The contracting authority will select a supplier of auditing services in an ordinary General Meeting in April 2021 and will enter into a new contract for company audits.

In a General Meeting in April 2021, the contracting authority will select a supplier of auditing services and enter into a new contract for company audits for a period of two (2) years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend the contract period for a further two option periods, each for 1 (one) year. The maximum contract period with the options may have a duration of four (4) years.

The assignment will comprise the following deliveries:

— prepare audit plans,

— audit of the annual accounts and the annual report in line with good auditing practice and auditing standards, and ensure that the accounts do not include significant misinformation and that they are in accordance with the law and regulations,

— annual interim audit with focus on agreed areas,

— execution of the necessary controls of critical accounting areas,

— ensure that the company's control routines and risk management are satisfactory,

— participation in the audit committee, normally four times a year, and in board meetings and ordinary General Meetings when the annual accounts and the board's report are being discussed,

— assistance with different problems within accounting, bookkeeping, wages, tax, duties, internal control, etc.,

— prepare an annual statement that the contracting authority's resources have been used in accordance with the toll money agreement, financing agreement, and the project contract signed with the Ministry of Transport/the Norwegian Public Roads Administration,

— assistance with the preparation of the annual accounts, tax documentation and the like,

— assist the owners or the board upon request.