Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-11
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/ Bymiljøetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71631450
Submission deadline: 2018-09-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 150-BYM-2017 Framework Agreement for consultancy services for the management of bridges and retaining walls
The Agency of Urban Environment manages approx. 400 used bridge constructions of various sizes. These include simple culverts and more complicated constructions, as well as minor wooden bridges in parks, recreational areas and woods. The Contracting Authority also manages several retaining walls. The procurement must cover the need for bridge inspections and advice connected to the management of bridges and retaining walls. The contracting authority would like to enter into a Framework Agreement with one tenderer to meet this need. The financial framework for the contract is approx. 1 500 000 NOK per annum.
The procurement must cover the need for bridge inspections and advice connected to the management of bridges and retaining walls. Main inspections must be carried out on approx. 150 bridges with the accompanying reports in BRUTUS over a 3 year period. The list of bridges is attached. The bridges can be found in BRUTUS, where examples can also be seen of how the inspections have been carried out previously, as well as overview pictures.
Call-offs can be made for special inspections and main inspections that are in addition to the attached list. The procurement must also cover any adjustments that are needed to use classes. Classification calculations can be required in these cases. The procurement will cover maintenance engineering design services and advice for major alterations of or reinforcements to bridges. Call-offs will be made on the Framework Agreement for maintenance engineering design services, advice and the classification of bridges and retaining walls.
— foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
— credit evaluation / rating, not older than six months, based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution.
— a minimum of 3 relevant reference projects must be listed. The annex Templates for Reference Projects or equivalent must be used,
— describe procedures and methods for execution, control and documentation of the works out in the field, including the procedures for internal control and for approval of performed works. If a tenderer is certified, a copy of a certificate issued by the certification body shall be submitted.
Tenderers must have experience from equivalent work, as well as from reporting in BRUTUS. Tenderers must be able to refer to a minimum of three reference projects.
A tender conference will be held for this competition on 22.8.2018 at 10:00 in the Contracting Authority's premises in Karvesvingen 3, Oslo. Tenderers are requested to submit any questions in advance via the message function in the tender management tool, so that the Contracting Authority has the opportunity to prepare the answers. Questions will be anonymous. The minutes from the tender conference will be made available without undue delay in the tender management tool. Travel expenses etc. in connection with the tender inspection are to be covered by the individual service provider.

Eligibility requirements: — Tenderers shall be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian companies: company registration certificate, — foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.