9-SAM-2011 Hire of project manager for road projects

Samferdselsetaten, Oslo kommune

In the period 2011-2015, Oslo municipality will make extra effort in renovating the road network in Oslo; the project “Road Improvement Effort 2015” (“Veiløft 2015”). In order to carry out the projects scheduled for 2011 and 2012, the Agency for Road and Transport, henceforth referred to as the Awarding Authority, will require additional project management capacity. The project manager will be associated with the Street Plan Section at the Department for Planning and Development at the Agency for Road and Transport.
The contract period is 1 year with option for prolongation of the contract until the initiated assignments are completed. Relevant projects for these assignments are i.a.:
— Construction schedule for restoration of Erlings gate, Egnehjemveien, Johan Svendsens gate, Hegermanns gate, Bentsebrugata, Ruseløkkveien, Observatioriegata,
— Development plan and construction schedule for new pavement at Hellerudfaret,
— Development plan for construction of a parking area at Trasop School,
— Construction schedule for reconstruction of bicycle lane in Ekebergveien,
— Construction schedule for upgrading of the bicycle route in St. Halvards gate.
For some of the projects, the engineering design services have already been initiated at the beginning of the assignment. It may be relevant for the project manager to carry out other, smaller assignments which will be given the Awarding Authority during the contract period.
The Awarding Authority mainly engages external consultants for engineering and planning and has entered into framework agreement with 6 consulting engineering companies; Asplan Viak AS, Sweco Norge AS, Hjellnes Consult AS, Cowi AS, Multiconsult AS and Norconsult AS.
Some of the project manager’s assignments will be to place call-off orders against the framework agreement and follow up the companies’ works. If a project manager is employed by one of the companies included in the framework agreement, question regarding the impartiality will occur. Compare the Public Administration Act’s § 6.
Since this will collide with the parity principle in the procurement regulations, the Awarding Authority cannot enter into contract with the one company when it comes to project management and framework agreement for engineering design.
In cases regarding public procurement, it is a principal motive that the public, including the market and potential suppliers, have confidence that no suppliers are favoured and that the contest is fair and based on non-discrimination and transparency. Based on this, the 6 above listed companies will not be allowed to participate in this tender contest regarding project management in connection with road planning.
See also NS (Norwegian Standard) 8402, point 6.1 regarding the independency requirements for the consultants.
Further information of the tender contest is given in the tender documents and annex which are available for free downloading from Oslo municipality’s procurement portal: https://tjenester.oslo.kommune.no/ekstern/anskaffelser/konkurranser.htm.

Fristen for mottak av tilbud var 2011-03-07. Anskaffelsen ble publisert 2011-01-25.

Følgende leverandører er nevnt i tildelingsbeslutninger eller andre anskaffelsesdokumenter:

• • HR Prosjekt AS

• • Samferdselsetaten, Oslo kommune

• • Arkitekt- og relaterte tjenester › Arkitekt-, ingeniør- og planleggingstjenester
• • Systemtjenester og tekniske konsulenttjenester › Konsulentvirksomhet i forbindelse med prosjektstyring

• • Norge