Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-03-06
Buyer: Norsk rikskringkasting AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72400000 | 72411000: Internet service providers (ISP) | 72415000: Website hosting services | 72416000: Application service providers
Submission deadline: 2023-04-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.,subsequently named NRK, invites interested contenders to request for participation in a negotiated procedure to offer framework agreements for the delivery of Content Delivery Network (CDN service.
NRK aims to be a world class content producer and publicist on all media. Our core activities are the production and distribution of broadcasts and programmes in various forms of publication. Within interactive forms of publication, video is the most important competitive advantage for NRK.
During the lifetime of this contract, NRK expects that the importance of content distribution (audio, video, and text) over the Internet will further increase, probably to being our most important distribution channel. We would therefore like to increase our efforts in order to ensure that the suppliers under this contract perform to or better than our agreed SLAs. As these are parallel framework agreements, we will also use the annual traffic allocation to provide better performance. This further emphasises that these services are directly affected by the Norwegian authorities' requirements for the broadcaster.
OTT consumption was previously driven by the younger public, but we are now seeing a change for all demographic groups. The demand for fault-free quality experiences from traditional linear distribution services are now also expected for the ITT services. This means that NRK needs distribution services that enable 'fault-free' distribution and a high customer experience, as well as the tenderer have a good footing (good connection) with local and national ISPs in Norway. In addition, the tenderer ought to be ahead when it comes to the development of CDN services and securing them. Qualities such as low delay, high quality, and the flexibility to include new standards will be important for the fulfilment of this contract.
Among the qualified contenders, NRK will select a minimum of three (3) to be invited to participate in the tender proposal stage provided that a sufficient number of providers are qualified.
K 01 Tenderers should not have considerable tax remarks connected to the payment of taxes to the public.
K03 Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contractual obligations.
K04 Previous experience - tenderers must have good experience from previous similar and relevant deliveries.
K05 - Capacity - tenderers must have the capacity to provide and support CDN services as described in the attached tender documentation.
K06 - Quality assurance -  tenderers must have established suitable methods and/or systems to ensure the quality of the deliveries.
K07 - Information security insurance - tenderers must have established suitable methods and/or systems for seeing to information security.

Eligibility requirements: K 01 Tenderers should not have considerable tax remarks connected to the payment of taxes to the public. K 02 Tenderers must be a legally registered company.