Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-09-23
Buyer: Ålesund kommune v/ Vatn og Avløp
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 42122130 | 42122220 | 44161400 | 45000000: Construction work | 45231000
Estimated value: 37109471 NOK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Ålesund municipality and Sula municipality cooperate through the project "BLÅ – fjords for the future", to construct a new sewage treatment plant at Kongshaugen (Kvasnes) in Sula municipality. The aims in the project are as follows: Cleaner fjord systemLovlig system for sewage waterBærekraftig system for the futureIt new sewage treatment facility shall be built in rock and have sufficient treatment capacity to handle sewage water that shall be supplied from Sula municipality and Ålesund municipality. The facility is dimensioned for 69,000 person equivalents and it shall be designed as a secondary treatment facility. The new sewage treatment plant shall replace 7 existing treatment plants and some interceptors for sludge. The sewage water must therefore be pumped from the existing sewage treatment plant to Kongshaugen via a comprehensive transfer system. The transfer facility will have approx. 34 kilometres of sewage pipelines and it will have 25 objects, including approx. 28 kilometres of submarine pipelines, 6 kilometre pipelines over land, 3 valve houses/manholes and nine pump stations. The contract work for the construction of the transfer facility will be organised as nine parallel execution contracts. For a more detailed description of the other contracts see Part A - General part. The builder shall enter into a contract with one contractor for the execution of E74 Land pipeline Langevåg and Stafsetneset for Kongshaugen reindeer installations (contract E74). The construction will start in January 2026 and the construction will end in December 2026.The builder will enter into a contract that is based on the contract standard "NS 8405:2008 Norwegian Building and Construction Contract" for the execution. The E74 includes the establishment of the sewage pipelines that shall be carried over land and in Vågevatnet from Langevågen to Vegsundet with the accompanying work, hereunder: The area Langevågen – Djupvika (accompanying drawings/documents marked 471) :P um pipe sewage – From the land roof submarine pipeline in Langevågen to the land roof sea pipeline Stadsneset (sea pipeline is to be laid by contract E75) Pump pipeline waste water – From the land roof sea pipeline in Åregjerdevågen (sea pipeline is to be laid by contract E75) for landtake sea pipeline Vågevatnet Pump pipeline wastewater – Sjøledning Vågevatnet from the western land roof to the eastern land roof Pump pipeline wastewater – From land roof submarine pipeline Vågevatnet to landtake Urkevika (submarine pipeline is laid by contract E75). From the terrain top down to Urkevika also water pipeline and surface water pipeline. Connection to the existing sewage pump station UrkevikaLedningstrasé area Stafsetneset – Vegsundet (accompanying drawings/documents marked 451) :P umpe pipeline wastewater – From the land roof sea pipeline Stafsetneset (submarine pipeline is laid by contract E75) and to new valve manhole KA020 (to be constructed by contract E22) Waste water pump pipeline - From new valve KA020 for drilling and drawing in rock to castlerop Vegsundet Pump pipeline sewage - From castle Vegsundet to land pipeline Vegsundet (submarine pipeline and land roof will be carried out by contract E75) Construction pit site for new valve manhole KA020 Stafsetneset (accompanying drawings/documents marked 452): Establishment of access road valve manhole KA020 Foundation work for new valve manhole KA020 (valve manhole is being built by contract E 22) The contract also includes: Longitudinal works and commissioning Stadsnesvegen (object 471)2 crossings of Vågnesvegen (object 471) Reconditioning the landscape area and access road Vegsundbakken (451)Controlled drilling in rock (Object 451)For further information on contents of the procurement, see the tender documentation part II.
The builder shall enter into a contract with one contractor for the execution of E74 Land pipeline Langevågen-Stafsetneset (the transfer facility) (contract E74). The builder will enter into a contract that builds on the contract standard "NS 8405:2008 Norwegian Building and Construction Contract" for the execution. The E74 includes the establishment of the sewage pipelines that shall be carried over land and in Vågevatnet from Langevågen to Vegsundet with the accompanying work.
The price will be assessed on the basis of the total sum stated in the summary of price-bearing items in the quantity description.

Documentation requirement: Completed price form (part II – F Vederlaget E74) and quantity description (part II – C.2 Technical quantity description E74).

The prices shall be stated in NOK and excluding VAT. If there are deviations between the price form in part II – F Vederlaget E74 and the quantity description in part II – C.2 Technical quantity description E74, the quantity description will go before the price form.
The contracting authority will evaluate the following points in order of priority under the award criteria "Assignment Implementation":

1. To what degree the contractor has a good, concrete and project adapted plan for implementation of the project, as regards, among other things: 

&gt; Progress, including whether the contractor's plan to ensure progress is realistic, robust and thoughtful.
&gt; Work order.
&gt; traffic deviation.
&gt; Handling dust and noise.

2. To what degree the contractor has a plan to avoid delays in material deliveries that affect progress in the project.

Documentation requirement: Tenderers shall submit the following:

1. Implementation plan with descriptions of, among other things, but not exclusively, progress, order of work, traffic management and handling dust and noise. 

2. Plan to avoid delays in material deliveries that affect progress in the project.

Points 1 and 2 shall be documented by a supplementary of the following annexes: Part I annex 6 - Assignment Implementation.

The responses to points 1 and 2 should be at maximum 5 A4 pages in total (font size 10 or greater). 

Anything beyond five pages, as well as annexes to the response, will not be evaluated, except for any attachments with a progress plan under point 1.
The contracting authority will evaluate the following under the award criteria "Project Organisation": 

1. The contractor ́s organisation of the project. 
The contracting authority will, among other things, emphasise whether the contractor has an organisation that is adapted to the project, with clear roles and division of responsibility.

2. The offered key personnel ́ relevant competence and experience from previous assignments connected to the intended role in the project.

'key personnel' means:

&gt; Project Manager
&gt; Site Manager

For the offered project manager and site manager, experience from relevant projects near residential areas will be emphasised.

Otherwise, the contracting authority refers to Part II - B.2 Special contract terms, point 5.

Documentation requirement: Tenderers shall submit the following:

1. An organisation chart with an overview of how the contractor will organise himself in the project, including an overview of roles and areas of responsibility in the project, 
as well as any sub-contractors (disciplines). The contractor shall also explain/justify his organisation. 

Point 1 shall be documented by a detailed description of Part I Annex 7 - Project Organisation. The response to point 1 should be at maximum 4 A4 pages (font size 10 or greater), including an organisation chart.

2. CVs for key personnel.

This point is to be documented by a supplementary part I annex 8 - CV for key personnel. Tenderers can use their own CV template for as long as the information requested in the contracting authority ́s CV template is in the CV.


Winner: Busengdal AS
Award value: 37109471
Number of bids: 3