Norway – Computer-related equipment – Framework agreement for IT equipment, AV systems and life cycle services.

Background and need OFA IKS plans to enter into a new framework agreement for IT hardware and the accompanying services on behalf of the municipalities, the county and other participating entities. The aim is to ensure efficient, predictable and cost efficient access to modern IT equipment and the accompanying services throughout the entire contract period. The current contract has an annual turnover of approx. The contracting authorities have different needs, organisation and ordering patterns. The contract shall therefore facilitate both ongoing individual orders and large summary and volume orders. Estimated volume and expected call-offs The stated volume in the price and product form is the estimated annual volume that will be used for evaluating the tenders and to visualise the expected scope of the framework agreement. The volumes do not involve any purchasing obligations and shall not be understood as the expected turnover in each calendar year. Kristiansand municipality is, by the start of the framework agreement, bound by a separate contract and joins the framework agreement 3 November 2027. The stated volume for Kristiansand municipality is for a complete year. A lower call-off from Kristiansand municipality must therefore be expected in 2027 than the stated annual volume. The volumes for ICT Agder are based on the estimated annual need. For LaptopS 1 and Laptop PC 2, it is assumed that approx. 50 percent of the annual volume will be covered before the new framework agreement is started. The remaining needs are expected to be covered in the new framework agreement. The stated evaluation volume is nevertheless the estimated annual volume and is not reduced as a result of the expected lower call-offs in 2027. For LaptopS 3 and Laptop PCs 4, larger orders normally take place before the coming school year. Needs connected to the start of the school year in 2027 can therefore be ordered on the existing contract in 2026 and will, in such a case, not be available