The contest concerns a framework agreement on consulting, purchase and maintenance of licenses and software.

The purpose of the procurement is to reduce the purchasing costs and simplify the procurement of software and licenses.

The agreement comprises the entire tenderer's range in the categories and should be able to be purchased for the same price mechanism.

The Contracting Authority currently uses products from the following suppliers: Microsoft, Adobe, Citrix, Autodesk, Trend and Oracle etc.

The expected call-offs on this agreement will for STFK be approx. 5 000 NOK per year including centrally signed agreements. The value of the contract is not binding for STFK. It is a guiding estimate. For the collaborating municipalities, the call-offs are approx. 2 000 000 NOK, in addition, the municipalities can choose if they will join the agreement or remain outside of it. Total value of the estimate is therefore 20 000 000 NOK to 30 000 000 NOK for the entire contract including all options.

Tenderer shall familiarise themselves, deliver and manage on the terms applicable for the below listed central agreements:

Microsoft Select 6/MPSA (Education — school/education) and administration).

Microsoft Campus 3 (Joint agreement for all of the counties).

Microsoft Contract.

Adobe.

Furthermore, the tenderer must take over as LSP(previously LAR) for the Microsoft agreements, at the latest by the time for signing of the contract for this framework agreement.

Software.

Tender offer on software including the following points:

— Purchase of licenses and maintenance/upgrading licenses.

— Purchase of media and/or access.

— Consultancy regarding selection of software and licenses.

— Internal audit.

Tenderer must deliver software in the areas of:

Office support products.

Pedagogic software (both discipline specific pedagogic software and general pedagogic software).

Picture and multi media.

Terminal servers.

Databases.

Server operative systems.

Antivirus.