Prequalification - procurement of Assistance with operation and maintenance of an AIS service manager system.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration will enter into a contract with a tenderer for assistance with the maintenance and operation of AIS Norway, Helcom Regional Server and Northsea Regional Server, with requirements for running time, based on national and international requirements, of 99.6% per annum. The agreement shall cover the need for ongoing assistance to keep the AIS distribution system - AIS Norway, including two Regional servers named Helcom (all countries bordering the Baltic Sea) and Northsea (countries located in northern Europe from Iceland - France) (eu-system) in operative operation. The system is built on the standard ITU-R M.1371-5. More information on AIS Norway is available here: https://www.kystverket.no/en/sea-transport-and-ports/ais/ais-norge/Kystverket would like a tenderer who can: provide assistance with maintaining and operating/coughing AIS Service manager system – AIS Norway and develop it according to the Contracting Authority ́s needs; assist the Contracting Authority in taking care of any public requirements , including privacy requirements/GDPRvære an innovative and proactive consultant in the development of user friendly functionality, digitalisation, APIs etc. necessary licences are included in the procurement Framework agreement ́s length of 4 years with options for a further 1+1+1 year. The maximum length including options will be 7 years. The estimated consumption of the Framework agreement is NOK 5,000,000 over 7 years, including options and excluding VAT. The maximum consumption in the framework agreement is NOK 9,000,000 over 7 years, including options and excluding VAT.

This is a security graded procurement, cf. § 9-1 in the Security Act. The procurement shall be carried out in accordance with the regulation 4 October 2013 no. 1185 on defence and security procurements (FOSA) part II.