The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries is announcing this assignment in order to obtain more knowledge on how public procurements contribute to promoting seriousness.

The assignment consists of three parts:

1) An evaluation of how public procurements, including the professionalisation of procurements and provisions in procurement rules contribute to promoting seriousness in suppliers;

2) An evaluation of DFØ's guidelines on the regulations on wages and working conditions in public contracts;

3) An evaluation of entities' follow-up of joint entry in award letters on counteracting work criminality in public procurements.

The contract will be valid from when it is signed until the submission of the final report on 15 June 2022. The total contract value is up to NOK 2 000 000, excluding VAT.

For a more detailed description of the assignment, see annex 1 of the contract (the Contracting Authority’s description of the assignment).