Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2023-03-15
Buyer: Bjørnafjorden kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 65100000 | 90400000
Estimated value: 200000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Bjørnafjorden Municipality intends to enter into a cooperation contract with Bergen Municipality for the operation and maintenance of water and sewage. The cooperation with have a 10-year duration and will comprise water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, sewage pump stations, pressure increasing stations, elevated basins, pipeline networks, and manholes.
We see this as a public-public cooperation that is exempt from the Public Procurement Act and regulations, cf. PPR, section 3-3.
It is particularly important for the municipality that there is one supplier that operates everything within the area in order to have safe water supply and sewage treatment.
Good preparedness within water and sewage is important for the municipality and its inhabitants. We must be able to provide safe and secure drinking water year round, and have 24 hour stand-by in order to tackle acute events.
Bjørnafjorden Municipality intends to enter into a cooperation contract with Bergen Municipality for the operation and maintenance of water and sewage. The cooperation includes water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, sewage pump stations, pressure increasing stations, elevated basins, pipeline networks, and manholes.
Good preparedness within water and sewage is important for the municipality and its inhabitants. We must be able to provide safe and secure drinking water year round, and have 24 hour stand-by in order to tackle acute events. Therefore it is particularly important for the municipality that there is one supplier that operates everything within the area in order to have safe water supply and sewage treatment.
After a tender contest in 2014, the municipality has had a contract with Bergen vann KF, which is now an agency in Bergen Municipality. There were no other tenderers in the contest, and we cannot see that there are other relevant suppliers now that can carry out the entire assignment. Therefore we believe that it is appropriate to continue the cooperation with Bergen Vann. We see this as a public-public cooperation.
Bjørnafjorden Municipality intends to enter into a cooperation contract with Bergen Municipality for the operation and maintenance of water and sewage. The cooperation includes water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, sewage pump stations, pressure increasing stations, elevated basins, pipeline networks, and manholes.
Good preparedness within water and sewage is important for the municipality and its inhabitants. We must be able to provide safe and secure drinking water year round, and have 24 hour stand-by in order to tackle acute events. Therefore it is particularly important for the municipality that there is one supplier that operates everything within the area in order to have safe water supply and sewage treatment.
After a tender contest in 2014, the municipality has had a contract with Bergen vann KF, which is now an agency in Bergen Municipality. There were no other tenderers in the contest, and we cannot see that there are other relevant suppliers now that can carry out the entire assignment. Therefore we believe that it is appropriate to continue the cooperation with Bergen Vann.
We see this as a public-public cooperation that is exempt from the Public Procurement Act and regulations, cf. PPR, section 3-3.


Winner: Bergen kommune
Award value: 200000000