Requests for proposals

6. August 2012

Green growth: Identifying industry FTA-priorities

Project With a view to clarify market priorities for Nordic companies outside the EEA and map barriers for trade for green products and services, Nordic Innovation is issuing an invitation to tender. The tender will follow Norwegian public procurement regulation for projects under NOK 500.000,-. The expected output for the study is described below and should build upon questionnaires, quantitative interviews with key informants in industrial organisations and companies in all the Nordic countries as well as desk studies. The study should be finalized 24 September 2012 Price Maximum price NOK 224.000,- + VAT Contract A standard contract between Nordic Innovation and the economic operator, base on ”Norsk standardkontrakt Oppdragsavtalen (SSA-O) - Avtale om utrednings- og utviklingsoppgaver fra Konsulent”, will be issued. Award criteria Open competition based upon best value for money. The ideal team will have relevant industry knowledge, insight into trade related issues (FTAs) and experience from emerging markets. Furthermore demonstrated capacity to carry out web based questionnaires among larger groups of companies is essential Output A report in English, clarifying market priorities for Nordic companies outside the EEA and map barriers for trade for green products and services. The study should follow the outline in the Terms of reference. Survey results from the web based questionnaire in a spreadsheet.

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Conditions for Participation  Company registration certificate  Value added tax certificate (National requirement)  Company tax certificate (National requirement)  Self-declaration in compliance with Appendix II (HSE) of the Norwegian procurement regulations (National requirement)

Deadline for tender 17 August 2012 kl. 10.00. A project description including CV should be sent by email to Rasmus Wendt, [email protected] For questions and inquiries please contact the same person.

Rasmus Wendt Senior adviser Phone: 0047 46 93 43 60

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Terms of Reference Green growth is high on the European and Nordic agenda and throughout the Danish EU presidency in the first half of 2012 the Council and the Commission has analysed different avenues for a free trade agreement for climate-friendly products. For the moment the most realistic option seems to be to include climate-friendly products as a special chapter in upcoming bilateral free trade agreement negotiations. For the purpose of mapping industry priorities and identify trade barriers on relevant markets, Nordic Innovation will commission a study focusing upon Nordic green tech industries. The results from the study will be forward to the European Commission and the EFTAs secretariat. The study should include both trade in goods and services. A definition of climate-friendly products can be found in appendix I. The study should include 1) a quantitative part, based upon a web based questionnaire to as large a sample of companies possible within the identified climate-friendly industries, and 2) a qualitative part with indebt interviews with 8-10 companies. The qualitative part should focus upon identified barriers in the quantitative part with a geographical focus on ASEAN countries and Russia. The questionnaire should be developed by the consultant based on inputs from business organisations and desk studies. The questionnaire should include.  Company data (country, sector, size, turnover, export, subsidies sale/production)  Main markets (percentage of turnover)  Growth  Potential export markets in the next three years  Trade barriers On barriers to trade it is expected that the questionnaire include questions on:  High custom tariffs  Slow custom procedures  Discrimination in connection with public purchases  Local content requirement  Barriers on retail level  Investment  Protection of IPR  Business culture  Corruption  Language  Red tape/Bureaucratic procedures  Technical trade barriers (standards and certifications) The qualitative part of the study should distinguish between barriers which are caused by restrictive rules and regulations in the importing countries, barriers which are brought abound by poor implementation due to lack of capacity in the importing countries and barriers due to corruption or other deliberate attempts to circumvent existing regulation. On the most important industries the study should compare Nordic statistics on turnover and export with EU statistics. 3

Appendix I List of Climate-friendly products HS 2002

HS CODE DESCRIPTION

CODE

CATEGORY(IES)

Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting 4601

materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished artic

1

460120

- Mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials

Waste Management and Water Treatment, Waste Management, Recycling and Remediation

Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge sections, lock gates, towers, lattice 7308

masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

2

730820

- Towers & lattice masts

Renewable Energy, Renewable Products and Energy Source

Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating), barbecues, 7321

braziers, gas-rings, plate warmers and similar nonelectric domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel

3

732111 7324

- Cooking appliances and plate warmers: For gas fuel or

Environmental Technologies, Cleaner or More

for both gas and other fuels.

Resource Efficient Technologies and Products

Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel Waste Management and Water Treatment, Waste

4

732490

- Other, including parts

Water Management and Potable Water Treatment Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

4

HS 2002

HS CODE DESCRIPTION

CODE

CATEGORY(IES)

Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than 8402

central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies Waste Management and Water Treatment,

5

840290

- Parts

Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste and Recycling Systems Waste Management and Water Treatment, Waste Management, Recycling and Remediation

Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 8404

or 84.03 (for example, economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour power units Waste Management and Water Treatment, Waste Management, Recycling and Remediation Waste Management and Water Treatment,

6

840410

- Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of 84.02 or 84.03

Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste and Recycling Systems Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without 8405

their purifiers; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers Air Pollution Control - Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without

7

840510

their purifiers; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Waste Management and Water Treatment, Waste Water Management and Potable Water Treatment Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

8406 8

840681

8409

Steam turbines and other vapour turbines - Turbines for marine propulsion: Of an output exceeding 40 MW

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 84.07 or 84.08 Air Pollution Control Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and

9

840999

- Other: other

Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Noise and Vibration Abatement

8410

Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators therefor

5

HS 2002

HS CODE DESCRIPTION

CODE 10

11

12

841011

841012

841090

8411

- Hydraulic turbines and water wheels of a power not exceeding 1,000 kW .

CATEGORY(IES) Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

- Hydraulic Turbines and Water Wheels, Power 1, 000-

Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and

10, 000kw

Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

- Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators ; parts, including regulators

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and

13

841181

- Other gas turbines of a power not exceeding 5,000 kW

Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies Others, Environmentally Preferable Products based on End-Use or Disposal Characteristics Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and

14

841182

- Other gas turbines of a power exceeding 5,000 kW

Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies Others, Environmentally Preferable Products based on End-Use or Disposal Characteristics

Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or 8418

freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15 - Other refrigerating or freezing equipment; heat pumps:

15

841861

Compression-type units whose condensers are heat

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

exchangers Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens 8419

and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting

16

841919

- Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric: Other

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and

17

841950

- Heat exchange units

Storage, Gas Flaring Emission Reduction, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies Environmental Technologies, Heat and Energy Management

Machines and mechanical appliances having 8479

individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter

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HS 2002

HS CODE DESCRIPTION

CODE

CATEGORY(IES) Air Pollution Control Waste Management and Water Treatment,

18

847989

- Other machines and mechanical appliances: Other

Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste and Recycling Systems Renewable Energy, Renewable Products and Energy Source

8502

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

850231

- Other generating sets: Wind-powered

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy 19

Renewable Energy, Renewable Products and Energy Source

8504 20

850410

Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors - Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes

Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the 8537

distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17

21

853710

- For a voltage not exceeding 1,000V

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, including 8541

photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals

22

854140

- Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules

Renewable Energy, Renewable Products and Energy

or made up into panels; light emitting diodes.

Source

Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; sheets and 9001

plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

23

900190

- Other

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of 9002

any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

24

900290

- Other

Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy

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HS 2002

HS CODE DESCRIPTION

CODE

CATEGORY(IES)

Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); 9027

instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes

25

902730

9032

- Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs

Environmental Technologies, Environmental

using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)

Monitoring, Analysis and Assessment Equipment

Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus Environmental Technologies, Environmental Monitoring, Analysis and Assessment Equipment

26

903210

- Thermostats

Environmental Technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage, Gas Flaring Emission Reduction, Efficient Consumption of Energy Technologies

Source: WTO, TN/TE/20, April 2011

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Appendix II Translation from Norwegian:

Statement concerning health, environment and safety

This certification concerns: Company:

.....................................................

Address:

.....................................................

Postal code: ..................................................... Country:

.....................................................

You are required to tick-off one of the alternatives below: 1) I herewith confirm that this company has introduced systematic procedures to ensure compliance with the health, environmental and safety legislation and satisfies the requirements of The Regulation relating to systematic Health, Environmental and Safety Work in the company (the Internal Control Regulation), laid down by Order in Council of 6 December 1996,

2) I herewith confirm that this company is in the process of establishing systematic procedures to ensure compliance with the health, environmental and safety legislation and expects to meet the requirements of The Regulation relating to systematic Health, Environmental and Safety Work in the company (the Internal Control Regulation), laid down by Order in Council of 6 December 1996, by ..................

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For foreign contractors who are to perform work in Norway: I herewith confirm that, in preparing this offer, the requirements that follow from The Regulation relating to systematic Health, Environmental and Safety Work in the company (the Internal Control Regulation), laid down by Order in Council of 6 December 1996, have been taken into consideration.

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We accept that, upon request, the contracting party will be given the right to a review and verification of the company’s system for the safeguarding of health, environment and safety.

Binding signature

................................................ General Manager

Date of signature: .......................................

................................................ Employees’ representative

True translation certified:

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