Communicator of Red Hat for the National Health Trusts

The aim of the procurement is to cover the need for licence dissemination of Red Hat products to the regional ICT companies as well as for NHN. A national procurement has been decided to procure Red Hat licences. Sykehusinnkjøp considers that these procurements have great potential for coordination by reducing …

CPV: 48620000 Operating systems, 48218000 License management software package, 48600000 Database and operating software package, 48800000 Information systems and servers, 72410000 Provider services, 72416000 Application service providers
Deadline:
Nov. 14, 2025, 11 a.m.
Deadline type:
Submitting a bid
Place of execution:
Communicator of Red Hat for the National Health Trusts
Awarding body:
SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Award number:
2025/44554

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting authority : Health

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Communicator of Red Hat for the National Health Trusts
Description : The aim of the procurement is to cover the need for licence dissemination of Red Hat products to the regional ICT companies as well as for NHN. A national procurement has been decided to procure Red Hat licences. Sykehusinnkjøp considers that these procurements have great potential for coordination by reducing the number of administrative tender processes and the customers can achieve more favourable terms as a combined customer. The estimated value for this procurement is NOK 75,000,000 and a maximum value of NOK 100,000,000,-.
Procedure identifier : 9dc937b5-56d5-4931-8ff9-ceed6f08471d
Internal identifier : 2025/44554
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Main features of the procedure : The objective of the agreement is to ensure access to Red Hat software and accompanying services through a subscription based licence model via a supplier of Red Hat products to Helse Nord IKT HF, Hemit HF, Helse Vest IKT AS, Sykehuspartner HF and Norsk Helsenett SF (NHN). This shall be used in the customers ́ on-prem environments. Sykehusinnkjøp considers that these procurements have great potential for coordination by reducing the number of administrative tender processes and the customers can achieve more favourable terms as a combined customer. SSA-R is meant to regulate the general obligations between the parties. Each delivery will be regulated through the call-off contracts, see Annex 3.Red Hat is a leading provider of open source software for business critical IT environments, and the products are mainly used in areas such as operation, automation, container based development and hybrid cloud infrastructure. The agreement shall cover both new licences, renewals and any expansion of existing subscriptions, as well as technical support and access to updates and security patches throughout the entire licence period. Description of licence model and functionalityFor detailed requirement specifications, tenderers are requested to see SSA-K, Annex 1 and SSA-K, Annex 1a - Requirement Specifications.

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 48620000 Operating systems
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48218000 License management software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48600000 Database and operating software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48800000 Information systems and servers
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72410000 Provider services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72416000 Application service providers

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Norway
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 100 000 000 Norwegian krone

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
Anskaffelsesforskriften - Public Procurement Law and Regulations

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Communicator of Red Hat for the National Health Trusts
Description : The aim of the procurement is to cover the need for licence dissemination of Red Hat products to the regional ICT companies as well as for NHN. A national procurement has been decided to procure Red Hat licences. Sykehusinnkjøp considers that these procurements have great potential for coordination by reducing the number of administrative tender processes and the customers can achieve more favourable terms as a combined customer. The estimated value for this procurement is NOK 75,000,000 and a maximum value of NOK 100,000,000,-.
Internal identifier : 2025/44554

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 48620000 Operating systems
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48218000 License management software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48600000 Database and operating software package
Additional classification ( cpv ): 48800000 Information systems and servers
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72410000 Provider services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72416000 Application service providers

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Norway
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 11/12/2025
Duration end date : 11/12/2029

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 100 000 000 Norwegian krone
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 100 000 000 Norwegian krone

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : Norwegian
Deadline for requesting additional information : 28/10/2025 11:00 +00:00
Address of the procurement documents : https://permalink.mercell.com/268039877.aspx

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Norwegian
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 14/11/2025 11:00 +00:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 3 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 14/11/2025 11:00 +00:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants : 1
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Øst Finnmark Tingrett
Information about review deadlines : The waiting period is ten days in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations.

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Registration number : 916879067
Postal address : Postboks 40
Town : VADSØ
Postcode : 9811
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku ( NO073 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Postmottak Sykehusinnkjøp
Telephone : +47 78950700
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Øst Finnmark Tingrett
Registration number : 926722840
Town : Vadsø
Postcode : 9800
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku ( NO073 )
Country : Norway
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 0c2f2842-ab26-489f-a976-1137cd417dad - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 15/10/2025 14:53 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 15/10/2025 15:03 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00683998-2025
OJ S issue number : 200/2025
Publication date : 17/10/2025