Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-03-03
Buyer: Ålesund kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO0A3
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71241000 | 71300000 | 71310000 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 5000000 NOK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like to use this procurement to enter into an agreement with one tenderer. The aim of the contract is to cover the contracting authority ́s need for a project manager for clearing environmental toxins in sediments in Aspevågen, as well as stopping the spreading of environmental duties from countries in the projects called "Cleaner fjord Ålesund" and "Gassverkstomta" (hereafter called the "Project" as jointly). Ålesund municipality has had an external contract for the project coordinator for the project "Renere fjord Ålesund" since 2020. The project manager for the gaswork site has been internal in Ålesund municipality up until now. There is now a need for a project manager and not a project coordinator, and there is a need to see the two projects in context. The project manager ́s role is professional and administrative to coordinate the various activities in the Project. The project manager shall start the work at the latest in August 2024. Comments on the contract: 1) Reservations on financing: - Funding for the project is awarded annually from the Norwegian Environment Agency after application, and financing of the project assumes that project resources are awarded from the Norwegian Environment Agency for the years 2025, 2026 and 2027. 2027) It is also subject to political approval of the procured project resources in the municipal budget. Political approval is given for one year at a time.
Orientation: In the cost calculation, the tenderer shall fill in the attached price form and submit it as an annex to the tender in Excel format. All fields in the attached price form marked with yellow shall be completed. Missing the price fields can cause difficulties in assessing the tender and the tender can then be rejected. All prices are in NOK, excluding VAT, including all direct or indirect expenses and duties that could be incurred in connection with the delivery. Order fees and invoice fees are to be seen as expenses. The prices shall include all costs for the customer who is included in this competition. Costs that the tenderer knows will be incurred, but that are not specifically stated in the tender, will be seen as included in the stated costs. Evaluation: When assessing the price, a hybrid model with break point 2.5 will be used. The attached template for the evaluation model is attached. The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Orientation: In this award criteria the customer will evaluate relevant experience and competence for the offered project manager, cf. the description in point 6.2.1. The response shall be maximum 2 A4 pages. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages after page 2 will not be evaluated. Any links etc. in the reply will not be evaluated. Evaluation: This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation. Attention is defined as the fact that the offered competence and experience must be concretely assessed and that there are relevant differences in the offered competence/experience that will form the basis for the final evaluation and a total score. Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution. The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Orientation: In this award criteria, personal suitability shall be assessed for the project manager. Personal suitability will be assessed during the interview of the offered person. The questions asked during the interview will be drafted before the tender deadline expires and will be asked equally to all. The meeting will have a duration of maximum 1 hour and will be held via video link (preferably Microsoft Teams). Emphasis is put on the fact that this is not a negotiation meeting, and therefore the terms connected to the tender will not be discussed. Questions related to the interview topic listed below will form the basis for the conversation and questions posed in the interview: • Assignment comprehension and execution • Implementation ability • Competence transfer and interaction with the contracting authority • Engagement and flexibility Audio and/or video recordings will be made during the interview, and this will function as minutes/documentation. Evaluation: This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation. Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution. The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.


Winner: Multiconsult Norge AS
Number of bids: 4