The aim of the procurement is to cover large parts of the defence sector's need for transport and shipping services for the freight of goods abroad.

The goods to be transported will include everything from civilian and upgraded material to the defence materiel and in some instances classified materiel. Typical examples will be transport on purchase of defence materiel from the defence industry in USA and Europe, transport related to maintenance of defence materiel, as well as supply related to military exercises and operations. In addition, the contract will cover the transport of classified dispatches carried out by the Norwegian Defence's courier service.

It must be possible to transport the goods on all means of transport, and will, in many cases be multi-modal. Furthermore, the transport will, as a main rule, be a door-to-door service. The exception is in cases where the contracting authority's domestic distributor undertakes transport in Norway.