date.
The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Norwegian Public Procurement Centre is tasked with establishing a marketplace for cloud services for all public entities. I.e. Contract on the marketplace in addition to government entities, includes municipalities and counties. The marketplace will make it easier for government and public entities to acquire secure, legal and cost-efficient cloud-services. The contracts entered into for the Marketplace will be voluntary to use for the entities and it is therefore uncertain how many entities will make procurements under the DPS. Regardless, this means that the potential number of users of the system is very large.
The potential users identified are approx. 160 000 employees in state administrative bodies divided into approx. 200 entities. Approx. 547 000 employees in municipalities and counties, divided into respectively 365 municipalities and 11 counties. Geographically, the users are located across the entire nation, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Attached to this announcement you will find information about the procurement and questions we want you to answer. In view of the planned progress in the process, we recommend interested suppliers provide their input by 21 March 2021.