Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-07-14
Buyer: Grønt Hjerte AS
Country: NO
Region: NO060
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09000000 | 09300000 | 09330000: Solar energy | 09331000: Solar panels | 09331100: Solar collectors for heat production
Submission deadline: 2028-11-19
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The procurement will be carried out in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17 June 2016 (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA) FOR 2016-08-12-974 parts I and part III. The contract will be awarded in accordance with the open tender contest procedure, cf. FOA § 13-1(1).
The objective of the procurement is to enter into a framework agreement for increasing the production of recyclingable energy at nine of the county ́s sixth form colleges. We would like to choose a contractor for the southern part of the county and one for the northern part of the county. The division is intended to be in Trondheim, where the Trondheim schools and south are defined south, whilst Malvik and the schools northward are defined as north. The projects will be executed as turnkey contracts after an interaction phase at each school. Grønt Hjerte will focus on recycling energy and energy production such as energy wells, solar energy, energy storage, both electric and thermal, and the use of climate gas calculations as a decision tool to help Trøndelag County achieve its zero-emission goal. Other measures shall also be assessed in order to achieve the project ́s aims. In retrospect, all meter data shall be documented via Grønt Hjerte's new energy follow-up system.  The supplier of this has not yet been clarified, but integration with this will be a part of the delivery. Sweco will be with Grønt Hjerte in the interaction phases with necessary consultancy services such as RIV, RIE, RIB, RIGeo, RIM, etc. The framework agreement is divided into two sub-contracts: Sub-contract 1 – Area North:•Rørvik VGS•Åfjord VGS•Levanger VGS•Malvik VGSDelkontrakt 2 – Area Sør:•Strinda VGS•Thora Storm VGS•Meldal VGS•Hitra VGS•Røros VGSIt can also be possible to do the same exercise on several properties in Grønt Hjerte AS's portfolio during the framework agreement period. The framework agreement ́s applicable prices and mark-up rates shall also be used for call-offs on several projects in the framework agreement. After contracting the framework agreement supplier for each of the sub-contracts, an interaction phase will start at one or several schools in the south and north. The projects will be developed for a preliminary project, which in turn will form the basis for a target price for each school. The interaction phase will be paid in accordance with hours used and a budget limit for each school. The actual project will be carried out as a turnkey contract with target price. The interaction phase starts in autumn 2024.  Several schools could be started at the same time in both the north and south. Construction of the first installations is expected to start in January 2025, and the project can be continued throughout 2025 and well into 2026 before the last installations have been completed. The contractor shall present documentation of the right to be responsible within the relevant certification areas before the start of the individual activities. Missing documentation of approval is considered a significant breach of contract which gives the Builder the right to cancel the contract as well as apply the compensation requirements in accordance with the NS 8407 points 46.1 and 46.4. A complete description of the delivery follows annex 1. The framework agreement has, including both sub-contracts, an estimated value of approx. NOK 65- 75 million excluding VAT. The estimated value of the agreement is informative only, and the Contracting Authority is not bound by this value. The maximum contract value is NOK 150 million excluding VAT. The framework agreement will at the start have a duration of two (2) calendar years. After that the contracting authority can unilaterally require a contract extension for up to one (1) year, plus one (1) year, maximum a total length of four (4) years. The contracting authority can also require a contract extension for shorter periods than one (1) year at a time. Contracts for call-offs that are implemented during the agreement period may have a maturity beyond the maximum duration of the framework agreement. This will be particularly relevant in connection with service and maintenance contracts for the delivered installations and equipment, but also completion of projects that have been implemented during the framework agreement period.
• Competence and experience offered key resources
-Manager
- Engineering design manager
- Responsible HVAC engineering.
- Responsible electrical engineering.

A high degree of documented experience from equivalent roles in turnkey contracts, experience with interaction, experience with carrying out climate gas calculations (LCA) and calculation of lifetime costs (LCC) and competence and experience with projects with several energy sources in collaboration will be positively emphasised.

• Team composition:
An advantage will also be considered if several members of the team have documented experience from collaboration from previous relevant reference projects. Good multi-disciplinary team composition and comprehensive expertise in the team will also be emphasised.
• Capacity for the execution of collaboration, detailed engineering design services and execution.

• It will be advantageous if the contractor has offices or collaboration partners close to the projects.

• In the event of breakdowns or errors on the installations, especially during the claims period, it will be an advantage if the contractor can reach the plants as quickly as possible with the correct competence to get them back up and running.
Sub-contract 1 – Area Nord:Rørvik VGSÅfjord VGSLevanger VGSMalvik VGSIt may also be necessary to do the same exercise on several properties in Grønt Hjerte AS ́s portfolio during the framework agreement period.


Winner: AF Energi AS
Number of bids: 7