Number: 8423710
Country: Norway
Source: TED
Procurement of Chromebooks for teaching
Sandnes municipality is announcing a competition for the procurement of Chromebooks for teaching in primary and secondary schools.
The procurement will be made in accordance with the Public Procurement Act dated 17.6.2016 (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA) for 2016-08-12-974. parts I and III. A contract will be awarded in accordance with the open tender contest procedure, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-1 (1).
Negotiations are not allowed in this contest. Tenders cannot, therefore, be changed after the tender deadline has expired. Furthermore, attention is drawn to the fact that tenders that include significant deviations from the procurement documents shall be rejected in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations § 24-8(1) b. The contracting authority can reject tenders that include deviations from the procurement documents, uncertainties etc. that are not seen as insignificant, cf. the regulations § 24-8(2) a.
Tenderers are therefore strongly encouraged to follow the instructions given in the tender documentation and annexes and to ask questions via an email to the contact person if they are uncertain.
The contracting authority has included an option for the procurement of a Chromebook model that includes a pen in the procurement. It is very uncertain whether this option will be taken up and it will be based on a cost-benefit analysis depending on the price offered for the model. If the price is higher than the benefit the contracting authority deems would be achieved by procuring Chromebooks with a pen, the option will not be taken up. It is also important for the contracting authority to emphasise that if the option is taken up it will be at the expense of the contract"s other Chromebook units. The contracting authority will not procure more units if it is advantageous to take up the option. If the option is taken up, a given number of Chromebooks will be procured with a pen instead of without.