Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-06
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/Vann- og avløpsetaten
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71540000: Construction management services | 71541000: Construction project management services | 79420000
Submission deadline: 2019-04-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Agency for Water and Wastewater Services (VAV) supplies the capital city with drinking water and manages wastewater. This is financed through water and sewage fees. The Agency is responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewal of the city's treatment facilities, as well as the pipeline network and pump stations for both drinking water and sewage water. The Agency also monitors Bekkelaget Treatment Facility which is privately run, and covers Oslo's share of expenses for the inter-municipal company Vestfjorden Avløpsselskap (VEAS). Other central assignments are the management of water source areas, monitoring the river systems in the city, and guidance and information to customers, subscribers and society in general.
The competition is for the procurement of a Project Director for the New Water Supply Project in Oslo (NVO).
The project has come about because Oslo Municipality must strengthen its general water supply with better reserve and stand-by water supply, and facilitate for significant population growth in the city in the coming years.
The Agency for Water and Wastewater Services (VAV) supplies the capital city with drinking water and manages wastewater. This is financed through water and sewage fees. The Agency is responsible for the operation, maintenance and renewal of the city's treatment facilities, as well as the pipeline network and pump stations for both drinking water and sewage water. The Agency also monitors Bekkelaget Treatment Facility which is privately run, and covers Oslo's share of expenses for the inter-municipal company Vestfjorden Avløpsselskap (VEAS). Other central assignments are the management of water source areas, monitoring the river systems in the city, and guidance and information to customers, subscribers and society in general.
The competition is for the procurement of a Project Director for the New Water Supply Project in Oslo (NVO).
The project has come about because Oslo Municipality must strengthen its general water supply with better reserve and stand-by water supply, and facilitate for significant population growth in the city in the coming years.
The service must be executed in the period from 2019 until the end of the project. The contract period will be extended to account for any delays.
The Contracting Authority will require assistance for disputes and follow-up in the guarantee period after the project has otherwise finished.
Such assistance is to be provided on an hourly basis and will be limited to the assignments requested by VAV.
VAV can take up an option for such assistance within the framework of the general and any special proceedings deadlines that apply to the project's contracts.
VAV can also require such assistance for claims within the claims deadlines that apply to the project's contracts.
The service must be executed in the period from 2019 until the end of the project. The contract period will be extended to account for any delays. The Contracting Authority has the right to give notice on the contract.
NB: The Contracting Authority will obtain the company registration certificate/register print out from brreg.no
— Foreign companies: A verification showing 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.
Documentation requirement: Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months from the tender deadline.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian companies: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate or equivalent. NB: The Contracting Authority will obtain the company registration certificate/register print out from brreg.no — Foreign companies: A verification showing 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. Requirement: The tenderer shall have his tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months from the tender deadline. The certificate can be ordered and downloaded from www.altinn.no. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.