Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: stein.odegaard@vegvesen.no
  Statens vegvesen Vegdirektoratet
  Brynsengfaret 6A, Postboks 8142 Dep
  Oslo
  0033
  NORWAY
  Tel: +47 02030

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.vegvesen.no

  Address of the buyer profile: http://www.doffin.no//search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0250

  Further information can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

• I.3) Main activity

  General public services

• I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

    Procurement of a central ICT solution for toll payment in Norway.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 7: Computer and related services

    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Oslo municipality, Norway.

    NUTS code

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Not provided

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The Norwegian Public Roads Administration, on behalf of the Directorate for Public Roads, shall purchase a new ICT solution for toll payment in Norway. It shall replace the current system which will be in operation until 31.10.2012.

    The procurement will include deliveries, including commissioning of a toll collection company, and associated management (maintenance, development and technical operations). The delivery of the solution shall take place in 2013 and 2014.

    The solution will include functionality to support the processes related to the collection of transactions from all Norwegian toll stations with AutoPASS technology, management of customer inquiries and payment of tolls.

    The solution will be used by Norwegian toll collection companies. This procurement is therefore limited to the central computer system (back-end systems) and does not include solutions for toll stations in the toll road network.

    The procurement will be conducted as a competition with negotiation.

    The terms for delivery is the contract standard PS2000 by the Norwegian Computer Society regarding deliveries of software etc. The management agreements are:

    — The Government's standard contract for maintenance and service of equipment and software (SSA-S),

    — The Government's standard agreement for purchase of operational services relating to hardware, infrastructure and software (SSA-D),

    — Framework agreement for further development, based on the Government's standard agreement (SSA-U and SSA-B).

    The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will enter into all the agreements with the one supplier.

    The delivery agreements will be valid until conclusion of the guarantee period.

    The management agreements will be valid to a set date 3 years after the solution is in normal operation at all toll collection companies included in the agreement, with the option for 1 year prolongation. New toll collection companies or toll stations established during the agreement period, will be included in the management agreements.

    Scheduled date for signing of the contracts is February 2013.

    Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Doffin Web Site at http://www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=262916.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    72000000, 48000000

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

  • II.1.8) Lots

    This contract is divided into lots: no

  • II.1.9) Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted: no

• II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

  • II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

    Between 100 000 000 and 150 000 000 NOK.

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Options: no

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Not provided

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    See the tender documents.

  • III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

    See the tender documents.

  • III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Not provided

  • III.1.4) Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the 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)

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) Other documentation required (please state below)

    The company’s annual reports with annual accounts for the previous 3 years including notes.

    Credit appraisal carried out by an approved credit rating agency.

    The documentation shall not be older than 6 months from deadline for receipt of tenders.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The tenderer shall have sufficient financial capacity to carry out the assignment. The tenderer shall have a credit rating level A or better in accordance with AAA-Soliditet or equivalent.

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    (1) Other documentation required (please state below)

    Documentation of competence, personnel and human resources for the areas included in the contracts, including documentation of sub-providers.

    The supplier's methodology for quality assurance.

    References from relevant projects, including recipients name and contact information.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    The service provider shall have sufficient technical qualifications to carry out the assignment. The service provider shall have completed former deliveries of ICT solutions of equivalent size and complexity.

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

  • III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

    Not provided

  • III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons 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

    Negotiated

    Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) no

  • IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Envisaged minimum number 3: and maximum number 5

    Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The selection will be based on the award criteria.

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes

• 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) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

    2012080226

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Prior information notice

    Notice number in the OJEU: 2012/S 67-110354 of 5.4.2012

  • IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Not provided

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    20.9.2012 - 12:00

  • IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

    20.10.2012

  • IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    Other: Norwegian.

  • IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    Not provided

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Not provided

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  Not provided

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  Not provided

• VI.3) Additional information

  (NT Ref:263039).

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Not provided

  • VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  9.7.2012