The County Council in Nordland has approved to test an amended tender form for the procurement of transport services at sea, the so-called ‘split gross tender’, cf. case 019/14 in the attached qualification documents. This means that Nordland county (NFK) divides the procurement of the transport services into 3 parts, with the procurement of vessels, the financing of vessels and the operation of vessels are procured in separate competition.
The aim of this procurement is to establish a framework agreement with a service provider for the ownership and financing of vessels with a limit of up to 800 000 000 NOK. Vessels will, on a date decided by NFK, be acquired by the chosen service provider who is to obtain financing. NFK will then use the actual vessels based on long term hire contracts with the right to continued hire for operational tenders for scheduled traffic in the county ( so-called ‘sale and leaseback’ transaction). At the end of the hire period, the vessels can be transferred free of charge to NFK. See the attached qualification documents for further information on the procurement and the attached framework agreement for further information on the contract terms.