Norway – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Government joint contract for the procurement of internet, data lines and accompanying services.

The Norwegian Government Agency for Management and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Statens innkjøpssenter invite tenderers to a competition for the governmental joint agreement for internet, data lines and accompanying services. The procurement includes internet access, network access and data lines as a mandatory part of the delivery. The procurement includes non-exclusive options for SD-WAN, security services, consultancy services and other additional services. The annual contract value is estimated to be between NOK 70 million and NOK 100 million excluding VAT, including options when all call-offs under the Joint Agreement have been implemented. Attention is agreed that the estimate is not binding for the contract owner and contracting authorities. The total maximum value for the contract for 6 years is NOK 900 million excluding VAT. The joint agreement is divided into five (5) sub-contracts, tenders can be submitted for one or several of the sub-contracts. One sub-contract will be seen as one contract area. The sub-contracts will be entered into independently of each other.