Dear Sir or Madam
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. (NRK) is about to purchase three Teletext Generators for use in the NRK transmission lines. Please find the technical specifications attached.
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. (NRK)
NRK is a state-owned limited company and Norway’s leading broadcasting company, with the prime responsibility for producing and distributing a complete radio and television service to the entire population. NRK also supplies a comprehensive service on the Internet and text-TV. NRK produces and distributes programs from the head office at Marienlyst in Oslo, the NRK Centre at Tyholt in Trondheim, 14 regional offices and Sámi Radio in Karasjok.
Public procurement regulations
As a publicly controlled entity that serves the general public, NRK is subject to:
The Norwegian Public Procurement Act of 16th July 1999 no.: 69 with pertaining regulations regarding public procurements.
NRK is also comprised by the WTO / GPA regulations.
For this tender competition (RFP) the following parts of The Norwegian Public Procurement Act of 16th July 1999 no.: 69 with pertaining regulations regarding public procurements apply:
Part I : General Terms only, below EU/EEA and National threshold values, no public announcement.
The procedure leaves no room for negotiations and only clarifications which does not comprise material changes to the bids.
Software and licenses.
The offer shall include all necessary software and licenses required for operational use and system configuration, including operating manuals.
Test Phase
We are planning to buy 3 Teletext Generators. However, we find it necessary to assure that the products are performing as intended. Therefore we will purchase one Teletext Generator for testing and two more after the test phase provided the test results are positive. The test phase is planned to be performed within one month from receipt of the first teletext generator.
General Terms & Conditions
DDP - Incoterms 2000 to NRK, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons plass 1, 0340, Oslo, Norway
Payment Net 30 days.
Please submit your response to this request for proposal by March 9, 2009 12:00 pm.
We would appreciate a response if you decline to submit a proposal.
Price conditions
Prices shall be in GBP or in EURO and shall not include VAT.
Communication
This tender process will be managed in the Mercell Sourcing Service (MSS portal). Through this portal the tenderers will be given access to documents and correspondence regarding this tender competition.
Questions regarding the use of MSS-portal should be directed to Mercell Support,
phone +47 21 01 88 61 / +47 21 01 88 00 or e-mail pro.norge@mercell.com
References
Names and addresses of customers for which similar solutions have been implemented or products delivered as proposed in this tender over the last years.
Delivery time
As soon as possible.
Return policy
Describe your general return policy.
Guarantee policy
Describe your general guarantee policy.
Support
As an option, quote and describe the availability of support. We would like to know if telephone support can be available.
Confidentiality
NRK would like to draw your attention to the Norwegian Act relating to: Transparency in documents in public enterprises, dated 2006-05-19, valid from 2009-01-01.
This implies that when the choice of supplier has been made, the documents and evaluations may be claimed to be public. To avoid any harm to the supplier/tenderer, caused by irrelevant persons gaining access to information which is competition sensitive, NRK requests that the supplier/tenderer delivers an electronic version of his offer/tender, readily censored for trade secrets (prepared for publication).
NRK will treat all information which the tenderer/supplier regards as trade secrets, confidentially, as far as it is allowed by the Norwegian law.
Accordingly, we suppose the suppliers/tenderers to handle information received from NRK in connection with the tender competition confidentially. This also applies after the contract has been terminated.
Supplier/tenderers confirmation:
The supplier/tenderer shall confirm the understanding of the above and clearly mark the document that is prepared for publication: "Prepared for publication"
If a special document is not prepared for publication. NRK will consider the original offer document ready for publication.
Evaluation and Award Criteria
The Tenderers are advised that NRK is not bound to accept the lowest or any Tender for the performance of the work. If an award is made, it will be made to the economically most advantageous Tender based on the following criteria in non-priority order:
· Price and general conditions.
· Delivery time.
· Possibility to use existing IT infrastructure.
· Guarantee and support.
· Ability to meet the given criteria.
Please find 2 attachments:
1. IT requirements. Please note that we prefer a server solution.
2. Specification of requirements