Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-07-07
Buyer: Nordland fylkeskommune
Country: NO
Region: NO071
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45221240 | 45221241 | 45221247 | 45232411
Estimated value: 240343060 NOK
Submission deadline: 2027-02-28
Award criteria: quality, price

Technical requirements: Nordland county invites tenderers to a competition for county road 17 Storvikskar tunnel – upgrading of tunnelSFF.
The criteria assessment is based on responses to the award criteria.
Points will be given on a scale up to 10 points.

1.1 Handling matter and transporting matter
Plan for mass handling:

Tenderers shall submit a plan for mass handling that describes:

Logistics for handling matter, including a plan for depositing and temporary storage.
How the transport of matter is minimised in the project.
Possibilities for reuse of matter from other projects in the surrounding area and/or use of surplus masses from the project in other projects in the surrounding area.
Measures for reuse of on-site matter through reuse, cleaning, crushing, sorting and other measures that reduce the need for added new matter.
Handling polluted matter.

Documentation requirement:
Written response to the criterion plan for mass handling.

Tenderers are requested to provide a binding description of maximum 3 pages.

The evaluation of the criterion is based on the description. Points will be given on a scale from 0-10, with 10 being the best. The best rated response will receive up to 10 points. I.e. best responses will not necessarily get 10 points (normalisation is not done).

1.2 Other climate and environmental measures
Tenderers shall describe what measures are offered for further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as measures with positive effect on environmental conditions and the natural environment.

The contracting authority will give points based on the following:

Machines
Materials
Other conditions that have a positive effect on the environment and climate.

Machinery: A count is given for site machines and vehicles that are emission-free and fossil-free (as emission-free energy carriers are considered; electricity, hydrogen and district heating, as fossil free energy carriers are considered; biodiesel and biogas). Under this point, we score higher the more machines you can deliver that are emission-free or fossil-free. Construction power is not available for larger machines at the site area, this must be handled by the contractor.

The following documentation shall be provided:
Tenderers shall enclose a list of machines and vehicles (Annex 1) that shall be used at the facility with an accompanying overview of fuel technology.
 
Materials: Reuse of materials and the choice of materials that have lower emissions from production and freight, e.g. reusable asphalt, low carbon concrete or climate neutral pipe products. All materials shall be in accordance with the quality described in the description.

Other conditions that have a positive effect on climate and the environment: Description of the solutions and measures that the contractor would like to carry out beyond that stated in the above list.

Documentation requirement: 
Written response to the criterion other climate and environmental measures.
Completed list of machines and vehicles - D2-91.

Tenderers are requested to provide a binding description of maximum 3 pages.

The evaluation of the criterion is based on the description. Points will be given on a scale from 0-10, with 10 being the best. The best rated response will receive up to 10 points. I.e. best responses will not necessarily get 10 points (normalisation is not done).
Implementation and assignment comprehension means a description of the planned execution of the project, with the resources and systems that the tenderer has chosen.

The contracting authority will emphasise the following conditions in the evaluation of the implementation plan:
•Tenderers must show the order of the different work operations that the tenderer believes are important for the execution.
•Tenderers must describe which resources and systems have been chosen for the work operations that the tenderer believes are important for the execution of the contract work.
•The tenderer ́s assessment of the most critical conditions connected to HSE, quality and progress that can affect the execution of the work operations that the tenderer believes are important for the execution.

Documentation requirement:
Tenderers shall submit written responses to this award criteria.
The response to this criteria that the tenderer delivers shall not be more than 8 pages.

The contracting authority will assess whether the tenderer has made a sufficient assessment of the assignment with regard to important elements in relation to ordering activity and execution challenges connected to this contract.

When evaluating the tenders, the contracting authority will compare the responses against the others.

A comprehensive evaluation will be carried out and an overall score will be given for the response. The best rated response will receive up to 10 points and the rest will be assessed on that.


Winner: BMO Tunnelsikring AS
Award value: 240343060
Number of bids: 2