Assistance with follow-up of work on New Altinn

Description

The aim of the procurement is to assist the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development with the follow-up of the New Altinn programme and to contribute to strengthening the quality of this follow-up. The programme was established in spring 2023 and it is a multi-department programme that covers a project for the modernisation of Altinn in the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. The programme also covers projects in the Brønnøysund Register Centre (BR), SSB, and the Norwegian Tax Administration for transferring services from Altinn II to Altinn 3, as well as the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency's work to assist other departments that have services on Altinn II by moving these services to Altinn 3. The programme is scheduled to run until June 2026 and will be managed by the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. A programme board will be established consisting of managers for Digdir, BR, the Norwegian Tax Administration, and SSB. A first round of external quality assurance of the programme was carried out in spring 2023. The external quality assurance is scheduled to continue in the winter 2023/2024. Lot 1: The aim of the procurement is to assist the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development with the follow-up of the New Altinn programme and to contribute to strengthening the quality of this follow-up. The programme was established in spring 2023 and it is a multi-department programme that covers a project for the modernisation of Altinn in the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. The programme also covers projects in the Brønnøysund Register Centre (BR), SSB, and the Norwegian Tax Administration for transferring services from Altinn II to Altinn 3, as well as the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency's work to assist other departments that have services on Altinn II by moving these services to Altinn 3. The programme is scheduled to run until June 2026 and will be managed by the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. A programme board will be established consisting of managers for Digdir, BR, the Norwegian Tax Administration, and SSB. A first round of external quality assurance of the programme was carried out in spring 2023. The external quality assurance is scheduled to continue in the winter 2023/2024. The Norwegian Digitalisation Agency comes under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, and the ministry is therefore responsible for the follow-up of this comprehensive and vital modernisation work in order to ensure that the transition from Altinn II to Altinn 3 happens in a coordinated and secure way. The New Altinn programme is comprehensive and complex and requires close follow-up from the ministry. The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is looking for assistance from a consultant to strengthen the quality of the ministry' follow-up of the programme. The assignment initially runs until the ned of 2024, but the contracting authority has an option to extend the contract for up to 2 years, one year at a time. The ministry estimates an hourly need for assistance of approximately 140 hours in 2023, and 500 hours per year in subsequent years. The estimated contract value is between NOK 2 million excluding VAT and NOK 5 million, excluding VAT. This is an estimate and is non-binding for the contracting authority.