Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-07-04
Buyer: Husbanken
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32400000 | 32412110 | 32413100 | 32420000 | 48200000
Submission deadline: 2023-08-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Housing Bank of Norway would like to procure fibre-based network infrastructure for all of its premises in Norway. The network must be of the type IP VPN, and there must be network centric internet access as well as redundancy in the network for all locations and internet.
There are strong requirements for stability, availability, as well as monitoring of operations for the system. The Housing Bank of Norway would like a flexible delivery with good customer dialogue and close follow-up underway. It must be possible to change the system in the delivery according to the Housing Bank of Norway's changed needs in the contract period, by, for example, using new products, services, and technology as well as scaling them as required.
Tenderers must be able to offer a client web where it is possible to handle both administrative and service related assignments. This must, amongst other things, contain statistics about consumption and service use as well as reports about bandwidth in real time. In case of irregularities, it should be possible to report errors in the system 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A common place for support should be provided i addition to the client web. The tenderer must record all enquiries from the customer. Upon transition to the new infrastructure, the tenderer must make detailed plans for the installation of the delivery so that the existing system can be decommissioned safely and without interruption to operations. Prior to the completion of the delivery, a report must be prepared demonstrating that all connections are operative, and that traffic between all of the contracting authority’s local networks and other premises are connected to the internet, and that the system is ready for operation.
*Option for products and services: It must be possible to procure other accompanying products and services. List the most relevant products and services with prices in this reply.
*Option for DDosS protection: Option for an additional service for DDoS protection. Describe the routines and any products that are used.
*Option for dark fibre: It must be possible to procure other network services such as dark fibre or other relevant technical systems for the network delivery.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state 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.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Documented by: Credit assessment/rating based on the most recent known financial figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating agency with a licence to provide such service.
Tenderers must have good experience from comparable assignments. Documentation: Description of the tenderer's three most relevant assignments in the last three years - use the appendix. The description must include a statement of the customer, contact information, as well as information on the actual delivery. It is the tenderer's responsibility to document relevance through the description.


Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state 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.