Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-10-24
Buyer: Statens vegvesen Vegdirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 31110000 | 34113200 | 34640000 | 43121000 | 43124000

Technical requirements: The aim of this RFI is to gather information from different market actors and knowledge milieu that work on ground work.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Bane NOR and the Norwegian Construction and Property Management Department will jointly announce a competition in 2019 with the aim of developing a climate-friendly “total package”, in which climate gas emissions are reduced from material production to the installation of ground improvement. We are currently working on mapping what technology and methodology exist within this area, what research is being carried out, what is being developed, etc. We encourage the branch to contribute with information that we can use in an internal mapping of the “state of the art”. The information we receive will give us a better understanding of the current market and it will be used as internal background information for a further dialogue with the market, and for the preparation of the tender documentation.
The aim of this RFI is to gather information from different market actors and knowledge milieu that work on ground work. Climate gas emissions from the building and construction industry have increased in Norway by 58 % from 1990 to 2016 (Statistisk Sentralbyrå 2018). The reduction of climate gass emissions from building and construction sites is important for Norway fulfilling its obligations in the Paris Agreement. There are large climate gas emissions from the construction of new infrastructure and buildings. Challenging soil types, i.e. highly sensitive quick clays, several places in the country often lead to a need for comprehensive ground improvement and landslide mitigation measures in order to prevent triggering natural landslides and landslides that are triggered by development projects, particularly in quick clay areas. Landslide mitigation measures often cause major terrain interventions and climate gas emissions. In addition, vast amount of public resources are used to ensure existing buildings and infrastructure.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Bane NOR and the Norwegian Construction and Property Management Department will jointly announce a competition in 2019 with the aim of developing a climate-friendly “total package”, in which climate gas emissions are reduced from material production to the installation of ground improvement. We are currently working on mapping what technology and methodology exist within this area, what research is being carried out, what is being developed, etc. We encourage the branch to contribute with information that we can use in an internal mapping of the “state of the art”. The information we receive will give us a better understanding of the current market and it will be used as internal background information for a further dialogue with the market, and for the preparation of the tender documentation. We also hope that the subsequent competition can take research and development projects in this area that have already started into account.
We request that information and any questions are sent to the following contact persons in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Directorate of Roads, by 1.12.2018:
Attention is drawn to the fact that a dialogue conference will be held on this theme on 26 November this year. See the attached invitation and the link for registration: