Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Official name: The Brønnøysund Register Centre
Postal address: Havnegata 48
Town: BRØNNØYSUND
Postal code: 8910
Country: Norway
For the attention of: Innkjøpsenheten
E-mail: firmapost@brreg.no
Telephone: +47 75007509
Fax: +47 75007505
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: http://www.brreg.no/
Electronic access to information: https://permalink.mercell.com/202819116.aspx
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://permalink.mercell.com/202819116.aspx
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
Economic and financial affairs
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities
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:
Firewall system
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance
Supplies
Purchase
NUTS code NO071 Nordland
II.1.3)Information on framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The Brønnøysund Registers would like to replace the current perimeter security system with a new system that is able to provide perimeter security and also
secure further defined internal zones with traffic crossing between different internal networks, existing and planned future networks. End-to-end management of security across this
system and existing network infrastructure consisting of F5 BigIP, Cisco ACI, Cisco DNA, and Redhat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS) for OpenShift must be possible.
The contract includes:
- hardware, software and services that fulfil the described needs and requirements
- support for the Brønnøysund Registers in connection with installation and configuration of the system
-
maintenance services including 24/7 support
- advice and consultancy assistance when needed
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
48200000 Networking, Internet and intranet software package, 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.7)Information about subcontracting
The tenderer has to indicate in the tender any share of the contract it may intend to subcontract to third parties and any proposed subcontractor, as well as
the subject-matter of the subcontracts for which they are proposed
The tenderer has to indicate any change occurring at the level of
subcontractors during the execution of the contract
The contracting authority/entity may oblige the successful tenderer to award all or certain
subcontracts through the procedure set out in Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC
The successful tenderer is obliged to specify which part or parts
of the contract it intends to subcontract beyond the required percentage and to indicate the subcontractors already identified
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:
Firewall system consisting of the necessary hardware and software, support and maintenance services as well as advice and consultancy on the installation,
configuration and use of the system.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 8000000.00 NOK
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: Range: between 3 and 10
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 12 (from the
award of the contract)
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (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:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the
relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the
contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is
subject, in particular with regard to security of supply and security of information:
III.1.5)Information about security clearance:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation
Criteria regarding the personal situation of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade
registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Tenderers must be a legally registered company. Documented as described
in the qualification documentation.
Criteria regarding the personal situation of subcontractors (that may lead to their rejection) including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Tenderers must be a legally registered company.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Criteria regarding the economic and financial standing of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Tenderers must have satisfactory economic and financial ability to
execute the contract. Documented as described in the qualification documentation.
III.2.3)Technical and/or professional capacity
Criteria regarding the technical and/or professional ability of economic operators (that may lead to their exclusion)
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Tenderers must have good
competence and capacity to fulfil their obligations under the contract, have established satisfactory management systems for quality assurance, information security management and
environmental management, and have very good experience from design, setup, delivery and maintenance of firewall systems in data centres based on Cisco ACI. Documented as described in
the qualification documentation.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to
participate
Envisaged minimum number 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: See the qualification
documentation points 4.9.
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 has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
23/00948
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or
descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
15.6.2023 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected
candidates
22.6.2023
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Other Norwegian
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Official name: Brønnøy District Court
Country: Norway
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be
obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
12.5.2023