Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-09-19
Buyer: Bergen kommune - Bergen brannvesen
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 34144210: Road-sweeping vehicles | 34144212 | 34144213 | 35111200
Estimated value: 40000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-10-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The procurement concerns the delivery of six new crew vehicles for Bergen Fire Service. The vehicles will be delivered during the 2025-2027 period, whereof two vehicles will be delivered each year. There is also an option for the delivery of two additional crew vehicles on the same terms.
The contracting authority wants tender offers for two different chassis, which is described further. At least two of the crew vehicles must be delivered with torch extinguishers.
The contest will be held as a competitive dialogue, with prequalification. Provided that a sufficient number of tenderers fulfil the qualification requirements, 3 to 5 tenderers will be prequalified.
The dialogue prior to the final submission of tenders may take place in several rounds, and the contracting authority reserves the right to reduce the number of solutions or tenders in rounds.
Delivery to the Fire Service in Bergen, with an option for the delivery of two additional crew vehicles for the municipalities in the Western Norway Regional Fire and Rescue [Vest brann- og redningsregion (VBR)].
The procurement concerns the delivery of six new crew vehicles for Bergen Fire Service. The vehicles will be delivered during the 2025-2027 period, whereof two vehicles will be delivered each year. There is also an option for the delivery of two additional crew vehicles on the same terms.
The contracting authority wants tender offers for two different chassis, which is described further. At least two of the crew vehicles must be delivered with torch extinguishers.
The contest will be held as a competitive dialogue, with prequalification. Provided that a sufficient number of tenderers fulfil the qualification requirements, 3 to 5 tenderers will be prequalified.
The dialogue prior to the final submission of tenders may take place in several rounds, and the contracting authority reserves the right to reduce the number of solutions or tenders in rounds.
If there are too many qualified tenderers, the selection will be based on the background of who is considered to be the best qualified after an assessment of the received documentation as regards technical and professional qualifications.
Provided that a sufficient number of tenderers fulfil the qualification requirements, the following criteria will be used to prequalify 3 to 5 tenderers:
- The tenderer's implementation ability, based on documentation for the qualification requirement "Sufficient capacity"
- The tenderer's experience from relevant/similar assignments, based on documentation for the qualification requirement "Good expertise and experience from assignments of a similar nature, size and complexity"
For both criteria, it is the tenderer's additional fulfilment of the qualification requirements that will be assessed.
Delivery of two additional crew vehicles on the same terms. The option can be used by all fire departments in the Western Norway Regional Fire and Rescue (VBR). The deadline for the option to be triggered is the end of 2027.

Eligibility requirements: See the qualification requirements in the ESPD form.

Award value: 40000000