The Contracting Authority will enter into a framework agreement for software with several tenderers to cover the Contracting Authority's current and future need for licence-based software. Through the Framework Agreement, the Contracting Authority Would like to continue its efforts to achieve the most optimal and cost-effective licence portfolio possible. At the same time, there is a need to have an overview of all renewals, predictability of costs and control of licence conditions and other terms and rights of use. Further details on who the contract applies to, including who is defined as the Contracting Authority in accordance with the contract, is stated in the Annex 1, point 3 of the framework agreement (SSA-R).

Orders for software are placed by the individual units listed in the contract (SSA-R), Annex 1, point 3, but all orders are channelled and coordinated through a central software team in the Police IT Unit (PIT).

The Contracting Authority will enter into a framework agreement for software with several tenderers to cover the Contracting Authority's current and future need for licence-based software. Through the Framework Agreement, the Contracting Authority Would like to continue its efforts to achieve the most optimal and cost-effective licence portfolio possible. At the same time, there is a need to have an overview of all renewals, predictability of costs and control of licence conditions and other terms and rights of use.

The Contracting Authority has an existing framework agreement for software with three suppliers, wherein the Contracting Authority's total licence portfolio within the agreed upon scope is distributed among the three framework agreement suppliers in accordance with the rules set forth in the framework agreement. Similar types of mechanisms are described in the contract (SSA-R) Annex 2, point 2.

The licence portfolio contains licences from almost 200 manufacturers that span a wide range. For each manufacturer, there are a varying number of different products.

In the framework agreement, renewals, purchases of additional licences and new purchases have been carried out either as direct call-offs or mini-contests. There have been a large number of direct call-offs annually (350 - 450), while the number of mini-contests has been far lower (35 - 45).

Through the framework agreement, consolidations and co-termination of licences have been carried out for some of the manufacturers where the number of licences and their value have been of a certain size. Such consolidation and co-termination is carried out through mini-contests, and expiry dates for the various manufacturers are intended to be distributed throughout the year. This provides a certain spread of mini-contests for renewals. The work on such consolidation shall continue hereunder this framework agreement.

Orders for software are placed by the individual units listed in the contract (SSA-R), Annex 1, point 3, but all orders are channelled and coordinated through a central software team in the Police IT Unit (PIT).