The Department for Environment Protection at The County Governor of Oslo and Akershus invites tenderers to participate in a contest for the procurement of ‘Mapping and valuation of ravines according to NiN 2.0 in Oslo and Akershus — 2015’.

The purpose of this procurement is to procure topographic data through field mapping.

The mapping shall be carried out land covering within pre-selected areas where one knows of, or expects to find, ravines.

Further information is in the attached documents.

All tenders must be submitted electronically via the Mercell portal at www.mercell.no within the tender deadline. Late tenders will be rejected. (The system does not allow tenders to be sent in electronically via Mercell subsequent to the deadline for receipt of tenders).

If you are not a Mercell user, or you have any questions related to functionality of the system, e.g. how to submit tenders, please contact Mercell Support on Tel. +47 21018860 or by e-mail to: support@mercell.com.

It is recommended that the tender is submitted well before the deadline, for example a minimum of 1 hour before the tender deadline expires. In the event that additional information from the Contracting Authority leads to you wanting to revise your tender before the tender deadline expires, you can go in and open the tender, make changes and resubmit right up until the tender deadline expires. The last submitted tender will be considered the tender of record.

The tender requires an electronic signature upon delivery.

During the submission of the tender you will be asked for an electronic signature to prove that it is the actual tenderer who has sent the tender. You can obtain an electronic signature at www.commfides.com, www.buypass.no or www.bankid.no

Please note that it may take several days for the electronic signature to be delivered to you and as such this process should be initiated as soon as possible.

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