Next round with a new approach.
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The municipality makes a retake after five failed attempts
After five unsuccessful attempts to procure a contractor for the Hertsö field, Luleå municipality is making a new move and slimming down the procurement.
"We took back the allocation that had been made," says Helene Wiklund Wårell.
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The work to construct streets and other infrastructure on the Hertsö field has been delayed for two bare ground seasons, as the award has been appealed five times. Now the municipality is changing the playing field and is going out with a smaller procurement.
Luleå 2024-10-30 05:00
Luleå Municipality's attempt to procure a contractor for street works and other infrastructure on the Hertsö field has been slowed down by appeals – five since the first award was made in June 2023. Nyab Infrastructure and BDX, as well as later BDX's subsidiary CWN, have competed for the assignment, which is estimated to be worth approximately SEK 150 million.
The latest attempt to procure ended with
the Administrative Court in Luleå deciding that the municipality must redo the evaluation of the tenders.
Now the municipality is doing a redesign and redrawing the playing field. It will only be a small area to be procured.
"We took back the allocation that had been made. And then we will advertise just Hästskovägen. It has to do with timetables, because the most critical timetables are about those who happen to be on Hästskovägen, says Helén Wiklund Wårell, Director of Infrastructure and Service at Luleå Municipality.
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"When we announce a new procurement, it means that there are more actors," says Helen Wiklund Wårell, Director of Infrastructure and Service Luleå Municipality.
A new company will also establish itself in the area at Hästskovägen,
on the plot that Lindab has handed back to the municipality. A decision on land allocation, that the company will have the right to buy the land from the municipality, is being prepared and will be taken up by the community planning committee on 18 November. The company in question is not yet public.
What do you do with the rest of the Hertsö field?
"Yes,
we are in the process of developing a new detailed plan for the rest of the area. So it will control a little bit whether there will be a procurement for that whole. It is not clear now what will happen to it," says Helén Wiklund Wårell.
The detailed plan that the municipality develops and decides on specifies what can be built in an area.
What made you choose not to redo the entire procurement once again?
"We feel that now it has gone back and forth five times, so the risk that it would be appealed again felt quite high. We judged that now we do this instead.
"It also means that when we go out with a new procurement, it means that there are more players, then we open up to all conceivable actors. Not just the two who have been involved," says Helén Wiklund Wårell.
The municipality is preparing the procurement of Hästskovägen.
"Now work is in full swing to produce the tender documents and get them out and advertise them and award them in December.
So that it can then be done in the spring, we want it done by May-June.
Tours on the Hertsö field
1. The municipality received four tenders and decides on 12 June 2023 to award the assignment to BDX Företagen AB. Nyab Infrastruktur appeals because their tender had been disqualified. The Administrative Court decides that the evaluation of the tenders must be repeated.
2. The municipality will redo the evaluation, Nyab Infrastructure will carry out the tender presentation that the other qualified bidders have already made. The decision is being appealed by BDX Företagen. The Administrative Court decides that the procurement must be repeated.
3. Civil Works Nordic, a subsidiary of BDX, will be awarded the assignment on February 12, 2024. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the award decision. The municipality decides to withdraw the decision and redo the evaluation of the tenders.
4. Civil Works Nordic is once again awarded the assignment. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the decision. The municipality decides to withdraw the allocation.
5. Civil Works Nordic will be awarded the assignment on May 6, 2024, for the third time. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the award decision. On 20 September 2024, the Administrative Court decides that the procurement must be corrected through a new valuation of the tenders. The municipality decides to withdraw the allocation to CWN."
Efter fem misslyckade försök att upphandla entreprenör för Hertsöfältet gör Luleå kommun ett omtag och bantar ned upphandlingen. – Vi tog tillbaka den...
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"Procurement of contractor for Hertsöfältet changed
Luleå After five unsuccessful attempts to procure a contractor for Hertsöfältet, Luleå municipality is now changing the approach and slimming down the procurement, writes NTM Media."
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So it seems that this approach ultimately avoids the problems. It's about time.
Other topic, there is still no sign of the any news from yesterday/today in the Swedish press or among the antis.
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