Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-05
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Region: NO083
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44113600 | 44113620 | 45000000: Construction work | 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233222
Submission deadline: 2026-02-05
Award criteria: price, quality

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: Tenderers shall be a legally established company or consist of a community of suppliers who are legally established companies. The requirement also applies to entities that the tenderer will use.

Documentation requirement:
Tenderers shall, upon request from the contracting authority, present 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.
1. Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract.
2. The tenderer's equity shall be positive.

Documentation requirement:
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.
Tenderers shall have sufficient experience of a relevant nature and degree of difficulty from equivalent works included in the contract.

Documentation requirement:
Tenderers shall, upon request from the contracting authority, submit an overview of 3-5 contracts that the tenderer has carried out or carry out 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.
The award criteria in this competition is the lowest price.

Documentation requirement:
The tenderer shall submit an E5 Tender Form.
The procurement is for asphalt works in Finnmark county.

According to the Public Procurement Regulations § 7-9 (4), the award criterion in accordance with PPR § 7-9 (2) and (3) can be replaced with climate and environmental requirements if it is clear that this provides a better climate and environmental effect. 

The climate and environmental impact of this procurement is mainly related to production and laying of asphalt. 
The total market in Finnmark is relatively small, but still has two tenderers. The volume is not sufficient to defend heavy investments in order to bring down the climate footprint. The total climate footprint in Finnmark on production and laying of asphalt is modest in relation to the climate footprint in general for the country. As a percentage, the budget for asphalting national roads in Finnmark is approx. 6% of the total budget for asphalting national roads nationwide.

Tenderers in the area have a mix of modern stationary works and mobile works of older date. This type of mobile work has limited options for upgrading to more environmentally friendly production without major investments. 
Co2 weighting will effectively ban one tenderer relatively instantaneously, which is not desirable. From previous experiences in Finnmark and in Helgeland we see that the price level increases 40-50% if one ends up with only one tenderer. The quality of the final product can also be reduced by only one tenderer in the market, which will have consequences for the environment.

In these contracts for asphalt works in Finmark county, an upper emission limit is therefore measured in co2eq. The emission limit concerns the total emissions for the contract for module A, phases A1-A5, see chapter C4 point 4. In this way we are ensured a good effect for climate and the environment. If accounts after the completed contract show that emissions are above the upper emission limit, malus is to be given for the excess.

The emission limit will be adjusted annually to approach the national target in 2030. In addition there are requirements for the use of Ir scanning, requirements for deformation resistance (Wheel track), and the contracts are followed up with i.a. surface covering cavities (georadar) in order to ensure optimum quality, see C3 points 5.7 and D1.3 Special description.
In addition the contracts are required that at least 50% of the asphalt shall be produced as low temperature asphalt (LTA), see D1.3 Special Description. 

By setting minimum requirements in the contract, we are largely ensured a climate and environmental effect and we therefore consider the climate and environmental gains in this procurement to be better safeguarded through such a requirement position rather than the use of climate and environment as the award criteria.
The waiting period deadlines are in the PPR. § 25-2.
The contract includes asphalt works on the national road network in Finnmark.

The contract includes works on national roads in accordance with the attached reports 'Overview of asphalt contracts' and 'Quantity summary and list of sections'. The contractor is responsible for familiarising himself with the sections in the contract before the start-up.

The contract contains contract points marked with options, see D1.4 "list of stretches and table of amounts".
The contract includes asphalt works on the national road network in Finnmark in accordance with the attached reports 'Overview of asphalt contracts' and 'Quantity summary and list of sections'.