Public procurement notice: Services Concession
Published: 2020-12-21
Buyer: Ferde AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Concession award procedure
CPV classification: 79940000
Submission deadline: 2021-01-18
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: Ferde AS’ issuing business, hereafter called the contracting authority, invites tenderers to participate in an open tender contest in connection with procurement of debt collection services. After a contract has been awarded, the debt collection company will be given the right to collect outstanding debts on behalf of the toll collection company. Remuneration will not be paid by the contracting authority in connection with the execution of the service, as fees can be added to reminders and debt collection notices, cf. the Debt Collection Services Act.
The purpose of the procurement is to safeguard the contracting authority's need for services related to debt collection services. The contract will give the debt collection company the right to collect unpaid claims from Norwegian vehicles with a valid AutoPASS contract.
The contract presupposes that the debt collection company repays/pays the contracting authority the agreed payback in accordance with the contract. The same principle is upheld if changes occur in the applicable regulations/guidelines from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway that affects what can legally be agreed returned to the contracting authority.
A more detailed description of the contract service is in part II of the requirement specification. Only new cases will be processed under the contract. Previous cases sent to debt collection will be taken care of by the contracting authority's subsidiary company, Demand AS. Demand AS currently undertake collection of outstanding claims for the contracting authority.
Ferde AS is a regional toll collection company that, with a mandate from the government, finances new toll collection projects and collects toll from vehicles. In approximately the second quarter of 2021, Ferde’s business will be divided between an operator and an issuer. This procurement concerns Ferde's issuing business, which invoices customers with AutoPASS agreements for toll road and ferry passage
As a result of the ongoing toll collection reform, Ferde will be split, with a separate a company for issuing activity. It is planned that this company will the be sold to a private company. The issuing company will be the contracting authority for this contract. It is thus assumed that the contract follows the separated company when it is established as a separate legal entity.
The tenderer must have relevant and good experience with debt collection activity: To be considered relevant, the company must have had individual assignments that have a volume the contracting authority considers to be relevant experience.
The tenderer must have implemented a quality management system that is satisfactory to ensure the quality in implementing this contract.
Act of 13 May 1998 No 26 Lov om inkassovirksomhet og annen inndriving av forfalte pengekrav (inkassoloven) §4.

Eligibility requirements: The company shall be legally registered. Company registration certificate The tenderer must have debt collection appropriation. Debt collection appropriation