Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-10-23
Buyer: Trøndelag fylkeskommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 65320000: Operation of electrical installations | 71334000
Estimated value: 27500000 NOK

Technical requirements: The prior information notice concerns a direct purchase of operational follow-up from Swarco for the period 2020 to 2024. It is based on the organisation of services in Trøndelag through 2 operational contracts. The distinction is set between:
This prior information notice describes part one (a) of operational follow-up for signal regulation in Trøndelag, that includes a direct purchase of services such as technical monitoring, collective-prioritisation and data sharing, programming, fault-correction and delivery of signal devices and available competence for governance initiated by the contract partners.
The prior information notice concerns a direct purchase of operational follow-up from Swarco for the period 2020 to 2024. It is based on the organisation of services in Trøndelag through 2 operational contracts. The distinction is set between:
This prior information notice describes part one (a) of operational follow-up for signal regulation in Trøndelag, that includes a direct purchase of services such as technical monitoring, collective-prioritisation and data sharing, programming, fault-correction and delivery of signal devices and available competence for governance initiated by the contract partners.
The starting point is that from January 2020, a stable operating situation must be established for 144 signal systems. The intention is to maintain an equivalent operational situation for the signal system throughout the contract period. The requirement specification differentiates between the signal systems in that all 144 signal systems will be monitored and operated, while 75 signal systems with bus-prioritisation will undergo traffic technical inspections each year. In addition, operational follow-up is requested for 4 spot areas twice during the operational period. The contract is anticipated to have a value of 5 500 000 NOK per year.
All of the signal systems in the region currently have a control device supplied by Swarco. Swarco owns the right to the programming tool and we have unfortunately, in previous contracts, written that the builder and third party will have access, license-free, to the software tool after the end of the contract. Correspondingly, Swarco owns the rights to the monitoring system, Omnia, that all of the junctions are connected to together with the programming tool for bus-prioritisation, data sharing and coordinated traffic control by Spot. Also, for these systems we lack the rights and licenses for tools to allow third parties to reprogram and change connections. SSV and AtB are heavily invested in these systems, and the replacement of underlying infrastructure will not be socio-economically advantageous.
Based on the review and justification to utilise the exemption provision in PPR §13-4 (1) letter b, it is not technical reasons, but exclusive rights that are the reason it is not considered appropriate to hold a competition. See also
It is evident in the review that Swarco has licenses for the products that services will be performed on, i.e. the programming tool and monitoring systems. The same situation applies to signal systems in the Eastern Region, where a competition had to be cancelled as the Norwegian Public Roads Administration did not have access to a programming tool they could make available to a third party.
A contract has not been signed, this will Possibly be done after the Prior Information Notice is over (this will Expiry after 10 Days)


Winner: Swarco Norge AS
Award value: 27500000