Upphandling av IT-Utvecklingspartner

The contract timeline includes a preliminary overall schedule and the contract period.

Preliminary Overall Timeline:

• Application procedure: October 2026
• Dispatch of tender documents: November 2026
• Tender presentations: December 2026
• Tender procedure and negotiations: December 2026 - January 2027
• Signed agreement: February - March 2027
• Agreed project start: March 2026 (Note: This might be a typo in the document, as other dates suggest 2027 or later)
• Delivery start: April 1, 2027 (fixed)

Contract Period:

• Contract start date: The agreement comes into effect upon signing by both parties, which is estimated to be between February and March 2027.
• Initial duration: Three (3) years from the date of signing.
• Possible extensions: The client can extend the agreement for up to a total of seven (7) additional years, likely in increments of 2 and 2 years.
• Total duration: The maximum total contract period is 3 years initial + 7 years of extensions, which is stated as a maximum of (3+2+2) years, implying 3 years initial plus two 2-year extensions.

The core scope of work for this tender involves securing an IT Development Partner to serve as an integrated component of the agency's digital evolution. The partner's responsibilities encompass a combination of management, further development, and new development, coupled with strategic advice, innovation, and a deep understanding of the business operations. The collaboration aims for transparency, proactivity, high security, flexibility, and shared accountability to achieve business benefits.

Specifically, the overall services included in this procurement are:

• Management of existing systems.
• Responsibility for the availability of the agency's systems at a system level, managed via SLAs.
• Development, including technologies like React and .NET.
• Innovation.
• Architecture.
• Agile working methods and methodologies.
• Data and information, with current exploration of Fabric.
• Project management, including Scrummaster roles.
• UX (User Experience).
• WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) accessibility.
• Collaboration.
• Cloud services, specifically Azure.

The rationale for this procurement model is to achieve an IT partnership that offers a comprehensive suite of these services, allowing the future supplier to leverage coordination benefits for enhanced efficiency. The agency is focused on increasing efficiency through digitalization, with AI being a strategic development area, and plans to gradually modernize its systems into a new, Azure-based architecture.