Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-04
Buyer: Statens vegvesen
Country: NO
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45221100: Bridge construction works | 45221246 | 45233120: Road construction works
Submission deadline: 2022-04-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contest is for contract E04, which comprises the northern part of the Boknafjord Tunnel and is part of the E39 Rogfast project. Rogfast will replace the ferry routes E39 Mortavika -Arsvågen and Mekjarvik – Kvitsøy. E39 Rogfast consists of a 26.7 km submarine main tunnel with separate tunnels for each direction with a cross section of 2 x T10.5 between Harestad in Randaberg Municipality to the south of Boknafjorden and Laupland in Bokn Municipality to the north of Boknafjorden. 2.3 km of motorway is to be constructed with that narrows and connects to the existing E39 at Knarholmen. A 3.5 km tunnel with a cross section of T10.0 is to be constructed between Kvitsøy and the main tunnel, which will be connected to the main tunnel in a two-level interchange in the tunnel. A total of 2.0 km new county road is to be constructed on Kvitsøy.
Contract E04 has interface with contract E02 in the tunnel at profile 18450, and 2 x T10.5 tunnels are to be constructed to the northern tunnel opening at profile 27680. Access is via two cross transverse sections from Arsvågen, which were blasted out in the previous contract E13. The Boknafjord Tunnel will be clad throughout with concrete elements on both the walls and roof. The tunnels are longitudinally ventilated with hanging pulse fans. These are located around the technical buildings. Technical buildings will be established every third breakdown lay-by. This gives a distance of approx. 1500 m between the buildings. There will be separate electrical installations, with their own technical buildings for each carriageway. The buildings will be established in their own niches in the tunnel. There are fire water pipelines throughout the tunnel with the accompanying pressure reducing systems. The tunnel is equipped with separate collections of washing water from extinguishers in the roadway that connect to oil separators and individual sedimentation basins and intake pools as a joint solution for both tunnel carriageways. The water is pumped up in steps with approximately 80 m elevation height. The drainage basins have an overcapacity for leaking water as preparedness for unforeseen events. The water is pumped up to the open air at the tunnel opening at Laupland for connection not the pipeline that was constructed in a previous contract. There is a relative amount of uncertainty about the ground conditions. This particularly applies to under the sea as these areas are difficult to survey. Several zones have been registered with very low seismic speeds (< 3,000 m/s), with some of the zones being several tens of metres wide. None of the zones that are estimated to be the worst have been surveyed with core drilling. Zones with particularly poor rock mass quality, and where adverse permeability and tension conditions result in water-borne cracks with high water pressure, could cause major problems for the tunnelling, rock support and grouting of the tunnel. The excess rock matter is to be put into sea fillings. Tunnel portals, a technical building, and infrastructure for supplying the tunnel are to be constructed in the open air zone at Laupland. Water and sewage installations are to be constructed for flood management for the open air zone, with a diversion pool and portal pump stations, and a tank is to be constructed for fire water. A new E39 4-lane motorway is o be constructed in the open air zone with a narrowing to a 2-lane road for connection to the existing E39.
which of the qualified tenderers in total best fulfil the following selection criteria: The tenderer's technical and professional qualifications in accordance with the qualification requirements, point 2.4.1. The assessment will be based on the documentation for the equivalent qualification requirements, cf. B2, point 2.4.1.
A tender conference and site inspection will be held on 15.03.2022, meet at the project office in Arsvågen at 10.00. The tender conference will be held in Norwegian. The tender conference can be held digitally due to the Covid-19 situation.
The tenderer must be a legally established company or consist of a group of contractors who are legally established companies. The requirement also applies to business that the tenderer relies on. Documentation requirement: 1. Certificate from the Register of Business Enterprises, or equivalent certificate of legal registration in the country where the tenderer, or the companies that jointly represent
the tenderer, c.f. point 4.2 is established. This also applies to all sub-suppliers, cf. point 4.1 Documentation requirement: 2. Complete the table in chapter E1 point 3.2, and possibly complete points 3.3 and 3.4.
Tenderers must have adequate economic and financial capacity to comply with the contractual obligations and, in addition, fulfil the following requirements: 1. Tenderers must have a minimum equity of NOK 100 million. 2. Tenderers must have an equity ratio of at least 10 %. 3. Tenderers must have an average annual turnover of minimum NOK 500 million in the last three fiscal years. See the tender documentation for detailed information.
from the following central fields of work: 1. Construction of tunnels for transport based on blasting, rock securing, and rock injection. 2. Execution of sea filling work. NPRA and other builders' experiences with the tenderer will be appraised. Tenderers are required to show references for relevant contracts that they themselves have carried out in a satisfactory manner. Tenderers must have an HSE system that fulfils the requirements in the regulations on systematic health, environment, and safety work in entities (internal control regulations). The system will be subject to periodic audits. Tenderers, and the suppliers the tenderer will rely on to fulfil the requirement for technical and professional qualification in B2 point 2.4, cf. 4.1, must have an average H2 value for the last three years that is lower than 12. If the H2 value is higher than 12, an account must be given of the development tendency for the H2 value. Tenderers must be certified in accordance with ISO 14001 (2015), EMAS (EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for environmental management), or the Eco-Lighthouse certification scheme, with relevance to equivalent public transport projects. Tenderers must be certified in accordance with ISO 9001 (2015) with relevance to comparable public transport projects. See the tender documentation for more detailed information.
C1: General contract provisions, NS 8405: 2008 Norwegian building and construction contract. C2: Special contractual provisions for construction, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. C3: The contract document. The form of contract is execution contract. The contract type is unit price contract.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be a legally established company or consist of a group of contractors who are legally established companies. The requirement also applies to business that the tenderer relies on. Documentation requirement: 1. Certificate from the Register of Business Enterprises, or equivalent certificate of legal registration in the country where the tenderer, or the companies that jointly represent the tenderer, c.f. point 4.2 is established. This also applies to all sub-suppliers, cf. point 4.1 Documentation requirement: 2. Complete the table in chapter E1 point 3.2, and possibly complete points 3.3 and 3.4. See the tender documentation for more detailed information.