The purpose of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement for legal services on behalf of the participating entities subsidiary to Kunnskapsdepartementet (the Ministry of Education and Research)

— Nokut,

— Forskingsrådet,

— Kompetanse Norge,

— Statped,

— Diku,

— Unit,

— Uninett,

— IMDi,

— Lånekassen.

The purpose of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement for legal services on behalf of the participating entities subsidiary to Kunnskapsdepartementet (the Ministry of Education and Research)

— Nokut,

— Forskingsrådet,

— Kompetanse Norge,

— Statped,

— Diku,

— Unit,

— Uninett,

— IMDi,

— Lånekassen.

Legal areas that the assistance will cover:

(a) labour law in the government sector

• assistance in labour law conditions in relation to restructuring processes;

• social security law;

• equality and discrimination law;

(b) contracts and procurements

• IT/ICT law

— hereunder the electronic communications act;

• Public procurements

— with the ICT area (system procurement, infrastructure procurements)

• contract law;

• process//dispute solutions;

• limitation law;

(c) information management

• data protection/GDPR;

• information security;

• intellectual property rights;

d) Public law

• administrative legislation;

• grant administration;

• government financial regulations;

• archive law;

• freedom of information act;

3) EEA law

• state subsidies, particularly connected to research, development and innovation

(f) economy and financing

• finance law;

• accounting law;

• company law/corporation law;

• tax and duties.