Competitive procedure with negotiation, deadline 17/01/2022, for the Damsgard (2342 m, 2360 m) and Nygard (865 m) tunnels upgrading on Rv 555. For tender documents click here, where tenders must be sent. End of contract by 08/01/2025. Contact the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, attn Ruben Onarheim, Moss, email firmapost@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-deliver&language=en&docid=634076-2021. Ref.n. 20/151442. 49/21. 

2021/S 240-634076

Contract notice

Works

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Official name: Statens vegvesen
National registration number: 971 032 081
Postal address: Skoggata 19
Town: Moss
NUTS code: NO0A2 Vestland
Postal code: 1500
Country: Norway
Contact person: Ruben Onarheim
E-mail: firmapost@vegvesen.no
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.vegvesen.no
Address of the buyer profile: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/249176

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=318217&B=VEGVESEN

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: http://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=318217&B=VEGVESEN

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Rv. [National Road] 555 The Damsgård and Nygård tunnel, Tunnel upgrading

Reference number: 20/151442

II.1.2)Main CPV code

45000000 Construction work

II.1.3)Type of contract

Works

II.1.4)Short description:

Upgrades will be carried out for the electrical and technical control installations, site and construction engineering in the Damsgård and Nygård tunnel.

The Damsgård tunnel is 2342/2360 metres long and was opened in 1993.

Tunnel profile: 2 x T9.5

Free height 4.5 metres

Width: 2 X 3.25 m (driving lane width)

Maximum gradient: 1 %

Average annual daily traffic/AADT 2020: 42,000

Portion of heavy traffic: 9%

Speed limit: 80 km/h, 70 and 50 km/h for the exit facing east

The Nygård tunnel is 865 metres long and was opened in 1999.

Tunnel profile: T9.5

Free height 4.5 metres

Width: 2 X 3.25 m (driving lane width)

Max gradient: 5 %

Average annual daily traffic/AADT: 100,000

Portion of heavy traffic: 8%

Speed limit: 60 km/h

II.1.5)Estimated total value

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

45000000 Construction work

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: NO0A2 Vestland

NUTS code: NO0A Vestlandet

NUTS code: NO Norge

Main site or place of performance:

Bergen municipality

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Upgrades will be carried out for the electrical and technical control installations, site and construction engineering in the Damsgård and Nygård tunnel.

The Damsgård tunnel is 2342/2360 metres long and was opened in 1993.

Tunnel profile: 2 x T9.5

Free height 4.5 metres

Width: 2 X 3.25 m (driving lane width)

Maximum gradient: 1 %

Average annual daily traffic/AADT 2020: 42,000

Portion of heavy traffic: 9%

Speed limit: 80 km/h, 70 and 50 km/h for the exit facing east

The Nygård tunnel is 865 metres long and was opened in 1999.

Tunnel profile: T9.5

Free height 4.5 metres

Width: 2 X 3.25 m (driving lane width)

Max gradient: 5 %

Average annual daily traffic/AADT: 100,000

Portion of heavy traffic: 8%

Speed limit: 60 km/h

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

End: 08/01/2025

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Maximum number: 4

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

The tender conference shall be held 05.01.2022 (12:00), meeting at a hotel in the Bergen area.

It will also be possible to participate via Teams.

The tender conference can be held digitally due to the COVID-19 situation.

Registration for participation in the tender conference must be submitted via the Tender Management System (Norwegian abbreviation: KGV). The deadline for registration for participation is 2022-01-03

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

Overview and brief description of terms: The tenderer must be a legally established company or contain of a group of suppliers 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. Completed table in chapter E1 point 3.2 and possibly points 3.3 and 3.4

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

The tenderer must have good economic and financial capacity to execute

the contract, and must also fulfil the following requirements:

1. The tenderer must have equity of minimum NOK 50 million.

2. Tenderers must have an equity ratio of at least 10 %.

3. Average annual turnover of minimum NOK 200 million in the three

previous financial years.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

See the tender documentation for detailed information.

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

The tenderer must have sufficient experience of a relevant nature and complexity for

the following works:

1: The main disciplines included in the assignment are:

-Electrical power, Ecom and automation in tunnel systems

-Blasting of rock chambers and back ripping in the tunnels, protection works, water and,

frost prevention, building and concrete works, Surface Water/Water and Sewage, ditch works

The tenderer must himself have experience from the execution of the central works listed

above. It is not sufficient that a tenderer only has experience from managing

sub-contractors' execution of the central works. If the tenderer only has

experience from for example managing sub-contractors, the tenderer must rely on other

businesses having the required experience from the execution of the relevant central

Works. See B2 point 4.1.

NPRA and other builders' experiences with the tenderer will be appraised.

The tenderer must have an HSE system that satisfies the requirements in the Regulations on Systematic

Health, Safety and Environment work in businesses (the Norwegian Internal Control Regulation) The system

will be subject to regular revisions.

Tenderers, and the sub-contractors the tenderer relies on for complying the requirement for technical and

professional qualifications in B2 point 2.4. c.f point 4.1, must have an average H2 score

lower than 12 for the previous three years.

If the H2 score is higher than 12, an account must be given of the development tendency of the H2

score. In such cases the contracting authority makes an overall evaluation based on

the tenderer's statement, and based on this still be able to qualify

the tenderer on this point. Specific incidents and trends that are described in the statement

will be emphasized in the overall evaluation. If the tenderer is a working partnership (supplier consortium), the requirement applies to each

the participants in the partnership.

The tenderer must be certified in accordance with ISO 14001 (2015), EMAS (the EU Eco-Management

and Audit Scheme for environmental management), or the Eco-Lighthouse scheme, with relevance to

equivalent road projects

The tenderer must be certified in accordance with ISO 9001 (2015), with relevance to

equivalent road projects.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

See the tender documentation for more detailed information. This also includes a description on how

newly founded companies can participate in the invitation to tender.

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

C1. General contract terms NS 8405:2008 Norsk building and construction contract, C2 special contract terms for construction, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. C3 Contract Document

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.5)Information about negotiation

The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations

IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

IV.2)Administrative information

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 17/01/2022

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

Norwegian

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 15/05/2022

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3)Additional information:

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Official name: Oslo tingrett
Postal address: C.J. Hambros plass 4
Town: Oslo
Postal code: 0125
Country: Norway
E-mail: oslo.tingrett@domstol.no
Telephone: +47 22035200

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

07/12/2021