Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-03-25
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/ Bymiljøetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 15981320 | 42912300 | 43313000 | 65120000 | 65122000
Estimated value: 28000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Bymiljøetaten i Oslo kommune [the Agency for Urban Environment in Oslo municipality] plans to sign an additional contract with NCC Norge AS for extension of the original contract for the disposal of snow that is removed from streets and roads in Oslo. The new contract will be extended for one year in the period 1.4.2019 - 31.3.2020.
The additional contract for extension will be signed pursuant to the Public Procurement Regulations FOA [PPR] § 28-1 (1) d) about changes that are necessary due to circumstances that an attentive contracting authority could not foresee.
Bymiljøetaten i Oslo kommune [the Agency for Urban Environment in Oslo municipality] plans to sign an additional contract with NCC Norge AS for extension of the original contract for the disposal of snow that is removed from streets and roads in Oslo. The new contract will be extended for one year in the period 1.4.2019 - 31.3.2020.
The additional contract for extension will be signed pursuant to the Public Procurement Regulations FOA [PPR] § 28-1 (1) d) about changes that are necessary due to circumstances that an attentive contracting authority could not foresee.
The additional contract for extension will be signed pursuant to the Public Procurement Regulations FOA [PPR] § 28-1 (1) d) about changes that are necessary due to circumstances that an attentive contracting authority could not foresee. For more information see the attached document.
Oslo kommune signed a contract on 27.9.2011 with NCC Norge AS (NCC) for disposal of snow that is removed from streets and roads in Oslo. The method utilised is as follows: the snow is melted through the use of seawater and the meltwater is purified. The contract has been active for eight years and expires 1.4.2019.
The Agency for Urban Environment in Oslo municipality plans to sign an additional contract with NCC for the extension of the original contract for the disposal of snow that is removed from streets and roads in Oslo. The new contract will be extended for one year in the period 1.4.2019 - 31.3.2020.
The additional contract for extension will be signed pursuant to the Public Procurement Regulations FOA [PPR] § 28-1 (1) d) about changes that are necessary due to circumstances that an attentive contracting authority could not foresee.
In this connection, note that the original contract was signed in 2011 with a contract duration of eight years. A contract duration of eight - ten years was indicated in the tender documentation, which will be the subject of negotiation. As a starting point, the then Agency for Roads and Transport in Oslo municipality (now the Agency for Urban Environment], wanted a ten year duration that would give a longer period to write off the investment costs. In the consequent negotiations before signing the contract, it was determined that the duration should be eight years as the Agency for Roads and Transport had initiated a project with the Water and Sewage Authority at the Bekkelaget Treatment Plant for a snow disposal site that was anticipated to be in operation within six years. It was therefore an economic risk to enter into a ten year contract with the expectation of a new solution after six years.
Since the contract was signed, there has been a process of Concept Selection Investigation (KVU) in connection with the new sewage treatment plant at the Bekkelaget treatment plant. The responsibility for the work with the KVU has been moved, which has contributed to the delay. The audit has taken a long time as premises, decisions, actual conditions and challenges have constantly changed. The KVU had to be review before a satisfactory decision basis was put in place for further work with snow disposal. The audit note was sent to the Public Administration Department for environment and roads and transport in Oslo municipality on 21.11.2018. It was decided that the KVU should go through KS1. This process has recently begun, and it is anticipated that it will take about a year from the decision until the plant is ready. The plan is to implement the competition for the new solution, but it is not possible to have a new solution in place within the expiry of the contract with NCC.
The overall character of the procurement has not changed because it is the same services that will be delivered. The anticipated price increase of 28 million NOK does not exceed 50 percent of the original contract value of 181 million NOK.


Winner: NCC Norge AS
Award value: 28000000