NND and IFE-NUK have established a joint Program Safety Case & Safety Report, which has been commissioned to prepare methodology for Safey Assessments and Safety Cases as well as establishment of new Safety Cases at NND and IFE-NUK. Methodology is being established and testing of the methodology in pilots is ongoing. There is a need for a long-term agreement to ensure completion of methodology, make sure that interfaces with adjacent processes are managed in a proper way, and to ensure quality and consistency of the safety assessments and safety cases carried out by external parties and/or IFE/ NND. The Classified Procurement procedure applies as parts of the assistance require access to classified information. The procurement includes, but is not limited to: - Further development of NND's management system and processes related to safety assessments and the Safety Case - Testing of methodology in pilots, hence, undertaking safety assessments according to the methodology and provide feedback and update. - Courses and training in Safety Cases - Safety Case Management and Development of Strategies - Management of Safety Case implementation - Internal control and 3rd party review Engineered substantiation are not covered by the agreement..Hovedtrekkene i prosedyrenThe procurement is carried out in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17th of June 2016 and the Defence and Security Procurement Regulations (FOSA) FOR 2013-10-04-1185 Part I and Part II, as well as the provisions set out in this document. This procurement is carried out as a competitive procedure with negotiation. The competition is conducted in two stages. Step 1 is a qualification phase open to all interested suppliers. In Step 2 (the tender phase), only those suppliers who meet the selection criteria, and are invited by the contracting authority, will be allowed to submit tenders. The negotiations can take place in several phases to reduce the number of tenders or solutions. Such reductions will be based on the award criteria, cf. FOSA § 11-11 (1). Please note that the contracting authority may reduce the number of tenders prior to the negotiations. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contracts without conducting negotiations.