Qualification Network Operation and Communications Services

Eignungskriterien

• • •The tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU
  • •suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
  • •Minimum qualification requirements
  • •Requirement: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documented by a Company Registration Certificate or equivalent.

• Regarding any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that

  • •Minimum qualification requirements
  • •Requirement: The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the assignment - the tenderer shall be credit worthy. Credit worthy with security is not accepted. A/N is sufficient for newly established tenderers. Documentation requirement: • Credit rating of the tenderer, not older than 6 months calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders. The assessment shall be based on the last known fiscal figures with an indication of how the credit rating has evolved during the past three years. The result of the credit rating must be given as a graded value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale. Newly established tenderers must document the financial capacity to fulfil the assignment by other documentation, such as accounting figures and a bank guarantee.

• The tenderer utilises the following technical facilities and quality assurance measures and the tenderer ́s survey and research facility is as follows

  • •Minimum qualification requirements
  • •Requirement: Tenderers shall have a functioning quality assurance system/quality management system. Documentation requirement: Description of the tenderer's quality assurance/quality management measures.

• The tenderer will be able to use the following management of the supply chain and tracing systems for the execution of the contract

  • •Minimum qualification requirements
  • •Requirement: Tenderers shall have a system for managing and tracing the delivery chain. Documentation requirement: Description of the tenderer's system for managing and tracing the delivery chain.

• Tenderers can employ the following environmental management measures in connection with the execution of the contract

  • •Minimum qualification requirements
  • •Requirement: Tenderers shall have a system and routines for reducing the most important environmental impact from their activities and shall use environmental management measures throughout the contract period. Therefore it is a requirement that the company has an environmental management system, such as Miljøfyrtårn, EMAS, ISO 14001 or equivalent.
  • •If the entire company is environmentally labelled with a type 1 environmental label, such as the Swan Ecolabel or equivalent, this is also approved.
  • •Documentation: Tenderers shall complete the attached Environmental Self-Declaration, as well as enclose a certificate of environmental management system.

• Norwegian tenderers: Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities, not older than 6 months calculated from the deadline for requests to participate in the competition.

Zuschlagskriterien

• Quality

  • •To what degree the Tenderer ́s tender qualitatively fulfils the Contracting Authority ́s requirements. The award criteria will be weighted in accordance with the table described in chapter 11.2 Quality.
  • •The criterium quality will be evaluated based on the tenderer ́s response to the stated B-requirements in SSA-D and SSA-R/K.
  • •The B requirements are grouped into different requirement areas that represent conditions that the contracting authority considers central to the delivery ́s quality and goal achievement. The requirement areas will have different weights during the evaluation. The weighting is in the table below.
  • •Within each requirement area, the Contracting Authority will undertake a total qualitative assessment of the tenderer ́s response. The offered system, which, according to the contracting authority ́s assessment, gives the best goal achievement within each requirement area, will be awarded 10 points. Other tenders will be given points relatively to the best tender.
  • •Points for each requirement area will then be weighted in accordance with the stated weighting. The sum of the weighted points scores is the tenderer ́s total point score for the quality award criteria.
  • •The evaluation will be carried out together across SSA-D and SSA-R/K. Requirement areas can therefore include requirements from both contracts if the contracting authority assesses that these together highlight the tenderer ́s ability to deliver the requested system.
  • •Requirement area
  • •Weight weight
  • •Central document references
  • •Information security and the tenderer's offered ability to prevent, detect and respond to security incidents, l Privacy policy and compliance.
  • •30 %
  • •SSA-D Security, Core Network, General Requirements
  • •Operation, Automation, Service Management and ITIL processes
  • •20 %
  • •SSA-D Service Management, General Requirements
  • •Network architecture, Performance, Robustness and Redundancy
  • •15 %
  • •SSA-D Core network, Communication, Kantnett
  • •Stand-by, Continuity and Stand-by Warehouse.
  • •10 %
  • •SSA-D Security, Service Management, Communication
  • •Procurement, equipment services and logistics.
  • •10 %
  • •SSA-D Equipment Services, SSA-K Procurement of network equipment.
  • •Service Level and Price Terms
  • •5 %
  • •SSA-D Service level with compensations, SSA-D Combined price and price terms.
  • •Environment and sustainability
  • •10 %
  • •SSA-D Environmental requirements and SSA-K Network equipment, Environmental requirements.
  • •Total
  • •100 %

• Implementation ability

  • •To what degree the tenderer ́s offer meets the Contracting Authority's requirements for implementation ability, both for the establishment project and in ordinary operations. The award criteria will be weighted in accordance with the table described in chapter 11.3 Implementation ability.
  • •The criteria for implementation ability will be evaluated on the basis of the tenderer ́s response to the stated B-requirements in SSA-D and SSA-R/K.
  • •The B requirements are grouped in different requirement areas that represent conditions that the contracting authority considers central to the delivery ́s implementation ability and goal achievement. The requirement areas will have different weights during the evaluation. The weighting is in the table below.
  • •Within each requirement area, the Contracting Authority will undertake a total qualitative assessment of the tenderer ́s response. The offered system, which, according to the contracting authority ́s assessment, gives the best goal achievement within each requirement area, will be awarded 10 points. Other tenders will be given points relatively to the best tender.
  • •Points for each requirement area will then be weighted in accordance with the stated weighting. The sum of the weighted points scores is the tenderer ́s total point score for the quality award criteria.
  • •The evaluation will be carried out together across SSA-D and SSA-R/K. Requirement areas can therefore include requirements from both contracts if the contracting authority assesses that these together highlight the tenderer ́s ability to deliver the requested system.
  • •Requirement area
  • •Weight weight
  • •Central document references
  • •Establishment, transition and migration system.
  • •20 %
  • •SSA-D Project and progress plan, SSA-K Network equipment Delivery date and other deadlines.
  • •Organisation, manpower and competence
  • •30 %
  • •SSA-D Project and progress plan, SSA-D Administrative provisions
  • •Project management, progress and risk management
  • •30 %
  • •SSA-D Project and progress plan, SSA-D Administrative provisions
  • •Interaction and E-commerce
  • •20 %
  • •SSA-D Administrative regulations, SSA-K Network equipment E-commerce and product management.
  • •Total
  • •100 %

• Price

  • •The contracting authority ́s evaluation model is aimed so that the different price elements are weighted in accordance with the contracting authority ́s estimated amount over a period of 6 years, so that the evaluation as far as possible reflects the expected financial value of the tenders.
  • •The evaluation of the award criteria Price will occur on the basis of the total cost of the tenderer's tender over a calculated period of six (6) years.
  • •The evaluation will be based on the following price elements:
  • •Monthly basic price for the operational service (SSA-D)
  • •Total price for the procurement of network equipment (SSA-K)
  • •Additional services (SSA-D)
  • •Hourly rates (SSA-D)
  • •Options (SSA-D)
  • •In order to ensure comparability between the tenders, the contracting authority will calculate a combined evaluation price for each tender. The calculation occurs by:
  • •The monthly basic price for the operational service will be multiplied by the number of months over a six year period.
  • •The offered price for network equipment is included with an estimated volume that represents the contracting authority ́s expected call-offs during the six year period.
  • •Estimated amounts/volumes that the contracting authority has set for evaluation purposes are used for additional services, hourly rates and options. Options are weighted with a percentage probability that the option will be removed.
  • •These estimates are exclusively meant for comparing the tenders and do not involve any obligation to buy for the contracting authority. The values and amounts used for the calculation of the total evaluation price are stated in Annex 7 Price and Price Terms.
  • •The total evaluation price is calculated as the sum of the above mentioned price elements.
  • •The total evaluation price will then be converted to points according to a linear method, where the tender with the lowest combined evaluation price will be awarded the maximum point score. Other tenders will be given points relative to the following formula:
  • •Score = maximum (0
  • •10 - 10 x ((Pe - Pb)/Pb))
  • •where:
  • •Pe = Total evaluated price for the tender being assessed.
  • •Pb = Lowest total evaluer price
  • •The lowest total evaluation price will be awarded 10 points.
  • •The contracting authority reserves the right to check that the offered prices appear realistic, consistent and relative between the different price elements. If there are obvious errors or price balances that can affect the competition or the execution of the contract, these will be dealt with in accordance with the procurement regulations.