Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2016-03-31
Buyer: Statens vegvesen Vegdirektoratet
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 63712210 | 72000000
Estimated value: 170000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Statens vegvesen (NPRA) intends to enter into a contract with the existing supplier of a central system for electronic toll collection, for a period of three years maximum. The NPRA is entitled to cancel the agreement after two years. The system is used by all 47 toll road companies in Norway in order to collect tolls, and is based on AutoPASS technology. There are approximately 500 million yearly electronic toll passings.
The NPRA intends to enter into a contract with the existing supplier of a central system for electronic toll collection. The system is used by all 47 toll road companies in Norway. There are approximately 500 000 000 yearly electronic toll passings. In 2012, the NPRA conducted a negotiated procedure in order to facilitate a new central system named AutoPASS Grindgut. The planning of this procurement began ultimo 2010. A contract was signed 20.12.2013, and the new system was planned to be developed 15.4.2015. The ICT development agreement was however terminated 27.7.2015 due to material breach. The terminated agreement for AutoPASS Grindgut indicates that a development of a new system with the same or equivalent requirements as in AutoPASS Grindgut will take at least 2 or 3 years. Due to political signals the last 6 months, the NPRA is planning on phasing out the current system (CS Norway). This will enable subsequent calls for competitions for less extensive subsystems in the near future. The NPRA consider it impossible to perform a published procedure as no suppliers, either new or already established, will be able to develop the required system and migrate all data within the relevant time-frame. Furthermore, the NPRA sees no possibility in developing a smaller alternative system as it is not clear what functions a scaled-down system must safeguard. In addition, the NPRA will emphasize that this procedure should not be regarded as a substitute purchase from 1 of several possible suppliers. The direct consequence of the termination of the former ICT development contract is that a new ICT development project will not, as a minimum, be completed before 2 years after the current contract expiration date (15.12.2016). Moreover, it is essential that the NPRA has access to the existing system, as it facilitates toll fee collection of 9 000 000 000 NOK yearly. These conditions also imply that the new agreement must be given a duration that enables the NPRA to fulfil its obligations. Based on this, and as a result of the solution's complexity and scope, it is the NPRAs best assessment that only the existing supplier is able to supply and operate a solution in the situation today. The NPRA therefore considers that it is permitted to enter into a contract with the existing supplier without the use of a published procedure, in accordance with the Norwegian regulations for public procurements § 14-4 letter c). The duration of the contract will be 3 years maximum. The NPRA is entitled to cancel the agreement after 2 years. The existing system is owned and operated by the current supplier. The services consist of: 1. A system that covers: — Receipt of files from the toll stations around Norway — Processing the files. i.e. pricing, settling and picture processes — Invoicing, payments and archiving — User interface for those who work with, for example, customer and contract processing, chip administration, picture processing, economy and reports — Customer interface for contract customers — Integrations/interface with other systems such as banks, international payment cards and economy system; 2. Operation, maintenance and minor adjustments of this system.
See also voluntary ex ante transparency notice 2013/S 132-229430 and published procedure 2012/S 174-287831.


Number of bids: 1