Gausdal, Lillehammer, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Ringebu and Øyer municipalities as well as Oppland County have established a joint purchasing cooperation — Inn Off. The cooperation implies that several tender contests are implemented jointly.

With this Lillehammer municipality, henceforth referred to as the Contracting Authority, invites tenderers to participate in an open tender contest involving purchase of foodstuff to the cooperating municipalities Lillehammer, Øyer, Gausdal, Ringebu, Sør-Fron and Nord-Fron.

In order to ensure the best possible use of resources, and that the procurement is executed in the best serviceable manner for the society, the Contracting Authority wishes to enter into an agreement with as few as possible suppliers that can deliver to as many as possible delivery locations. The delivery locations are listed in annex 4 ‘List of delivery locations’. If after carrying out the tender contest, it turns out that tenders are missing for some delivery locations, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to enter into a dialogue with the winning tenderer of the product groups, in order to get as many as possible delivery locations included in the contract. Number of delivery locations will also be weighted under the contract award criteria.

Public contracting authorities has a special responsibility to facilitate fair trade. In addition, Lillehammer municipality is a Fair Trade municipality that is obliged to facilitate trade of Fair Trade labelled products, or equivalent products. It is therefore required that the tenderers in their tenders, submit an overview of all ecological and Fair Trade labelled product (or products with equivalent labelling systems).

In cases where the purchase of foodstuff is a part of an educational system for students/users, the procurement shall be carried out where it is found most suitable, e.g. local grocery shops. Such purchases are therefore omitted from this tender contest.