NO-Oslo: data services

Country:

Norway

City/Locality:

OSLO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:185113-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 18, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 29, 2008

Buyer:

DIFI - (AGENCY FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND EGOVERNMENT)

Original Language:

English

Address:

DIFI - (AGENCY FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND EGOVERNMENT)
OSLO
Norway

Web Site:

http://www.difi.no

72300000 - Data services

Notice Type: 33M0
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Economic Area (EEA), with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 138/2008
, #
185113-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): DIFI - (Agency for Public
Management and eGovernment), Stensberggata 25, P.O. Box 8115 Dep.,
Contact: Department for Public procurement, Attn: Peder Bentsen, N-0032
Oslo. Tel. 22 45 11 74. E-mail: peder.bentsen@difi.no.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.difi.no.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.doffin.no/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA6854.
Further information can be obtained at: DIFI - (Agency for Public
Management and eGovernment), Stensberggata 25, P.O. Box 8115 Dep.,
Contact: PricewaterhouseCoopers AS, Attn: Frank Mikkelsen, N-0032 Oslo.
Tel. (47) 95 26 00 34. E-mail: ehp@ehandel.no. URL:
http://www.ehandel.no/ehp.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Direktoratet for
forvaltning og IKT (Agency for Public Management and eGovernment),
Sandakerveien 24 C, bygning D9 , (alt. P.O. Box 8115, Dep. 0032 OSLO),
Contact: Department for Public Procurement, Attn: Peder Bentsen, N-N 0473
Oslo. Tel. (47) 22 45 11 74. E-mail: peder.bentsen@difi.no.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Electronic Procurement Platform II (EPP II) for Ehandel.no.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 7.
Main place of performance: Norway.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 8
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds
four years: Complex contract with extensive replacement costs. The
contract is initially for 4 years with options for prolongation for a
period of 2 + 2 years.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Through the
framework agreement, the Operator shall provide a complete and value added
set of solutions for e-procurement and accompanying services that cater
for the widespread introduction of e-procurement between contracting
authorities and their suppliers. Based on the existing EPP-solution, we
expect the Operator to:
— Provide services for exchange of standardised electronic business
documents between Contracting Authorities and their suppliers of goods and
services (economic operators),
— Provide services for establishment, maintenance and quality assurance of
standardised electronic product catalogues,
— Provide services for standardised integration of EPP II software
solutions with software solutions from other service providers to
Ehandel.no and software solutions from independent third parties providing
services to the users of Ehandel.no,
— Provide user friendly services for Contracting Authorities to retrieve
information from product catalogues (i.e. search engine) and support a
wide range of ordering mechanisms and structured communication between
Contracting Authorities and their suppliers,
— Provide user friendly services for the suppliers of goods and services
so that they can interact electronically with Contracting Authorities
through multiple channels such as, but not limited to; e-mail, web-based
interfaces, integration with internal systems etc,
— Provide value adding services to both Contracting Authorities and their
suppliers such as, but not limited to; supplier activation, catalogue
improvement, customised integration, change management etc.
NOTE: Further information and additional documentation relating to this
notice may be available on the Doffin Web Site at
http://www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=133984.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72300000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The activity on the existing procurement
platform is ca 170 00 transactions with a total value of nearly 2 billions
NOK. About 50 public enteties and 500 suppliers are connected. The
Operator's annual income from the existing contract is unknown. The level
of activity is expected to raise substantially for the EPP II.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The objective is to enter into a framework
agreement for a period of 4 – four years, with two options to extend the
agreement with a period of 2 years each (maximum 8 years).
Number of possible renewals: 2
in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated
timeframe for subsequent contracts: in months: 24 (from the award of the
contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Guarantee by third party (bank
guarantee and/or guarantee from parent company).
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Se appendix Basis
for qualifications.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Groups of suppliers must either be
organised as principal contractor with subcontractors or be established as
a joint venture before a contract can be signed.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Company
registration certificate
(2) Value added tax certificate (National requirement)
(3) Company tax certificate (National requirement)
(4) Self-declaration in compliance with Appendix 2 (HSE) of the Norwegian
procurement regulations (National requirement)
(5) Other documentation required (please state below)
See attached Basis for qualifications.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Statement of the
company’s turnover, of relevance to this contract, for previous years
(2) Other documentation required (please state below)
See attached Basis for qualifications.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See attached Basis for
qualifications.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Overview of the company's total
manpower
(2) Manpower proposed for this contract (organisation chart) with names
and CV's of the key personnel who will be responsible for its execution
(for service and works contracts)
(3) A list of the principal deliveries effected, or main services
provided, by the company, in the past three years, with the values, dates
and recipients (for supply and service contracts)
(4) A statement of the company's health, environment and safety policy
(5) A statement of the quality assurance/quality control system operated
by the company
(6) A certificate issued by an accredited certification authority
attesting to the quality assurance, production or technical capacity of
the company (for service and works contracts)
(7) Other documentation required (please state below)
See attached Basis for qualifications.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See attached Basis for
qualifications.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Finance
/ economy.
Technical capacity and knowledge.
Information, Quality, and Environmental Management.
For more information see item 3 in the appendix Basis for qualifications.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 29.8.2008.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
29.8.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.9.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: Danish. English. Swedish.
Other: Norwegian.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Operator will replace the existing
service provider for the procurement platform. For further information on
the services from the current Operator, see www.ehandel.no/ehp.
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following
organisations:
The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI) and The
NorwegianAssociation of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) will act as a
central purchasing body and conclude the framework agreement with the
Operator intended for the Contracting Authorities which include
governmental enteties, counties and municipalities. For more information,
see item 1.3 in the appendix Basis for qualifications.
(NT Ref:133984).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 15.7.2008.

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