Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-02-19
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45310000 | 55000000 | 63712000 | 65300000: Electricity distribution and related services | 65320000: Operation of electrical installations
Submission deadline: 2025-03-21
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Is the supplier in a situation where he has been forced debt arrangement?  Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
Is the tenderer in a bankruptcy situation? Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Has the tenderer entered into agreement(s) with other tenderers with the intention of turning the competition?

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must have sufficient financial capacity to fulfil the contract. 
Creditworthiness will be sufficient to meet the requirement.

Documentation requirement:
The contracting authority will obtain a credit rating from Experian. 
If there is doubt, the Contracting Authority can obtain further information from the tenderer.
The tenderer must have a reason.

Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers shall present the following documentation:
1. Basic book/home information, or
2. If the tenderer is not the landowner, the tenderer shall submit documentation confirming the right to use property.

In addition to either 1st or 2nd, the tenderer shall deliver a map showing the area that is planned to be used for a 24 hour resting place.
In the attached contract terms point 2.18, there are requirements that ensure that employees at the tenderer and any sub-suppliers who carry out work on the contract do not have lower wages and working conditions than that in the current regulations on general tariff agreements or national collective agreements for the relevant industries. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will also check that the provisions are complied with and impose sanctions on suppliers in case of compliance with the provisions.
Tenderers shall enclose a completed price form, cf. annex 1.
The evaluation of quality is based on an assessment of the responses to deliveries that the contracting authority wants (ought-requirements), cf. the requirement specifications point 3.2.

The sub-criteria in the award criteria quality:
1. Request for more charging stations than the minimum requirement (point 3.2 letter a).
2. Request for earlier opening of the 24 hour resting place than the minimum requirement (point 3.2 letter b)
3. Request for service for the users of the 24 hour resting place (point 3.2 letter c)
4. Request for service for the vehicles (point 3.2 letter d)
5. Request for solar panel installations (point 3.2 point e)

Documentation requirement:
Tenderers shall fill in the "Response form for shall-requirements and ought-requirements", cf. annex 2.
There is no requirement for 30% weighting of climate and environmental considerations. The contracting authority can replace climate and environmental considerations in the award criteria with climate and environmental requirements in the requirement specification, if it is clear that this gives better climate and environmental effect.

Several different requirements are made in the requirement specification, including:
- All areas that must be developed shall have an asphalt-EDP that is lower than 50 kg/tonne in accordance with NS-EN 15804+A2:2019.
- Charging stations shall be established for electric lorries. 
- Cleaning shall be carried out with environmentally friendly products.

It has been considered that the effect of setting these requirements (especially the first two hyphenated points) gives a better effect than a possible achievement, if they were used as the award criteria. The requirements and effectiveness of the above requirements are, in our opinion, sufficient to use the exception in PPR § 7-9 (4). 

We would, however, like further focus on the environment in this procurement and in the award criterion quality have stated that more charging stations are wanted than the minimum requirement in the requirement specifications, as well as solar cell installations in connection with the 24 hour resting place. The award criteria is weighted with 35% in total and charging stations and solar panel installations are respectively prioritised as numbers 1 and 5 in the award criteria quality.
The contracting authority invites tenderers to a competition for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a 24 hour resting place for heavy transport in E134 in the Seljord area. The driving distance from the E134 to the entrance for the actual 24 hour resting place shall be a maximum of 1 km. Driving distance is measured from the exit from the E134. 

The 24 hour resting place shall contain sanitary installations with toilets/showers and charging stations, and it shall have 20-25 parking places. Otherwise, the 24 hour resting place shall fulfil the shall-requirements listed in point 3.1. 

The 24 hour resting place shall be ready for opening by 01.11.2026 at the latest and applies for 10 years from the opening hours. The contracting authority has the option to extend the contract for 1+1 year, so that the total possible lease period is 12 years.