Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2019-08-21
Buyer: Bergen Kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 45232420 | 65120000 | 71320000 | 71800000 | 73000000

Technical requirements: Bergen Municipality and many other municipalities will need to construct new secondary treatment facilities in the coming years due to stricter environmental requirements. Such facilities must be able to handle major climate related variations.
Bergen Municipality would like to hold a so-called pre-commercial procurement that will lead to the development of tomorrow's sewage treatment facilities. We have applied for and been granted support from the Research Council of Norway and Innovasjon Norge for a dialogue with relevant market actors.
The vision is to generate flexible and scaleable solutions, which can be standardised and industrialised for use in several places — both nationally and internationally.
Bergen Municipality, the agency for water and sewage, invites all interested industries, research environments and other interested parties to a dialogue conference on 26.8.2019 from 10.00 — 14.00 at Svartediket Water Treatment Facility. Register by sending an email to tonje.dahle@bergen.kommune.no
Bergen Municipality hopes that workshops during the dialogue conference can result in a needs description for future sewage treatment facilities. The needs description will be part of an application for development resources that Bergen Municipality will bring before the Research Council of Norway.
This is based on the Research Council of Norway's and Innovasjon Norge's notice on resources for public-private cooperation. Bergen Municipality has been granted resources for a preliminary project, including dialogue activities with relevant industries and interested parties. Bergen Municipality is one of nine public contracting authorities that are competing on the award of approx. 10 000 000 NOK for a pre-commercial procurement.
Read Teknisk Ukeblad's reference to the project: https://www.tu.no/artikler/skal-utvikle-nye-standarder-for-a-spare-milliarder-pa-avlopsrensing/469063
Bergen Municipality, the agency for water and sewage, invites all interested industries, research environments and other interested parties to a dialogue conference on 26.8.2019 from 10.00 — 14.00 at Svartediket Water Treatment Facility. Register by sending an email to tonje.dahle@bergen.kommune.no
Bergen Municipality hopes that workshops during the dialogue conference can result in a needs description for future sewage treatment facilities. The needs description will be part of an application for development resources that Bergen Municipality will bring before the Research Council of Norway.
This is based on the Research Council of Norway's and Innovasjon Norge's notice on resources for public-private cooperation. Bergen Municipality has been granted resources for a preliminary project, including dialogue activities with relevant industries and interested parties. Bergen Municipality is one of nine public contracting authorities that are competing on the award of approx. 10 000 000 NOK  for a pre-commercial procurement.
Read Teknisk Ukeblad's reference to the project: https://www.tu.no/artikler/skal-utvikle-nye-standarder-for-a-spare-milliarder-pa-avlopsrensing/469063.
The purpose of the dialogue conference is, i.a. To gain input to the municipality's needs description in light of what the market believes they can develop. Furthermore, we want potential tenderers to utilise the dialogue conference as an arena to connect and possibly strengthen contacts, in consideration of possible cooperation in the development of new solutions.
After the dialogue conference, Bergen municipality will implement one-to-one meetings with some service providers. The meetings will take approx. 60-90 minutes. To be invited to such a meeting, a written outline (maximum 3 A4 pages) must be submitted, showing what the service provider believes they can contribute to the development of innovative solutions, and what they want to discuss in a one-to-one meeting. The outline should state if the service provider has collaborating partners that will participate in the development, or if the service provider has made contact with candidates for this type of cooperation.
The number of one-to-one meetings must be limited. The contracting authority will use the submitted outline to assess the development and innovation potential and select service providers for the meetings. The outlines will be considered business sensitive information and will be subject to legislated confidentiality.