Tender · Norway
Norway: dark fibre user rights, operation and maintenance from Bjerkvik to Bjørnfjell border (prequalification)
FORSVARSMATERIELL · published 14 Aug 2026 · auto-extracted, not yet reviewed · Source ↗
Deadline18 Sep 2026 32 days left
Budget / value€516.0m
estimated value (procedure): NOK 6,000,000,000, converted at 0.086 EUR/NOK (rate approximate)
Statusopen
CPV64200000
Why it matters
Norwegian defence is buying dedicated dark-fibre capacity toward the Swedish border, a Nordic military mobility/resilient-backbone link, under the defence procurement directive. Relevant to telecom infrastructure owners and fibre network operators with assets or build capability in Nordland, plus their construction/maintenance subcontractors.
Do this: If you own or can build fibre on the Bjerkvik–Bjørnfjell route, submit a prequalification request to Forsvarsmateriell via the stated e-procurement channel by 18 September 2026.
Route: direct bid · For: Established SME suppliers & subsystem makersPrimes & integrators
Summary
Forsvarsmateriell (Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency) has opened stage one (prequalification) of a defence-directive procurement for use rights to two dark fibres (one pair) on the Bjerkvik–Bjørnfjell national border route, including operation and maintenance for the cable's lifetime. Requests to participate are due 18 September 2026. The notice states an estimated procedure value of NOK 6bn.
Eligibility
Prequalification under Directive 2009/81/EC; not further specified in text
Source text (raw, may be non-English)
Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency invites tenderers to a competition for use rights for two dark fibres (one pair) on the stretch Bjerkvik to the national border at Bjørnfjell. The contract will also include operation and maintenance during the cable ́s lifetime.
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Source: Tenders Electronic Daily © European Union, reused under EU open data policy. Notice 565815-2026. Enrichment: anthropic/claude-opus-5 (confidence 60%).