Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-10-06
Buyer: Statens pensjonskasse
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 71621000 | 72130000 | 72150000 | 72246000 | 72266000: Software consultancy services
Estimated value: 6000000 NOK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SPK intends to enter into a contract with Gartner Norge AS for access to supplier-independent research, analysis and consultancy services within ICT and the supplier market. Tenderers must be able to be an advisor in strategic choices based on SPK's actual needs. The services must be designed as a member-based subscription service, where SPK gets access to analyses and research material, at the same time that the tenderer is able, in addition, to provide consultancy services/advice and quality assurance when required.
The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (SPK), intends to enter into agreement with Gartner Norge AS for the supply of services within Research, Consultant, and Benchmarking services.
— proven analytical models for ranking and positioning of suppliers in various markets and technology areas and
— proven and well defined methods based on best practice for classic challenges within IT and the organisation of IT:
The service provider shall be able to provide membership-based contracts with a fixed price for the various services and with well defined deliverables such as:
— free access to analyses, methodologies, templates and tools included in the various Programmes and available on the Internet through dedicated portals,
— provide analyses both at the strategic level, including reference architectures, as well as specific, tactical advice on implementation.
— easy to configure the portal for a person´s own needs (e.g. My Suppliers, My Library, My Analysists, My Key Initiatives),
— coaching of both strategic and tactical nature according to a fixed patterns and the need for IT senior management and selected IT management roles,
— at least two network meetings annually with other IT managers from the public sector, both in Norway, Scandinavia and internationally in general,
— consultancy services to end-user organisations (“users of technology” — not suppliers) based on interviews, analysis and daily contact with other, equivalent organisations, amongst other things, to prepare best practice within different areas in application of technology in the organisations,
— monitoring of the participants (the suppliers) in different technology markets, for example when ranking suppliers within a given market, assessing of the supplier's own development based on approved methodologies,
— monitoring technology trends for use, analyses of the impact technology can have in various parts of society, analyses of the various phases a technology undergoes from conception to commercial availability in the market and in daily use in organisations,
— monitoring the market with market analyses that includes statistics on market shares, forecasts and market trends. The analyses should be both qualitative and quantitative in nature,
— wide offering of professional conferences, seminars and Symposiums both in Norway and internationally.


Winner: Gartner Norge AS
Award value: 6000000