Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-11-30
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/ Brann- og redningsetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles | 34114100: Emergency vehicles | 34144200: Road-maintenance vehicles | 34144210: Road-sweeping vehicles | 34144213
Estimated value: 6200000 NOK

Technical requirements: Oslo Fire and Rescue Agency (OBRE) has a critical need for extra height material, i.e., a ladder truck from a recent date, and not older than 8 years, and intends to enter into a contract with Egenes Brannteknikk AS for the delivery of 1 demo/second-hand ladder truck with delivery in week 51/2022.
OBRE's ladder trucks/lifts have had some technical errors in several periods that have lead to operational stoppages for long periods. The frequency and simultaneousness of operational stoppages due to technical errors means reduced preparedness for rescues and extinguishing from a height. Based on the ROS and preparedness analysis, the agency must always have three height materials in preparedness. Frequent operational stoppages have at times meant there have only been two height materials in preparedness operation, including a loaned vehicles from a neighbouring fire service.
- All of the agency's height preparedness vehicles suffer from a lot of technical errors/operational stoppages.
- The agency has hired and loaned vehicles from a neighbouring fire services for long periods in order to maintain preparedness.
- The agency has started a procurement process for another machine ladder truck, but the delivery time is minimum 1 year.
- In order to comply with the response time requirements for objects with assisted escape, the agency must have a geographical placement of height material that enables us to comply with the requirements in the regulations.
- The ladder truck that will now be procured can be placed at all stations where height material is geographically placed, and there are physical limitations as regards the space for this type of material.
Egenes Brannteknikk AS has offered a Mercedes Benz Atego with a Metz L32A-XS body that designates itself as the best alternative based on the following criteria:
- The vehicle can be put into immediate operation, extra training of personnel in its operation is not required.
- It can serve all stations that have height material in preparedness as a reserve alternative due to its physical external measurements.
- It is considerably newer than the 4 other alternatives as a total product with the chassis from 2015 and the ladder installation from 2022, it has a low number of kilometres on the clock, only 2000 km.
- The ladder's physical external measurements make it the best as regards accessibility in the city's areas where rescue from a height can be required.
This voluntary ex-ante transparency notice is anchored in the terms in the Public Procurement Regulations, section 13-4 letter b) no. 2 on situations where competition is impossible due to technical reasons. The provision opens for: 'The contracting authority can hold a contest with negotiations without a prior announcement if (...)
when there are no reasonable alternatives and the lack of competition is not due to the contracting authority having adapted the procurement documents for a specific supplier'.


Winner: Egenes Brannteknikk AS
Award value: 6200000