Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-02
Buyer: Ullensaker Kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48218000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72250000: System and support services | 72260000: Software-related services | 72261000: Software support services
Submission deadline: 2020-08-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Ullensaker Municipality has started work on building a completely new modern operational platform based on cloud services. The new virtual computer centre must be established by 30 June 2021.
The Municipality's ICT strategy primarily involves procuring software as a service, but recognises that it is currently not possible to procure all the core systems in this way. The Municipality's platform must therefore also be able to handle a selection of legacy applications within each sector. This will be done by using infrastructure as a service (Iaas). The chosen platform is Microsoft Azure, with associated services. During the planning it has become apparent that almost immediately after the contract was signed with a supplier the Municipality needs a selection of Citrix licences, as well as assistance with planning future Microsoft licences. The majority of the volume will be on Microsoft, but the municipality needs Citrix and Adobe, in addition to the option to procure other licences if required.
— assistance with the hire of licences, supplements and maintenance of them (keep them updated and valid);
— consultancy services for the choice of the correct licence portfolio through optimisation, so that the contracting authority always has the correct number of licences and the best/required licences that cover specific needs;
The aim of the procurement is to get licence consultancy services, reduce procurement costs and ensure checks on licensed software.
The estimated annual value of the assignment will be between NOK 8 000 000-9 000 000 excluding VAT. The amount is an estimate and is not binding for the contracting authority.
The contracting authority has considered dividing the contract in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations Section 19-4, but has decided that this is not suitable for this contract.
— The contract will be regulated by the attached contract with the accompanying standard contract terms.
— The contract will be valid from 18 September 2020 until it is terminated. The contract has a unilateral notice period of 6 months.
— The contracting authority expects that the tenderer is familiar with the contract provisions and makes the necessary internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.
Documentation requirement: requirement for certificate of paid VAT, tax and social security contribution. A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's country, confirming that the tenderer has met the obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has its headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no RF-1507, previously RF-1244) in accordance with the legislation in the country. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old.
The contracting authority is not allowed to request the certificate if he has already received it, in accordance with the regulations § 17-1(4). If you have submitted a tax certificate to the contracting authority and it is still valid at the time of the tender submission for this contract the tender submission deadline, for this contest, you are not obliged to submit a certificate now. If this is the case, state when and to whom the certificate was previously submitted. You can, however, enclose the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer's economic and financial standing: the financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: the contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.
Any other support from other companies for compliance with the qualification requirement. If the tenderer is dependent on other companies to fulfil this qualification requirement, the necessary documentation must then be provided. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.