Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-10
Buyer: Politiets fellestjenester
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32400000 | 32410000 | 32412000 | 32412100
Estimated value: 18000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-07-14
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirement:
Tenderers shall have experience from comparable contracts. In this context, it involves having experience with providing an internet connection to socially critical locations with the accompanying services. The experience must be written from customers of similar size, geographical coverage and complexity.

Documentation requirement:
Description of up to 3 of the tenderer's most relevant/comparable contracts in the course of the last 3 years. The description must include a statement of the contract ́s value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer ́s responsibility to document relevance through the description. Tenderers can document their experience by referring to competence of the personnel he has at his disposal and can use this assignment, even if the experience has been worked up while the personnel have served another service provider.
Qualification requirement:
Tenderers shall have a good and well-functioning quality assurance and management system for the services that shall be provided. 

Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers shall submit documentation of their quality assurance and management system. The following documentation will be accepted:

If a tenderer is certified in accordance with internationally recognised standards for quality assurance/quality management, it is sufficient to enclose a copy of the issued certificate. 

or

Description of the tenderer's quality system and how this was implemented in the company, as well as a brief description of the processes and methods that are relevant to ensure the quality of what shall be delivered under the contract.
Qualification requirement:
Tenderers must have a good and well-functioning information security management system (ISMS).

Documentation requirement:
Tenderers shall present documentation of their information security management system. The following documentation will be accepted:
• Documentation of compliance with a recognised framework for information security such as ISO, NIST, CIS, ISF, ISA etc.
• A description of the tenderer's own management system for information security. The description shall as a minimum include an overview of the processes and methods that the tenderer has implemented, as well as refer to which processes in the ISO27001, NIST or CIS are covered.
The price will be evaluated based on the prices stated in Annex 7 Prices and price provisions as well as Annex 7 Annex 1 Price Form.
The quality award criteria is divided into sub-criteria given in the order of priority below and evaluated based on the Tenderer ́s response to: 
- Annex 2: The tenderer ́s system specifications (reply to Annex 1 Requirement Specifications). 
- Annex 5: Service level with standardised price reductions. 
- Annex 4: Project and progress plan for the establishment phase. 
- Annex 6: Administrative regulations. 

The tenderer ́s response to the assessment requirements in annex 2 is weighted higher than the responses to the other assessment requirements. Of the assessment requirements in annex 2, requirement 30 and requirement 36 are weighted highest. Furthermore, the tenderer ́s response to annex 5 and Annex 4 is weighted higher than Annex 6. 

The quality will be evaluated based on the responses to the stated documentation requirements. 
for each of the requirements. The assessment requirements are weighted differently, depending on 
whether they are marked Critical, Important, or Normal. Critical weighted more than 2 times higher than Important and Important weighted twice higher than Normal. A more detailed guide to the requirements and 
The requirement types are stated in Annex 2 Annex 2. 

When evaluating the tenders, within each assessment requirement a point score will be given from 0-10 and a score will be given that reflects the relevant differences in the tenders.
The deadline for a request for a provisional injunction against the contracting authority ́s decision to reject a request for participation in the competition, cf. the procurement regulations § 24-1 and § 24-2, or not to select a tenderer, cf. the procurement regulations § 16-12, will be set at a minimum of 15 days after the notification has been sent, c.f. the procurement regulations § 20-7.
Politiets fellestjenester (PFT), hereafter called the contracting authority, shall enter into a secondary contract for the delivery of WAN and internet to selected locations. The delivery must be independent of Telenor, as the Customer has already entered into a primary contract for WAN and internet with Telenor. Further details on who the contract applies to, including who is defined as the Customer in accordance with the contract, is in annex 1 chapter 2.
A complete description of the procurement and delivery is given in the contract with annexes, as well as other information published through our tender management tool (KGV) from Mercell (previously EU-Supply).
The contracting authority has the option to extend the contract subject to the same conditions for 1+1 years, so that the total possible length of the agreement is 5 years.