Maintenance contract, tunnels in the north

The contracting authority will choose tenders on the basis of the lowest price.

The climate and environmental impact of this procurement is mainly related to the Tunnel Safety Regulations §9 The Directorate of Public Roads shall carry out regular inspections to ensure that all tunnels covered by the regulations are in accordance with the requirements set in the regulations. The period between two inspections of a tunnel shall not exceed six years. This has resulted in the accumulation of reports that, through this contract, aim to have the "deviations" closed in the reports within two years. Closure of any deviations will take place throughout the northern Norway and the contract includes 40 reports. The reports can include deviations such as

Demolition of old water/frost protection and the establishment of new water and frost protection (PE foam), fire protection, rock protection in the form of clearing, pigging and securing with shotcrete, as well as mounting bolts, ribbons and meshes, and handling any saws. In addition there will be the necessary accompanying work. Blasting/strossing may also be necessary in order to bring down the remaining knøler and loose sections. It is included in the description the establishment of height rejectors and bolting for the set up of cable bridges. By setting minimum requirements in the contract, we are largely ensured a climate and environmental effect and we therefore consider the climate and environmental gains in this procurement to be better safeguarded through such a requirement position rather than the use of climate and environment as the award criteria.