Prior information notice and supplier dialogue notice.

This prior information notice will be sent out to make the market and potential tenderers aware of the upcoming competition for the assignment of waste collection in Indre Østfold, Marker and Skiptvedt, as well as a prior supplier dialogue. Indre Østfold Renovasjon IKS (IØR) is an intermunicipal company owned by Inner Østfold, Marker and Skiptvet municipalities. IØR ́s primary assignment is to take care of the practical implementation of the municipalities ́ responsibility for handling household waste, as well as the collection and treatment of waste from municipal entities. The current contract for waste collection expires in early summer 2028. IØR is now planning to announce a contract for the collection of household waste and some municipal industrial waste in the municipalities of Indre Østfold, Marker and Skiptvedt, with a scope of more than 25,000 household subscribers and 2,000 holiday homes. Further specifications and criteria for the assignment and competition are provisionally subject to assessment and planning. The notice is expected to be published in mid-January 2027 and the contract will be signed in June/July 2027, but this may change. The assignment is provisionally scheduled to June 2028. As part of the preparation of the competition, in November 2026 suppliers are planned to have a dialogue with relevant tenderers. Physical meetings will be held in IØR ́s premises in Askim during weeks 48 and 49. Important topics for contract and delivery will be discussed in the meetings, as the renovators' input for the choice of vehicles and fuel for the environment and economy, focus on technology and innovation and the role of first line in service to inhabitants. During the supplier dialogue it will also be possible to provide input to IØR for the design of the competition and contract. The tenderers IØR knows and anticipate that they will participate in the competition will be contacted. However, it is also open to other actors who are interested in the competition. If you would like to participate in the coming supplier dialogue, contact Elisabeth A. Helle, [email protected] [[email protected]] The competition will be published in Doffin and interested tenderers are recommended to follow this. The competition follows the public procurement regulations and will be implemented as a so-called competition with negotiations. This means that the competition will be carried out in two phases. The first phase is the qualification phase, where all tenderers can submit an application to be qualified in the competition. Only tenderers who are assessed qualified will be invited to submit a tender. The second phase is the tender phase. During the tender phase it is planned that a first tender shall be submitted, negotiations will be carried out when feedback is given on the tender and thereafter a revised/final tender will be submitted.