Intention notice – temporary agreement on municipal engineering trade system.

Fredrikstad and Hvaler municipalities (henceforth referred to as the contracting authority) intend to enter into a temporary agreement with Norkart AS for a transition to Norkart KOMTEK ́s cloud based system (SaaS) for the operation and further use of trade systems within municipal engineering (VAR), property taxes and fixing fees. The contracting authority has used KOMTEK software delivered by Norkart AS over several years. The system is central in the municipalities ́ task solving and has integrations with several other trade systems. The operation of the system has until now been handled by the contracting authority ́s own ICT department. This means that the current system must, in practice, be continued through a transition to the tenderer ́s cloud system, as local operations will no longer be a real alternative. The contract will be an ongoing contract with Norkart AS for the operation of KOMTEK as the cloud system. The contract will follow the existing contract structure and will mainly continue the same modules, functionality and data basis as in the current system. The contracting authority deems it appropriate to carry out a transition from local operations to a cloud based system as part of a natural technological development. The transition is planned for execution so that the existing functionality is continued, with limited and planned interruptions to operations. Significant changes or expansions in functionality are not planned as a part of the transition. KOMTEK is one of the central solutions in the contracting authority ́s system portfolio and the system has extensive integrations with other systems as well as a significant historical data basis. Any replacement of the system will require comprehensive migration of data, establishment of new integrations and significant changes in work processes, and will therefore involve significant risk and resource use. The contracting authority has therefore assessed that the procurement for technical reasons can only be carried out with the existing supplier. The contracting authority intends to hold a tender contest for new software by 31.12.27 The Contracting Authority has made a decision on an intention notice pursuant to PPR § 13-4 letter b (2).