Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-18
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Region: NO020
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44113600 | 44113620 | 45000000: Construction work | 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233222
Submission deadline: 2026-02-17
Award criteria: cost

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Tax certificates
Tenderers shall, upon request by the contracting authority, submit a tax certificate for VAT and tax certificates issued by a competent body in the tenderer's home country or the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate shall document whether the tenderer has fulfilled his obligations to pay taxes, duties and social security contributions.
The certificate must not be older than 6 months calculated from the deadline for submitting a request for participation in the competition or a tender.
Requirements of the tenderer ́s organisational and legal position.
Tenderers shall be a legally established company or consist of a community of
tenderers who are legally established companies.

The requirement also applies to entities that the tenderer will use.

Tenderers shall, upon request from the contracting authority, enclose a certificate from the Register of Business Enterprises or an equivalent certificate for statutory registration in the country where the tenderer or the entities that jointly constitute the tenderer are established, as well as certificates for all supporting entities.
Requirements of the tenderer's economic and financial capacity. 

1. Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to.
fulfil the contract.
2. The tenderer's equity shall be positive.

Tenderers shall present the following documentation if requested by the contracting authority:

1. The tenderer's annual financial statement, annual report and auditor's report for the last three years and recent information (quarterly accounts) that is of importance to the tenderer's fiscal numbers.

2. A brief account of information on economic conditions or losses that are not documented elsewhere and which is required to be documented in accordance with Norwegian and/or international accounting standards.

3. An overview of any recently executed, ongoing or pending tax or public reviews of the tenderer's activities.

4. An overview of any events of significance that has taken place after publication of the last revised annual accounts.

If a tenderer has a justifiable reason for not submitting the documentation that the contracting authority has required, he can document his economic and financial capacity by presenting any other document of relevance to the company's fiscal figures/economy. Tenderers shall justify why they cannot submit the documentation that the contracting authority has required.
The tenderer ́s technical and professional qualifications. 
Tenderers shall have sufficient experience of a relevant nature and degree of difficulty from equivalent works included in the contract.

Tenderers shall present the following documentation if requested by the contracting authority:

An overview of 3-5 contracts that the tenderer has carried out or executes during the last five years calculated from the tender deadline. The overview shall, cf. the form included in chapter E2, include, among other things, the following for each of the contracts:

• Name of the recipient (contracting authority).
• Contact person/reference person at the contracting authority with contact data (telephone number and email address) and a statement of the person ́s role at the contracting authority during the contract.
• Date of the delivery.
• The contract ́s value.
• What work was carried out by the tenderer, including as the main contractor or sub-contractor, and what work was carried out by sub-contractors.
• A description of what the contractual works were about, including relevance to the qualification requirement.
Support from other entities for fulfilment of the qualification requirements.
The tenderer can, if necessary, rely on other companies' capacity to fulfil the requirements for economic and financial capacity and/or the requirements for technical and professional qualifications.

Tenderers shall confirm that they fulfil this requirement when submitting their tender. In addition, each individual entity that the tenderer will use to submit a separate ESPD form when submitting a tender.

Tenderers shall, upon request from the contracting authority, present the following documentation proof:

• Documentation that shows that the tenderer can use the necessary resources for the entities that they will use, for example, a commitment statement from these businesses.

The template for the commitment statement is published on: https://www.vegvesen.no/fag/veg-og-gate/konkurranser-og-kontraktsdokumenter/generelle-kontraktsdokumenter/.

• Documentation that shows that the company(s), that the tenderer will use, fulfil the qualification requirement 'the tenderer ́s organisational and legal position'.

• Documentation that shows that the company(s), that the tenderer will use, fulfil the relevant qualification requirements.

• If a tenderer will use the capacity of other companies to fulfil the requirements for economic and financial capacity, a signed joint and several liability statement must be enclosed.

The template for a joint and several liability statement is published on: https://www.vegvesen.no/fag/veg-og-gate/konkurranser-og-kontraktsdokumenter/generelle-kontraktsdokumenter/.

If a tenderer will use the capacity of other companies to fulfil the requirements of relevant experience, these entities shall carry out the services or the building and construction work that requires such qualifications.
Suppliers who participate in a working partnership
Several tenderers can participate in the competition jointly. The community must see to the necessary documentation that all the qualification requirements are met.

The contracting authority will assess each individual supplier in the community against the provisions on rejection, cf. § 9-5 and § 24-2, this except the provision in § 9-5 (1) letter a) and § 24-2 (1) letter a) fulfilment of the qualification requirements, which will be applied to the jointly combined set.

Tenderers who participate as a working partnership will be assessed collectively for the qualification requirements, with the exception of the requirements for the tenderer's organisational and legal position, documentation for absence of rejection reasons, tax certificates and authority for information on tax and duties (OSA).

Tenderers shall confirm that they fulfil this requirement when submitting their tender. In addition, each individual entity in the (work) group shall submit separate ESPD forms when submitting a tender.

Tenderers shall, upon request from the contracting authority, present the following documentation proof:

• An account of the group (including each participant's role), each participant's organisation number, address and nationality.

• The same documentation as individual tenderers shall be provided for each individual tenderer who participate in the group.

• Declaration of joint and several liability to the contracting authority.

The template for a joint and several liability statement is published on: https://www.vegvesen.no/fag/veg-og-gate/konkurranser-og-kontraktsdokumenter/generelle-kontraktsdokumenter/.

The community of suppliers can, if necessary, rely on other entities to fulfil the qualification requirements, see the point on support from other companies to fulfil the qualification requirements.

The contracting authority requires that the tenderer who fulfils the requirements for relevant experience shall carry out the services or the building and construction work that requires such qualifications.
Particularly on newly established tenderers
A tenderer who is newly established and cannot present all the required documentation must be particularly careful to document and substantiate that they still have the prerequisites required to fulfil the contract.

It is particularly important that such tenderers can document a sufficiently large workforce for the execution of the contract, including technical and professional qualifications. Newly established tenderers emphasise that it is the tenderer's ability as such to carry out the contract that is assessed, not individual persons ́ competence in isolation.

If a newly established tenderer has experience from contracts, the most relevant contracts from which the tenderer has experience must be completed in accordance with the documentation requirements regarding relevant experience. This is even if the contracts are of such a nature that they do not fulfil the specified requirements.

Missing or inadequate documentation in one or more of the requirements can result in the tenderer being rejected. Insufficient or incorrect completed response form can also lead to rejection.

Tenderers who have established themselves within a new discipline can also be seen as newly established.
Award criteria
The contracting authority will choose tenders on the basis of the best relationship between price/cost and quality, based on the following criteria:
The builder in this contract will take CO2eq emissions into consideration in addition to price. This will help reduce the environmental consequences of production and paving of asphalt.

See chapter D1.3 for information on any contract points not covered by the CO2eq weighting.

The contract will be awarded the tender with the lowest tender sum.
Lowest tender sum:
The tender sum will be calculated by a mark-up based on the amount of CO2eq emissions.
The tenderer with the lowest combined CO2eq emission will not receive any mark-up in the tender sum. The difference in emissions between your tender and the tender with the lowest emissions is calculated for the other tenderers. This difference is priced at 7.5 KR/kg CO2eq. The estimate in the tender sum will thus be the difference given in kg CO2eq multiplied by 7.5 NOK/kg CO2eq.

Example point x: 10,000 tons asphalt
Supplier A delivers an EPD that shows a discharge of 50 kg CO2eq/tonne of asphalt;
i.e. emissions in total 500,000 kg CO2eq. Supplier A has the lowest emissions and receives
no mark-up in the tender sum.

Supplier B delivers an EPD showing a discharge of 60 kg CO2eq/tonne asphalt;
i.e. emissions in total 600,000 kg CO2eq. The difference in relation to the lowest emission is
(600,000-500,000) kg/CO2eq and the estimate for tenderer B will be 100,000 kg/CO2eq *
7.50 KR/kg CO2eq = 750,000 NOK
Documentation requirement:
EPD shall be delivered in accordance with EN 15804 +A2: 2019 and approved by one or several members of the type Established ECO EPD Programme Operator» in eco-platform (i.a. EPD-Norway, Environdec and IBU) for each mass type at the points described in D1.3. This shall include the modules A1-A5 and C1-C3. It will be sufficient to deliver an EPD that includes modules A1-A3 and C1-C3 for each type of mass. In addition a set-up/spreadsheet must be delivered that shows the emissions in the modules A4 and A5 for each point. Contractors must document the prerequisites and measures that are the basis for calculating their EPDs. (e.g. heating medium, use of LTA, reuse, biogenic binder etc.).

The additional information form shall be completed and enclosed with the tender. The requested information in the annex "Additional Information FOR EPD Weighting of CO2" can be stated in a separate annex. All requested information shall be provided.

The proposal ́s CO2 contribution shall be production specific; i.e. a separate EPD shall be available from each production location. If there are no separate EPDs, default values can be used for awarding contracts. When default values are used, real and documented values shall be included in the CO2 accounts when the contract is completed. When calculating the bonus/malus, the default values stated in the tender shall be used.

Project specific EPDs that refer to approved reference EPDs shall be available at the tender deadline and enclosed with the tender.

Requirement to submit EPDs with the tender as stated above is for the points where emission ceilings are set If EPDs are submitted or budgets that state the value that exceeds the stated roof for CO2eq, it is not assessed as a condition and the tenderer must deal with the ceiling stated in the contract and the provisions on malus.
The waiting period will be set after information on the award of contract.
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