The Research Council of Norway's central office and the Council's many programmes and activities have many different publications over the course of one year. There are, for example, brochures, factsheets, folders, placards, the ‘Nysgjerrigper’ magazine and reports from the research programmes etc. The procurements in the competition are divided into two service categories:

Service category A

Digital printing and offset: Printed matter such as brochures, factsheets, folders, covers, reports from the research programmes etc. We use several different formats in both black/white and four colour print. Further details on the products are in the tender documentation, annex 2.

A contract shall be signed with one service provider for service category A. Service providers must be able to offer both digital print and offset.

Service category B

The service provider shall primarily print the ‘Nysgjerrigper’ magazine. The magazine is currently printed in rotation.

A contract shall be signed with one service provider for service category B.

If a tenderer does not have rotation printing, a sub supplier can be used. The name of any sub supplier must be supplied. The same sub supplier shall be used for all rotation assignments.