Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-05-12
Buyer: Skatteetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48400000 | 48440000 | 48443000 | 48444000
Submission deadline: 2023-06-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Collection of the Future [Fremtidens innkreving] is a seven-year programme that will modernise regulations, work processes, IT and other aspects that support the Norwegian Tax Administration's collection tasks. The new finance core for the agency collections accounting is among the most central IT systems that will be realised by the programme. It has been decided that the new financial core will be based on a cloud-based standard system for accounting, etc. to the greatest extent possible. The procurement covers access to such a system as well as related additional services.
Information on the number of eligible tenderers that will be selected can be found in chapter 3 of the main document of the tender documentation. The degree of overcompliance with the applicable technical and professional qualification requirements will initially be used as a selection criterion. See the aforementioned chapter in the main document of the tender documentation for a description of exceptions at startup.
The service contract will first be signed for a three year period, after which the contracting authority will have the option to extend the contract for one year at a time, up to a total limit of two extensions.
- Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
- Credit rating, not older than one year calculated from the deadline for submission of the request to participate. The rating must be based on the latest known accounting figures.
- If a tenderer will use support from another company to fulfil this qualification requirement, including another company in the same group as the tenderer, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The credit evaluation mentioned in the previous sentence must fulfil the requirements in the point above. Furthermore, tenderers must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement. See the last section in point 4.3 in the main document of the tender documentation.
Note that the contracting authority requires that tenderers have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order, cf. point 2.1 in the main document of the tender documentation. The last named requirement concerns the following documentation requirement:
- Norwegian tenderers must submit a certificate from the Norwegian Tax Administration which states the extent of any tax, employer contribution and VAT payment arrears that the tenderer owes.
- Foreign tenderers shall submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
- The certificate must not be more than six months old calculated  from the deadline for submission of the request to participate. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
1. Tenderers must have sold access to a Standard System* to at least three external customers* during the last five years, whereby the Standard System(s) to which access has been sold must have originated essentially from the same Cloud Service Provider(s)* as the Standard System to which the tenderer will offer access if invited to participate in the contest. Each external customer must:
b) have had at least 50 registered, unique accounting users of the Standard System at one point in time. It is not required that the stated number of users have actually used the Standard System at the same time, only that the number of users has been registered as accounting users at one and the same time.
2. Tenderers must have provided the following additional services to each of the same external customers during the last five years:

Eligibility requirements: Qualification Requirement: - Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: - Norwegian tenderers shall submit a company registration certificate. - Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.