Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-12-30
Buyer: Trondheim kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34140000: Heavy-duty motor vehicles | 34144900: Tram cars
Estimated value: 11491000 NOK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice: Direct procurement of 3 16-tonne electric lorries for minor maintenance of roads
Procurement of 3 electric lorries with hook lifts and a total weight of 16.7 tonnes for the operation of the municipal road network.
Trondheim Bydrift (TB) has been awarded investment funds from Trondheim Municipality's Climate and Environment Agency with the intention of phasing out diesel-powered mid-sized lorries with battery electric alternatives. The award is made on the basis of technological progress wherein one individual tenderer, Wist Last & Buss AS, can deliver battery electric vehicles of a size that is suitable for the work assignment.
In accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations (PPR) § 13-4, letter b. 2nd paragraph, Trondheim Bydrift (TB) intends to procure 3 electric lorries with hook lifts and a total weight of 16.7 tonnes for use in road operations for the municipal road network. Based on TB's knowledge and research, only Wist Last & Buss AS can delivery 16.7-tonne electric lorries with hook lifts of this size with an established service network available in the Trondheim region. To the knowledge of TB, other alternatives, such as lorries from Volta Trucks AB, are only suitable for transporting goods and lack power output for the hook lift as well as established and available service network for TB.
The lorries are intended to support the existing diesel-powered lorries of 12 and 10 tonnes, respectively, that will be used for minor road maintenance. TB has investigated the closest technical solution on the market: 19-tonne electric lorries. TB considers this vehicle to be too large to be suitable for the work assignments that will be performed. This is in regards to the physical size of the vehicle; for accessibility and visibility in narrow urban areas, as well as saving resources in the form of payload adapted to the needs of the work tasks. TB has already compromised by going up in size from 12 to 16.7 tonnes in order to accommodate the technical limitations of electric trucks.
TB will encourage the market to offer more mid-sized and small electric lorries adapted to minor operating tasks with a lower need for payload and vehicle size, and looks forward to a more competitive market in this category in the future.
In accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations (PPR) § 13-4, letter b. 2nd paragraph, Trondheim Bydrift (TB) believes that the conditions for "the procurement concerns services that only a specific supplier can deliver because (...) competition is impossible for technical reasons" have been met as, according to TB's knowledge and investigation, only Wist Last & Buss AS, which can deliver 16.7 tonne electric lorries with hook lifts of this size with an established service network available in the Trondheim region. Other alternatives, such as trucks from Volta Trucks AB, are, to TB's knowledge, only suitable for transporting goods and lack power output for the hook lift as well as established and available service network for TB.
B believes that the legal requirement that "the lack of competition is not due to the contracting authority having adapted the procurement documents for a specific service provider" has been met, with the following argument: The lorries are intended to replace existing diesel-powered lorries of 12 and 10 tonnes, respectively, which are to be used for minor road maintenance . TB has investigated the closest technical solution on the market: 19-tonne electric lorries. TB considers this vehicle to be too large to be suitable for the work assignments that will be performed. This is in regards to the physical size of the vehicle; for accessibility and visibility in narrow urban areas, as well as saving resources in the form of payload adapted to the needs of the work tasks. TB has already compromised by going up in size from 12 to 16.7 tonnes in order to accommodate the technical limitations of electric trucks.


Winner: Wist Last & Buss AS
Award value: 11491000