Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-08-30
Buyer: Digitaliseringsdirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 79415200
Estimated value: 4000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-10-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: P 01-23 Prequalification – Project name:'Ingen sak med byggesak, effektiv og brukerrettet veiledning i alle ledd'(‘Seamless building applications - effective and user-oriented guidance at all levels’).
Every year, private individuals, construction companies and other enterprises submit around 90,000 building applications to the municipalities. The first line service in the municipality has limited resources and is experiencing great workload.
The project wants to find out how the first line personnel of building applications in the municipalities can have a simpler and more efficient workday.
The goal is increased confidence in the building application field through guidance services that both employees and users are more satisfied with.
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Every year, private individuals, construction companies and other enterprises submit around 90,000 building applications to the municipalities. The first line service in the municipality has limited resources and is experiencing great workload. The public expects quick answers in their building applications, although many of the clarifications require the involvement of other municipal agencies, or sectoral authorities. This creates frustration at many levels. Several surveys show that planning and building matters are the service area with the lowest satisfaction score among all municipal services. This may be related to the fact that the process is perceived as time-consuming, complicated, and complex.
We want to find out how the first line personnel of building applications in the municipalities can have a simpler and more efficient workday. We want more coordinated information flows across administrative levels, municipal boundaries and the municipality's internal organisation. As part of this, we want to explore the extent to which machine learning, artificial intelligence or other technology has the potential to unload and streamline routine tasks in the current guidance services.
The goal is increased confidence in the building application field through guidance services that both employees and users are more satisfied with.
The project name is 'Ingen sak med byggesak, effektiv og brukerrettet veiledning i alle ledd'(‘Seamless building applications - effective and user-oriented guidance at all levels’).
The Norwegian Building Authority, contact person Therese Brøndum, the head of department for Construction regulations and user information.
Project mangager Ragnhild Olin Amdam, senior consultant, the department for Construction regulations and user information.
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), contact person Heidi Liv Tomren, consultant in the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), the department of Planning, construction and geodata, research, innovation and digitalisation.
We would like to use this procurement to get the right competence to carry out a good Stimulab project. All StimuLab projects must be in accordance with the triple diamond, and the tenderer must offer competence and implementation of all diamonds even though that we, at the start of project, do not know what the delivery comprises. The diagnosis stage will identify what the delivery will include and the stage of the implementation process.
As the project is part of StimuLab, there must be an open and experimental approach, so it is, therefore, not known in advance what the actual delivery in each project will be. The projects must, however, result in an anchored and obliged system that is either implemented or will be implemented, or a platform for further development. This will depend on the project´s complexity and size and will be clarified further in the dialogue phase.
The contract will be automatically extended by six (6) months after the end date, unless the Contracting Authority notifies the Tenderer in writing that it will not be extended. During this period, the Contracting Authority will assess whether the options should be activated.

Eligibility requirements: Registration in a trade register or a company register: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country  where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; tenderers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex. Description of the requirement/documentation: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Norwegian companies must attach a company registration certificate. Foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a branch register, company register, professional register, or a trade register, as specified in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established.

Award value: 4000000