Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-16
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 34928230 | 45210000: Building construction work | 45262650 | 45323000 | 45331000
Submission deadline: 2020-11-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: National Road 555 the Sotra Connection — Framework Agreement K7 — Local Noise Reduction Measures Bergen and Surrounding Areas
The objective of the procurement is a 4-year framework agreement with an option for 2 years, totalling 6-year, for the implementation of the local noise reduction measures due to the OPS contract Rv. 555 [County Road 555] the Sotra Connection, and to be able to be flexible for future projects that include local noise reduction measures in Bergen and surrounding areas. Surrounding areas include: Øygarden, Askøy, Alver and Bjørnafjorden.
The builder's estimated quantity for the framework agreement is shown in chapter E3. The maximum duration of the framework agreement is 6 years based on the specific circumstances that apply as a result of the framework agreement's close connection to the implementation of the OPS Contract Rv. 555 [County Road] the Sotra Connection, see chapter C3 point 1.3.
The selection of any surplus qualified tenderers will be based on the builder's evaluation of which of the qualified tenderers best fulfils the following.
Award criteria: the tenderer's technical and professional qualifications in accordance with qualification requirement point 2.4.1 and associated documentation requirements.
The builder has the option to extend the framework agreement for 2 years. The maximum duration of the framework agreement totals 6 years, 4 years + 2 years. The 2-year option can be triggered if conditions connected to the implementation of the OPS project New Rv. 555 [New County Road 555] the Sotra Connection, make it necessary. Any call-offs under this option will only include measures in the same area as the OPS project in progress. If the builder wants to utilise this option, the contractor must be given at least 3 months notice before the expiry of the preceding option period, cf. second section above. If the option(s) are not utilised, the framework agreement will expiry at the originally agreed duration.
A tender conference will be held via Teams/video conference on Friday 26 October 2020, 12.00-14.00. Participation in the meeting requires access to a link. Registration and receiving of the link takes place via the contracting authority's tender implementation tool (KGV). Those wishing to participate must register by the end of 20 October 2020. A separate message for registration will be posted in the tender implementation tool.
The tenderer must be a legally established company or consist of a group of suppliers who are legally established companies.
1) Certificate from the register of business enterprises, or equivalent certificate of legal registration in the country where the tenderer, or the companies that together make up the tenderer, cf. point 4.2, is/are established, as well as for all supporting companies, cf. point 4.1;
2) The tenderer must have an equity ratio of at least 10 %. 3. An average annual turnover of minimum NOK 60 million for the last 3 financial years.
The tenderer must have sufficient experience of a relevant nature and degree of difficulty from the following works: the main work areas included in the assignment are:
Documentation requirement: a list of up to five and no less than three contracts that the tenderer has carried out or is in the process of carrying out, during the last 5 years from the tender deadline. The reference projects should, as far as possible, demonstrate the tenderer's professional breadth. NPRA and other builders' experiences with the tenderer will be appraised the tenderer must have a system showing that they work pro-actively to ensure safety, health and working environment (SHA), with relevance for equivalent works to those included in this contest. The system will be subject to periodic review. Tenderers shall have a good and well-functioning environmental management system, based on ISO 14001 (2015), EMAS (EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for environmental management), eco-lighthouse or equivalent, with relevance to equivalent projects. The system will be subject to regular audit. The tenderer must have a good and well functioning quality management system based on ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent, with relevance to equivalent projects. The system will be subject to periodic review. See the tender documentation for detailed information.
The tenderer and their central contractual partners should have an average H1 value lower than 15 for the last 3 years. If the H1-value is higher than 15, an account must be given of the developing trend of the H1-value and possibly the F-value, which will express the severity of any high H1-value. See the tender documentation for more detailed information. there you will also find described how newly established companies can participate in the competition.
The form of contract is execution contract. The type of contract is a framework agreement with unit prices. For the individual call-offs, fixed price will also be utilised, cf. Chapter C3 point 2.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be a legally established company or consist of a group of suppliers who are legally established companies. Documentation requirement: 1) Certificate from the register of business enterprises, or equivalent certificate of legal registration in the country where the tenderer, or the companies that together make up the tenderer, cf. point 4.2, is/are established, as well as for all supporting companies, cf. point 4.1; 2) Completion of the table given in chapter E2, point 3.1. possibly point 3.4.