Norway – Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

The competition is for a framework agreement for the delivery of refuse collection vehicles, workshop services and service agreements. The vehicles shall be biogas driven. The contracting authority is Sirkula, GLØR, Horizon and HRA. The need is within the framework agreement period, estimated to be 6-8 2-chamber compressor vehicles and 4-6 compressor vehicles with cranes. The procurement ́s value is estimated to: NOK 70,000,000 excluding VAT. The maximum value for the entire contract period, including any options and expected price rise: NOK 100,000,000 excluding VAT. The need is uncertain. The volume can vary both up and down and the contract period will depend on, among other things, the contracting authority ́s needs, activities, budgetary situations and other framework factors. The ordering of the vehicle(s) will be made individually by each company. See the price form and the needs description for further information. The Public Procurement Regulations § 7-9, the fourth section will be used in this procurement. The main performance of the procurement is vehicles, of which the largest environmental impact is in possible emissions resulting from fossile fuel. In this procurement, vehicles with biogas based operations shall be procured. This gives a better effect on climate and the environment than using fuel technology as the award criteria, as there is a risk that suppliers would otherwise deliver fuel technology with major emissions. The contracting authority has assessed the procurement against the apprentice regulations, c.f. the Procurement Act § 7 and concluded that apprentices are not required in this procurement as the procurement is a procurement, cf. the apprentice regulations § 4.