Network equipment

The mark-ups shall cover the tenderer ́s costs and profits beyond the net cost price, including administration, packaging, freight to the customer, insurance, invoicing, fees and the procurement commission. The same licence or performance shall not be priced in both the equipment price and in the Enterprise Agreement. If a service is included in another price line, this shall be clearly stated. The sum of the evaluation sums from the price elements 'Equipment', 'Other assortment' and 'Enterprise Agreement' will form the basis of the evaluation of the price. The price will be evaluated with a hybrid model with break point 1.

The contracting authority will award an extended support period that facilitates continued use of the network equipment. Longer access to manufacturer support and security updates can reduce the need to replace equipment that continues to meet the customer's function and capacity needs. The aim is to extend the use time and reduce the need for new equipment, with the accompanying resource use, production emissions and electronic waste. Credits are given for the offered support period beyond the minimum requirement of five years. The tender with the highest weighted sum of additional years will get ten points. Other tenders will have proportionally lower points.

Evaluation The quality will be evaluated based on the tenderer ́s response to the three sub-criteria stated below. The sub-criteria ́s weighting is in each sub-criteria. Emphasis will be put on the degree to which the offered system gives the contracting authority a concrete, feasible, effective and documented excess value when carrying out the framework agreement. The responses shall describe what the tenderer actually offers under the framework agreement. General descriptions of the tenderer's business, standard market material or systems that are not offered as part of the contract, will be given little or no weight. Solutions, routines, response times, resources and other conditions that the tenderer describes and that pay off in the evaluation will be binding contractual obligations. Each sub-criterium will be assessed together on the basis of the assessment monuments that are given under the relevant sub-criteria. Points will be given on a scale from 0 to 10 for each sub-criteria, with 10 points being the best. Best tenders under each sub-criteria will be awarded 10 points. Other tenders will be awarded points based on the relevant quality difference compared to the best tender. Requirements regarding the reply format and extent. Tenderers shall provide a separate response for each sub-criterium. The responses shall not exceed the following extent: Sub-criterium 1 - Licence management and Enterprise Agreement: maximum two A4 pages. Sub-criteria 2 - Customer Service, support and contact apparatus: maximum 3 A4 pages. Sub-criterium 3 – Proactive follow-up, product information and competence development: maximum 2 A4 pages. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages beyond the stated maximum number will not be evaluated. Any links etc. in the reply will not be evaluated. Do not use abnormal typefaces, sizes, leading, margins, etc., for poor readability. This can lead to a withdrawal from the evaluation. This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s response. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation.

All prices are stated in Norwegian kroner excluding VAT. Descriptions, quantities and units are to be determined by the contracting authority. The amounts are used as calculation basis and do not involve any purchasing obligation. The same cost shall not be priced multiple times. The price will be evaluated with a hybrid model with break point 1.

Evaluation Quality will be evaluated based on the tenderer ́s response to the assessment requirements. Emphasis will be put on the degree to which the offered system gives the contracting authority a concrete, feasible, effective and documented excess value when carrying out the framework agreement. The responses shall describe what the tenderer actually offers under the framework agreement. General descriptions of the tenderer's business and standard market material will be emphasised. Only functions, services and follow-up included in the evaluated prices will pay off. The firewall option and the accompanying consultancy services are not included in the quality evaluation. Solutions, routines, response times, resources and other conditions that the tenderer describes and that pay off in the evaluation will be binding contractual obligations. The quality will be assessed separately for the eight assessment requirements. Each assessment requirement will be given points from 0 to 10, with the best reply receiving 10 points and other responses will be given points based on the quality differences. The points will be summed to one total Quality Score.

The contracting authority will award an extended support period that facilitates continued use of the network equipment. Longer access to manufacturer support and security updates can reduce the need to replace equipment that continues to meet the customer's function and capacity needs. The aim is to extend the use time and reduce the need for new equipment, with the accompanying resource use, production emissions and electronic waste. Credits are given for the offered support period beyond the minimum requirement of five years. The tender with the highest weighted sum of additional years will get ten points. Other tenders will have proportionally lower points.