Sludge emptying period 2027-2030
Original: Slamtømming periode 2027-2030
Meløy kommune
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This is a contract notice published by a government body covering services. Bids are invited through an open procedure. Delivery covers Norway (Europe). It is classified under Waste Reduction, Water and Circular Economy and 1 other against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
Meløy kommune procures sludge emptying and transport services for the 2027–2030 period via open tender. Bidders must be waste-management or environmental-services operators with capacity for scheduled sludge collection and logistics.
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About this tender
Meløy kommune (Nordland, Norway) is procuring sludge emptying and sludge transport services for private wastewater treatment plants (septic tanks and sewage chambers) in dispersed settlements. The municipality is legally obliged to carry out this emptying under section 26 of the Pollution Control Act (forurensningsloven). The scope also includes inspection of the private plants in connection with emptying. The procurement is an open tender under the Norwegian public procurement regulations (LOA and FOA parts I and III), published via Mercell in Doffin and TED. It results in a single-supplier framework agreement without reopening of competition, with a single lot (LOT-0000). The contract runs for four years, from 01.01.2027 to 31.12.2030. The estimated total value is NOK 8,000,000 excluding VAT. The contract is not EU-funded, and electronic invoicing (eFaktura) is mandatory. Documents are available via Mercell. Tender submissions must be electronic via Mercell and in Norwegian. Electronic catalogues are permitted, variants are not, and only one tender per bidder is allowed.
Bidder eligibility
Bidders are subject to standard exclusion grounds under the Norwegian procurement regulations, documented via ESPD. Selection criteria are referenced in the notice (section 5.1.9) but the specific thresholds are not stated on the page. Reserved participation is not applicable. Bidders must name the personnel assigned to perform the contract and their professional qualifications. Buyer may request supplementary qualification documentation, references and certificates after the submission deadline.
How bids are scored
Not disclosed on the notice page. Award criteria and any price/quality weighting are presumably set out in the tender documents available on Mercell. Green procurement criteria fields are blank.
Key requirements
- ✓Sludge emptying and transport services
- ✓Service period 2027–2030
- ✓Open competitive tender under Norwegian public-procurement regulations
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How this compares
- Compared with 127 similar tenders (water in Norway) listed in the last 12 months.
- Its value of $8.0m is above 29% of the 56 similar tenders that state a value; their median is $14m.
- It allows 31 days to respond, shorter than the typical 33 days across 110 similar tenders.
- The same organisation listed 1 other similar tender here in the last 12 months.
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About this sector
Waste reduction funding covers prevention, collection, sorting, recycling and recovery of municipal, commercial and industrial waste. Much of the activity is public procurement by local and regional authorities, alongside grants for new treatment technology. Bidders are typically assessed on service capacity, environmental permits and track record with comparable contracts.
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