{"id":41924,"date":"2025-12-18T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/?p=41924"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:17:56","slug":"new-bidding-approach-to-deliver-better-tenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/news\/new-bidding-approach-to-deliver-better-tenders\/","title":{"rendered":"New bidding approach to deliver better tenders\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Building Sweden\u2019s first new metro line using a tunnel boring machine is&nbsp;a highly complex&nbsp;undertaking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are now developing the commercial model to ensure efficient delivery and to provide suppliers with the right conditions to perform. This means reviewing our target model, collaboration approach, evaluation criteria, and incentives,\u201d says Executive Director Per Ling-Vannerus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One example is placing significantly greater weight on so-called added value and quality in the evaluation of tenders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to create the best possible conditions for a high production rate. Another example is the introduction of a minimum rating threshold. Tenders that do not achieve at least a rating of 1 for added value will simply not be considered,\u201d says Per Ling-Vannerus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bonus model will also be adjusted, with a stronger focus on promoting progress during the production phase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrice is still important, but we see the need for a stronger focus on execution. We have a very tight schedule, with complex contracts that depend on one another\u2014the station caverns must be sufficiently excavated by the time the tunnel boring machines arrive,\u201d says Per Ling-Vannerus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another new feature is the&nbsp;option&nbsp;to exclude bidders from countries that are neither EU member states nor parties to free trade agreements with the EU\u2014so-called third-country suppliers. This&nbsp;option&nbsp;will be applied in some of the procurements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere have been several EU court rulings&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;that this is the approach we should take. Given the current global situation, we should favor trading partners from countries with which we have agreements,&nbsp;provided that&nbsp;competition&nbsp;remains&nbsp;sound,\u201d says Per Ling-Vannerus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As early as the end of this week, another procurement\u2014covering access tunnels in&nbsp;\u00c5rstaberg\u2014will be launched, and in early 2026 it will be time for the major procurement that includes the tunnel boring itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the new Yellow Line in the Stockholm Metro, the coming years will see several major procurements. To attract more relevant tenders and increase momentum in production, the Administration for Extended Metro is adopting a new approach to its procurement strategy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":41889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,312,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-procurement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41925,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924\/revisions\/41925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}