The procurement's purpose

ICT functions in SSB come under the Department for Digitalisation and Joint Functions, together with functions for Data Acquisition and Methods (DoF). These together make up a considerable part of SSB's activities. We are carrying out a number of development projects and are responsible for the development, management and operation of IT systems for data acquisition, the production of statistics, analyses and communication. Our ICT environment has more than 100 employees within DoF. The department has broad competence within IT architecture, web and database technology, as well as general software development.

Our projects are largely based on flexible development methodology, free software and open standards. Our management routines are largely based on iterative management cycles. SSB now faces a comprehensive programme of digitalisation and modernisation of SSB's work processes and the DoF Department will have a central initiator role in this work. The department must be able to manage a number of modernisation projects parallel with further management and controlled clearance of old systems.

The modernisation work will be organised as a multi-year programme, broken down to several projects that shall deliver independent contributions in order to achieve SSB's main target of a flexible, efficient and user orientated production platform. The programme is carrying out a pre-analysis in 2016, in which a delivery and implementation strategy is prepared and initiatives, including the project portfolio, are described. Further preparations, maturing and detailed planning shall be carried out in 2017. The tentative start of the modernisation is set for 2018.

A programme function will be responsible for an efficient implementation of the modernisation at an acceptable risk profile. The modernisation of the statistics production is a complex business run project, which has major requirements for planning, a description of activities and projects, as well as the ability to manage and deliver changes that affect both work processes, systems and technology. The need for separate contracts for this commitment will be assesed for the ongoing planning of the modernisation work.

Parallel to this, SSB needs to hold a competition for framework agreements for ICT consultancy services for the following service areas:

— IT Project and test management.

— System development.

— Security.

— IT-Governance.

— ICT Operation and infrastructure.

Tenderers who are engaged through these framework agreements can be pulled into both the modernisation and assignments for management and operation.

Qualification for parts of the assignment is allowed, i.e. send a request to submit a tender for one or several of the service areas. The services areas will be evaluated separately.

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