Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-18
Buyer: Hordaland fylkeskommune v/ Skyss
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60112000
Estimated value: 6400000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-02-16
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The aim of the procurement is to get an operator(s) for the 2 route packages 'Bergen south' and 'west'. The routes in the area are mainly built on the current lines and route offer, the ambition is a continuous line network and an offer that allows as many people as possible to get to important destinations.
Both Bergen south and west and areas where Skyss expect the need for public transport to grow until 2030.
Both route package west and route package Bergen south are to be carried out with 100 % renewable energy. Skyss shall have the right to ask the operator to change the propulsion technology during the contract period.
Route package west includes an option for the Contracting Authority to require that parts of the route production are carried out with biogas.
The route production for the first operational year in route package west is 5 256 112 route kilometers.
Route package west includes an option for the Contracting Authority to require that parts of the route production are carried out with biogas. The price for the option is weighted with 5 %.
In order to issue a route permit, the tenderer must comply with necessary requirements in the Professional Transport Act.
Tenderers must have good competence and experience from equivalent assignments in route areas with more than 50 000 inhabitants.
Tenderers shall have the ability to carry out procurements and organise the operation/maintenance of electric buses with the accompanying charging infrastructure during the contract period, cf. points 23.6.2 and 23.6.5 in the contract.
Tenderers shall have the ability to provide the services connected to the concept Bus-as-a-Service (BaaS), cf. Annex 11 of the contract.
In order to issue a route permit, the tenderer must comply with necessary requirements in the professional transport act.
Tenderers shall have the ability to provide the services connected to the concept Bus-as-a-Service (BaaS), cf. Annex 11 of the contract.
Tenderers shall have the ability to carry out procurements and organise the operation/maintenance of electric buses with the accompanying charging infrastructure during the contract period, cf. points 23.6.2 and 23.6.5 in the contract.
Tenderers must have good competence and experience from equivalent assignments in route areas with more than 50 000 inhabitants.
A pledge from a bank or an insurance company verifying that a licence guarantee statement that covers the always current guarantee sum given by the licence authority for this year, multiplied by the number of buses included in the assignment. The pledge for a licence guarantee shall be calculated from the number of buses in the current contract.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be a legally established company. In order to issue a route permit, the tenderer must comply with necessary requirements in the Professional Transport Act. Tenderers must have good competence and experience from equivalent assignments in route areas with more than 50 000 inhabitants. Tenderers shall have the ability to carry out procurements and organise the operation/maintenance of electric buses with the accompanying charging infrastructure during the contract period, cf. points 23.6.2 and 23.6.5 in the contract. Tenderers shall have the ability to provide the services connected to the concept Bus-as-a-Service (BaaS), cf. Annex 11 of the contract.

Award value: 6400000000