The contracting authority hereby invites tenderers to a contest for the award of a contract for the purchase of services for backup and restore of Office365 in Fredrisktad municipality's Tenant.

A comprehensive description of the delivery is given in the attachments to the tender documentation.

The solution will secure data for all services and users in Office 365

In addition to Fredrikstad Municipality's own employees, Office365 is managed for Hvaler Municipality and several municipal and inter-municipal organisations in the same tenant.

The duration of the agreement is 3 years, with the possibility for extension by 1 + 1 years.

Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed.

The estimated value for five years is approximately NOK 2,500,000, excluding VAT.

The estimated value must also be seen as a guideline and non-binding for the contracting authority.

The total number of licensed users to be provided for is approx. 8000. Other services included in Office365 offer must also be provided, such as Sharepoint, etc. Total storage needs are in the order of 100TB for the first year. We expect 5TB annual growth

The tender offer must include all fixed and variable costs necessary to deliver the service, including hardware, licences, cloud costs and similar. There should be no need for components locally or in the contracting authority's environment in Azure.

The solution must be delivered as a complete service (SaaS - Software as a Service) for the protection of data in the contracting authority's area in Azure.

The procurement will be regulated by the attached contract, SSA Small Cloud

The contracting authority expects that the tenderer studies the contractual terms and makes the required internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.