Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-12-22
Buyer: Statens vegvesen [The Norwegian Public Roads Administration]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45233130: Road works | 45233131: Road-surface raising work | 45233139 | 45233141: Road-maintenance work

Technical requirements: Invitation to market meeting about the project Rv. 3 [National Road 3] / Rv. 25 [National Road 25] Ommangsvollen — Grundset/Basthjørnet and the pending procurement.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration invites tenderers to a market meeting in connection with the project Rv. 3 [National Road 3] / Rv. 25 Ommangsvollen — Grundset/Basthjørnet and the pending procurement. The market meeting will be held Thursday 19 January, 10:15 — 14:00 at Raddison BLU Airport Hotel, Oslo Airport. Registration should be sent to unni.gifstad@vegvesen.no by 12 January 2017. Or register on the following websites: Norwegian: www.vegvesen.no/ops and in English: www.vegvesen.no/ppp.
National Road 3 is part of the transport corridor between Oslo and Central Norway. Together with the E6 south of Kolomoen and the E6 north of Ulsberg, National Road 3 is the shortest and quickest road connection between Oslo and Trondheim. National Road 25 Hamar — Løten makes up, together with National Road 3, the main connection between Østerdalen and Hedmarken.
The project is prioritised in the National Transport Plan 2014-23 for start up in the period 2014-2017. The prioritisation is continued in the transport agencies essential document for NTP 2018-2029.
Through traffic on National Road 3 and National Road 25 is currently a liability for densely populated areas and other residential areas in Løten and Elverum. Blending of local traffic, agricultural traffic and long-distance traffic on one and the same road network creates a significant traffic safety risk. The national road is the only connection between Ånestad and Elverum, with no bypass options. A traffic safety offer for pedestrians and cyclists is also missing on large sections of the stretch.
The new road network shall be expanded with a central reserve, as a four lane motorway or as a two and three lane highway, depending on the amount of traffic and function.
— Engineering design, financing, construction, operation, management and maintenance of the stretch of road from Ommangsvollen in Løten to Grundset in Elverum, with new National Road 25 Åkroken — Grindalsmoen in Elverum, including associated crossing and side facilities. The scope is estimated to be 14.2 km of four lane motorway, 1 km of four lane approach road to Elverum and 10.5 km two/three lane road with central reserve.
— Engineering design. Financing and construction of restored local roads and service roads, as well as foot and bicycle paths in connection with the new national road network.
— Engineering design, financing and construction of a new control and traffic station at Ånestad in Løten.
— The project's anticipated construction start is 1.3.2018 with opening of the road anticipated in the year 2020. The stretch of road shall be operated by OPS {public-private cooperation}, the tenderer, until the year 2040.
Through the National Budget for 2015 and The White Paper 25 (2014-15) ‘On the right road’, The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has been requested to prepare the project for execution as an OPS project. In this OPS project, the tenderer shall take overall responsibility for delivery (engineering design, construction and financing) as well as operation of the stretch of road for 20 years. When the stretch of road is completed and ready for commissioning, the tenderer will receive a capital subsidy from the Contracting Authority and annual remuneration during the contract period.
This invitation is not to be considered as part of the pending procurement process, but only an invitation to participate in the market meeting ahead of the competition. The objective of this invitation is to invite tenderers to get information about the project and the pending procurement. To ensure non-discrimination, transparency and predictability, the invitation is published on the databases Doffin (www.doffin.no) and TED 9www.ted.europa.eu) and on The Norwegian Public Roads Administration homepage www.vegvesen.no.