The Information Office for Fruit and Vegetables (OFG) is a private foundation that works to increase the consumption of fresh fruits, berries, vegetables and potatoes in Norway. The Skolefrukt [School Fruit] project will provide greater access to fruits and vegetables in schools, and contribute to good eating habits, enjoyment of school life and better health among children and adolescents.

OFG now seeks to enter into framework agreements with suppliers for the School Fruit project for the period 1.7.2014 – 30.6.2016.

As of August 2014, there will most likely be only one national scheme for fruits/vegetables in primary and secondary schools, and the tender is based on this. This scheme will be referred to as the subscription scheme, and will then apply to all primary and secondary schools from 1st – 10th years.

The subscriptions scheme is a subsidy scheme where pupils subscribe to School Fruit for a term or a full academic year at a time. In most cases, the pupils' parents pay for the fruit/vegetables, but schools that want to pay for pupils may also enrol in the scheme to get the same subsidies as guardians. The assumption is that schools register at skolefruktsys.no and participate on current conditions in terms of price, delivery and choice of local supplier. Municipalities that continue with free fruit/vegetables and have their own tenders on their own terms will not receive subsidies.

The school fruit scheme is discussed in the national budget. The purpose of the School Fruit subscription scheme is to encourage increased consumption of fruits and vegetables among pupils. The School Fruit program is also a tool to meet government guidelines for school meals. The scheme is administered by the Information Office of Fruits and Vegetables on behalf of the Health Directorate. The scheme is based on the regulations of 1 April 2004 No. 623 for grants for price markdowns of fruits and vegetables in primary and secondary schools (attached as Appendix 1).

In the scheme, OFG will collect payment from the parents/schools/municipalities on behalf of the suppliers. OFG will not be able to pay out more money than it collected from the supplier's schools. Suppliers must cover the loss in cases where parents enrol the pupil, but do not pay the subscription. OFG sends two payment reminders, and reports unpaid subscriptions.

The agreements with school-fruit suppliers for the autumn 2014 – spring 2016 period will include deliveries to the subscription scheme for pure primary schools, combined schools and pure secondary schools.