Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-23
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/ Bymiljøetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45220000 | 71000000 | 71240000 | 71250000 | 71300000
Estimated value: 280000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-02-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Parallel framework agreement for the planning and engineering design of road, street and urban spaces projects - 81-BYM-2022
The Agency for Urban Environment needs consultancy services for the planning and engineering design of various road, street, and urban spaces projects. A parallel framework agreement will therefore be signed in order to cover the need for such consultancy services. The contract will have a duration of 1 year, with an option for an extension for a further three years- total four years.
The Agency for Urban Environment has a large investment portfolio, which must be planned and carried out in accordance with Oslo Municipality's principles for investment processes. The investment budgets always depend on the annual grants and can vary from year to year.
The Agency for Urban Environment is the municipality's professional body within transport, and is responsible for planning and carrying out projects within roads, streets, foot/cycle paths, and urban spaces.
The Agency for Urban Environment's projects are varied and vary in scope, duration, and cost, from minor measures with a cost of less than NOK 1 million to larger projects with a cost of more than NOK 500 million. The Agency for Urban Environment has many different planning and engineering design assignments that will be ordered from the engineering consultancy company. The projects are of varying type, size and complexity, and there there is a need for various competence in the projects.
The parallel framework agreement will consist of detailed and development plans, including impact assessments, and construction plans and function descriptions for turnkey contracts for specific road, street and urban spaces projects.
Examples of assignment can be early phase reviews, preliminary project, zoning plan and engineering design of roads, streets, foot and cycle paths, hiking paths, squares and meeting places, green spaces, pavements, retaining walls, bridges, junction design, roundabouts, and various traffic safety measures. See annex 1 for further information.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the company is registered in a trade index or a register of business enterprises as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.
Requirement: Tenderers must have good financial solidity to fulfil the assignments under the framework agreement.
Documentation requirement: Credit evaluation/rating equivalent to 'A' in the AAA-rating system, not older than 6 years, which is based on the last known accounting figures, cf. the PPR §16-4 (1) letter f.
The contracting authority reserves the right to undertake their own credit assessment/rating of the tenderer.
Requirement: Tenderers must have experience from preliminary projects, development, and engineering design services for roads, street and urban spaces projects in urban areas with many user groups/types of traffic, large traffic quantities and complicated technical infrastructure.
Documentation requirement: A list of the most important deliveries or services provided in the last 5 years.
Documentation requirement: An account of the system and a description of how quality assurance is carried out.
If a tenderer is certified, it is sufficient to attach a copy of certificates issued by independent bodies confirming that the tenderer fulfils specific quality assurance standards, for example ISO 9001:2008 or equivalent.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a register of business enterprises, Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate Foreign tenderers: Verification that the company is registered in a trade index or a register of business enterprises as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.

Award value: 280000000