Norway – Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services – Winter maintenance

Orkland municipality shall procure winter maintenance services to ensure good and predictable accessibility and traffic safety for all road user groups travelling along the municipal road network. This means roads, foot/cycle paths, pavements, bus lay-bys, squares, traffic islands, turning sledges, car parks, car parks, access to municipal water and sewage facilities and pockets etc. Private areas and private roads/exits are not included in the municipality ́s snow clearing scheme. Winter operations include snow clearing, gritting, re-clearing. The removal of snow is to be carried out in accordance with orders. Special focus areas in winter are safe school roads, soft road users, bus streets and traffic safety. The procurement ́s value is estimated to: NOK 65,000,000 excluding VAT. The volume is an estimate and is not binding for the contracting authority. Apprentices: The contracting authority has assessed the procurement against the apprentice regulations, cf. the Procurement Act § 7 and concluded that apprentices are not required in this procurement, as the contract ́s main element does not include work where it is relevant to use labour with vocational or craft certificates, cf. the apprentice regulations § 6 (3).