Norway – Telecommunications services – Broadband services to Troms County.

Introduction Troms County invites tenderers to a competition for the delivery of broadband services to the county ́s locations. The objective of the procurement is to ensure secure, stable and predictable data communication across the county ́s entities. The procurement includes broadband services to different types of locations, including sixth form colleges, dental clinics, administration and other business locations. The need varies between the locations, i.a. in terms of capacity, availability and service level. The competition is therefore designed so that these differences can be taken care of within a combined contract structure. The contracting authority emphasises that the tenderers shall be able to offer systems that are adapted to different criteria and different capacity needs per location, at the same time that the tenders can be assessed in a uniform and comparable manner. This shall provide a good basis for evaluation, contract follow-up and future operation. The delivery shall include fixed lines to the relevant locations and it shall be described with clear information on capacity, availability, service quality and follow-up. The reserve line shall be offered as an option per location. Furthermore, the procurement shall facilitate structured follow-up of central performance conditions in the contract period, including running time, error recovery and other service quality requirements.