R01719 Licences and licence consultancy services

The framework agreement will be for the procurement and hire of licences, as well as renewals for existing licences, maintenance, upgrades, trade-in etc. The agreement will apply to minor cloud licences (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and minor on-premise licences. The contract shall support the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency's main and support processes. The framework agreement shall cover consultancy and technical consultancy services within licences, products and technology related to the contracting authority ́s current and future licence and product portfolio. The framework agreement shall be signed with one tenderer. The estimated value of the framework agreement, including any options, is NOK 250 million excluding VAT. Due to considerable uncertainty connected to defence political processes and the actual need during the framework agreement period, the maximum value of the framework agreement is, including all options, NOK 500 million excluding VAT. The framework agreement will be valid for 2 years, with an option for an extension for up to 1 (one) year at a time, up to 5 (five) times, maximum duration of 7 (seven) years. The framework agreement is "non-exclusive", and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to hold competitions for procurements and assistance outside the framework agreement if the Contracting Authority finds this appropriate.