Smart Data - Development of an innovative system that enables municipalities to use their data in a secure way across the municipality's different sectors in order to develop user adapted and continuous services.

Hamar Municipality, hereafter called the contracting authority, is responsible for holding this contest. For further information on the municipality and Smart Data see www.hamar.kommune.no and www.smart-data.no

Hias IKS and Hedmark IKT are included as cooperation partners in the procurement. I.e., they have participated in the mapping of needs, formulating the needs description, and professional procurement material.

The challenges and needs drafted in this notice are not unique for Hamar Municipality, but well-known for Norwegian municipalities. Suppliers of good, innovative systems that meet the needs described in the notice will therefore have a broad market in both the municipal sector in Norway and also probably internationally.

The new technology and digitalisation that we see in today's society increases the amount of data that is gathered. Data is a valuable resource that enables the development of better services for inhabitants, increases value creation in businesses, and makes public administration more efficient.

Currently only a very few of Norwegian municipalities are able to exploit the value of its data internally. The data is of low quality and a lot of the data is locked in trade systems, and largely controlled by system providers. As regards sharing data, the municipalities have weak incentives, at the same time that the demand from external actors is low.

Smart Data will enable municipalities to exploit their data in a secure way across the municipality's different sectors in order to develop user adapted and continuous services.

The contracting authority needs a future orientated and general system for handling data that covers the complexity and breadth of the municipal service production and organisation. The system must be user friendly and not require high digital competence to use. The goal is to make it easier to use data in everyday life, at the same time that personal protection is seen to and there is compliance with the current legislation.

'We envisage that Smart Data not only makes it possible to use our data in a smart way, but that the developed system is itself smart'.

The contracting authority's more detailed description of the delivery is in annex 1 The Contracting Authority's Needs Description.