Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-02-27
Buyer: Stiftelsen Tradebroker
Country: NO
Region: NO082
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 60400000: Air transport services | 60410000: Scheduled air transport services
Estimated value: 1225000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2029-06-30
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Tradebroker will, on behalf of its member companies, enter into a framework agreement with one tenderer for flight services connected to passenger transport by scheduled flights.

The framework agreement shall cover member companies ́needs for domestic flight services in Norway, as well as in Europe, primarily the Nordic countries. The travel pattern in the current agreement consists of approx. 70% domestic flights in Norway and approx. 30% foreign flights. More than 70% of the bookings are via a travel agency. There has been an increase in the purchase of flexible tickets in recent years.
Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order.
                Documentation requirements:
                Tenderers shall submit a valid tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months.
The tenderer shall be a legally established company.
                Documentation requirements:
                Tenderers shall submit a valid Company Registration Certificate, not older than 6 months.
2.3. Climate and environmental considerations in public procurements.

The Utilities Regulations § 7-9 (4) point out that the main rule on weighting the environment with 30% '(...) can be replaced with climate and environmental requirements in the requirement specification, if it is clear that this provides a better climate and environmental effect (...)". See DFØ ́s guidelines that the assessment will depend on a concrete assessment of what climate footprint and environmental impacts the procurement has; which climate and environmental considerations will have an effect on these; and a comparison and assessment of whether it gives better climate and environmental effect to use climate and environmental requirements in the requirement specifications instead of taking care of the considerations in the award criteria. Detecting a marginally better effect when using the requirement specifications is sufficient. 

The procurement concerns the purchase of flights. The greatest environmental impact on flights is without doubt the major greenhouse gas emissions connected to the delivery and the total environmental impact is considered high. There are few tenderers in the Norwegian market and the framework conditions are the same for them. It will therefore give marginal effect to utilise the award criteria. Tradebroker assesses that requirements are better suited to challenge the industry over time, both as regards reporting emissions, but also to set requirements for emission reductions in the contract period that are assessed to have the best effect. See further information in annex 3.

The exclusionary provision in the procurement regulations § 7-9 (4) first period will therefore apply.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order.
                Documentation requirements:
                Tenderers shall submit a valid tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months.
The tenderer shall be a legally established company.
                Documentation requirements:
                Tenderers shall submit a valid Company Registration Certificate, not older than 6 months.
2.3. Climate and environmental considerations in public procurements.

The Utilities Regulations § 7-9 (4) point out that the main rule on weighting the environment with 30% '(...) can be replaced with climate and environmental requirements in the requirement specification, if it is clear that this provides a better climate and environmental effect (...)". See DFØ ́s guidelines that the assessment will depend on a concrete assessment of what climate footprint and environmental impacts the procurement has; which climate and environmental considerations will have an effect on these; and a comparison and assessment of whether it gives better climate and environmental effect to use climate and environmental requirements in the requirement specifications instead of taking care of the considerations in the award criteria. Detecting a marginally better effect when using the requirement specifications is sufficient. 

The procurement concerns the purchase of flights. The greatest environmental impact on flights is without doubt the major greenhouse gas emissions connected to the delivery and the total environmental impact is considered high. There are few tenderers in the Norwegian market and the framework conditions are the same for them. It will therefore give marginal effect to utilise the award criteria. Tradebroker assesses that requirements are better suited to challenge the industry over time, both as regards reporting emissions, but also to set requirements for emission reductions in the contract period that are assessed to have the best effect. See further information in annex 3.

The exclusionary provision in the procurement regulations § 7-9 (4) first period will therefore apply.
Tradebroker will, on behalf of its member companies, enter into a framework agreement with one tenderer for flight services connected to passenger transport by scheduled flights.

The framework agreement shall cover member companies ́needs for domestic flight services in Norway, as well as in Europe, primarily the Nordic countries. The travel pattern in the current agreement consists of approx. 70% domestic flights in Norway and approx. 30% foreign flights. More than 70% of the bookings are via a travel agency. There has been an increase in the purchase of flexible tickets in recent years.

Winner: Bane NOR SF