Norway – Systems and technical consultancy services – 25/00661 framework agreement safety critical design

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) is a civil research institution directly under the Ministry of Defence. The company has more than 850 employees, of which approx. 550 are researchers and engineers who develop technology and knowledge to enable the Norway to have a modern and efficient defence. The institute is multi-disciplinary and covers subjects such as mathematics, physics, information technology, chemistry, biology, medicine, psychology, political science and economics. The institute is located in Kjeller near Lillestrøm and has a smaller work unit at Karljohansvern in Horten. For more information see: Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt (FFI). The procurement is for a framework agreement for safety critical design. The objective of the procurement is to ensure access to a professional consultancy service with support and competence in the design and realisation of digital and physical products and services for the defence sector. The parallel framework agreements shall cover the contracting authority ́s needs being safeguarded in the final solution through a comprehensive approach and the use of security critical design, system orientated design, service design, interaction design and industrial design. The procurement will be carried out in accordance with the procedure 'restricted tender competition' in accordance with FOSA § 5-1 first section. This is a procedure in two phases that begins with this qualification phase. All interested suppliers have the option to submit a request for participation in the competition. Of the qualified tenderers, a given number will be invited to submit tenders in the next phase of the procedure (the tender phase), cf. the tender documentation point 5.