Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2022-01-11
Buyer: KYSTVERKET
Country: NO
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45244000: Marine construction works | 45262210 | 45262300 | 71320000 | 71325000: Foundation design services

Technical requirements: Supplier conference Bergen-Sognesjøen and Kystverket’s [the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s] future portfolio of sign foundations
To increase safety and appear in the fairway, Kystverket [the Norwegian Coastal Administration] will establish 19 new navigation devices in the fairway between Bergen and Sognesjøen. Seven of these will be placed in weather-exposed areas and must be established on large sign foundations.
In order to inform about the project and get input to the further process, the Norwegian Coastal Administration wants to implement a supplier conference.
To increase safety and appear in the fairway, Kystverket [the Norwegian Coastal Administration] will establish 19 new navigation devices in the fairway between Bergen and Sognesjøen. Seven of these will be placed in weather-exposed areas and must be established on large sign foundations. The sign foundations will be announced as a turnkey contract which includes engineering design and establishment of sign foundations with a solution for access. Work with establishment of the seven sign foundations is expected to take place during execution of physical construction in 2023, while the establishment of the 12 navigation devices in sheltered waters is expected to take place during the execution in 2022.
The area from Bergen and north over is characterised by large port activity and lots of ship traffic. Here you will find, among other things, freight ports, shipyards and service industries, terminals for cruise and passenger traffic, as well as oil terminals and supply bases for petroleum related industry. Together with high traffic density and locally complicated traffic, there are unmarked islets, grounds and reefs are a challenge in the area. There is a need for repeated reference points that clearly mark the fairways’ outer edge and which function as good navigational aids. In weather exposed areas the signage is often poor or not present due to the site conditions. At the same time, high seas affect ship manoeuvrability and make it more difficult to navigate. This strengthens the need to establish navigation devices in these areas. To increase the safety and ability to navigate in the fairway, the Norwegian Coastal Administration will establish 19 new navigation devices in the fairway between Bergen and Sognesjøen. Seven of these will be placed in weather-exposed areas and must be established on large sign foundations.
The seven sign foundations will be announced as a turnkey contract which includes engineering design and establishment of sign foundations with a solution for access. The Norwegian Coastal Administration assumes that the procurement process and announcement will take place during spring 2022. The work with establishment of the seven sign foundations is expected to take place during execution of physical construction in 2023, while the establishment of the 12 navigation devices is expected to take place under the auspices of one of the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s vessels during 2022.
Weather conditions will be on of the biggest challenges in the project. It will therefore be critical to arrive at a solution that reduces risk connected to weather. For example, to reduce the construction time in the field, or secure a building methodology that is robust against external stresses during the construction period. In order to inform about the project and get input to the further process, the Norwegian Coastal Administration wants to implement a supplier conference.