Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-16
Buyer: Digitaliseringsdirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 73000000
Estimated value: 500000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-04-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
This contest is for an assignment to map digital trust services (eIDAS Trust Services) in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The mapping is important in order to uncover contractual obligations that prevent or complicate work on making digital services available for login and use from foreign citizens and companies. The contracting authority would like the report and tender to be written in English. The full description of the assignment is available in English.
The report must establish knowledge on the current and planned use of eIDAS trust services, and possibly other similar services, with focus on the importance of an offer of a set of digital services across national borders. The report will function as a starting point for further analysis, initiatives and projects related to the use of trust services as regards border-free digital services.
The eIDAS scheme is a regulation at European level that sets joint rules for transborder use of national electronic means of identification and a set of trust services; electronic signature, electronic seal, date stamp, electronic delivery service and authentication of websites, as well as a qualification procedure for suppliers of trust services. The scheme was approved in 2014 and gradually implemented over the entire EU/EEA area.
NOBID - Nordic-Baltic eID Cooperation Project, is a project under the Nordic Minister Council to make it easier to use national electronic identities for access to public services from other countries. NOBID cooperates with political experts and technical experts from the eight countries in the Nordic-Baltic area. NOBID produces status reports and starts collaboration activities that stimulate the use of the country's IDs over the national borders in the region.
Online access applies to most types of services these days. It is usual to use national eID to report income, apply for education, get access to e-prescriptions, and other public and private services. Such services will, however, rely on other electronic services in many cases, e.g., electronic dating or electronic signature. This complicates expansions of such services over national borders, as these services can come under specific national jurisdiction and practice.
The analysis will establish knowledge on current and planned use of eIDAS trust services, and possibly other similar services, with focus on the importance of an offer of a set of digital services across national borders. The analysis will function as a starting point for further analysis, initiatives and projects related to the use of trust services as regards transborder digital services.
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; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Tenderers must have the adequate financial strength to comply with the contractual obligations. Documentation requirement: Tenderers (i.e. the company that has submitted the tender) must attach a credit rating from a certified credit institution/company. The credit report must be based on the last known accounting figures. This credit assessment must include a credit rating, (including a credit rating, part judgement and historical rating), and it must be carried out by a publicly approved credit institution. The credit score must not be lower than A (creditworthy) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (numbers). Tenders from tenderers with a score lower than A or equivalent (i.e., not credit worthy or credit worthy with security) will not be considered. Newly established tenderers can present a bank declaration as proof of credit worthiness.

Eligibility requirements: Registered in a trade register or company register. 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; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.

Award value: 500000