Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-04-02
Buyer: Miljødirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 71620000 | 73000000 | 90711300 | 90711500
Estimated value: 13653000 NOK

Technical requirements: Miljødirektoratet (the Norwegian Environment Agency) intends to enter into a contract with Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) (the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) as joint-financing of the Seabird Monitoring Programme SEAPOP. Due to internal reorganisation and ongoing processes, among others, in relation to systems for good ecological condition, in this instance we are planning to enter into a 1 year contract. It is planned to enter into a new 4-year contract starting next year. This contract applies for 2021 based on the business plan approved by the SEAPOP steering committee and concerns the funds KLD has allocated through the State Budget and that is above the Norwegian Environment Agency's monitoring budget. This funding is NOK 13 653 million annually from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy over the Research Council of Norway's budget of NOK 2.5 million and NOK 2.0 million from Norwegian oil and gas, in a total annual budget limit of NOK 18 153 million. The contract will be signed with NINA, the coordinator of the programme, but the work will be carried out by two institutions: NINA and Norsk Polarinstitutt (NP) (the Norwegian Polar Institute).
SEAPOP was started in 2005 and is a general and long term monitoring and mapping programme for Norwegian seabirds. The programme involves a new initiative for these activities along the Norwegian coast, on Svalbard and Jan Mayen and in adjoining sea areas and it will provide and maintain basic knowledge on seabirds in order to contribute to better management of these marine environments. Particular focus is on obtaining data that enables models to be made on the effects of human interventions and the separation of these from what is primarily due to natural variations.
Pursuant to §2-5, we consider that the SEAPOP programme comes under the exception for the contracts for research and development services. The Norwegian Environment Agency does not fully pay for the service and we do not fully use it in our activities. SEAPOP is a programme for monitoring, mapping and developing methods for obtaining and maintaining basic knowledge on seabirds in order to contribute to better management of Norwegian sea areas, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The Norwegian Environment Agency is one of several contributors, with both Norwegian Oil and Gas and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy contributing in addition to the research institutions' own efforts. The contract will be signed with NINA, the coordinator of the programme, but the work will be carried out by two institutions: NINA and NP, together constituting the leading competence in both the collection and processing of seabird data in Norway. Altogether 13 researchers are involved in SEAPOP,  but there are in addition a number of collaborating partners, among others, Statsforvalteretaten, Havforskningsinstituttet, Kystvakten, Kystverket, Norsk Ornitologisk Forening, Statens naturoppsyn og Sysselmannen på Svalbard (the Public Administrator, the Institute of Marine Research, the Norwegian Coast Guard, the Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Norwegian Nature Surveillance Authority and the Governor of Svalbard). In addition, there are a large number of individual both domestically and internationally. Combined, the researchers associated with SEAPOP have unique and exceptional expertise in all areas of seabird research in Norway. This is connected to long term competence building, both in relation to the planning and execution of areas that are often deserted and difficult to access, but also in relation to processing seabird data and publication in international and national periodicals and reports. The fact that Norwegian institutions are responsible for this work is decisive for the long term monitoring of the seabird population in Norway.


Winner: Norsk institutt for naturforskning
Award value: 13653000