The Senter for statlig økonomistyring (SSØ) was established 1.1.2004 as an administration body under the Ministry of Finance. The entity changed name to the Direktoratet for økonomistryring (DFØ) 14.11.2011. DFØ's task is to strengthen the government financial management and improve the use of resources in the area.

DFØ is an advisor for central authorities within government financial management and it carries out administration assignments for all government entities. DFØ's main assignments are to administer and communicate knowledge on compliance with the financial rules in the government, to administer the group systems for government accounts and the government's group account scheme as well as provide financial services, including payroll and accounting services, to approx. 75 percent of the government entities. DFØ also has the assignment of carrying out analyses and reviews that shall form the basis for the development of government management.

DFØ consists of the following departments: the Management and Analysis Department, the Payroll Department, the Accounting Department and the Administration and IT Department. This assignment is connected to the Payroll Department in DFØ.

See www.dfo.no for further information on DFØ and our organisation.

Direktoratet for økonomistyring (DFØ) is holding an open tender contest with the intention of entering into a framework agreement for the procurement of licences for the IBM DB2 database in connection with the SAP payroll system and maintenance of the database.

In 2012 DFØ entered into a contract for the procurement of IBM's DB2 database and licences for the database. This tender contest is being held with the intention of entering into a framework agreement for further procurements of licences, as well as a contract for maintenance of the database. DFØ would like, as a starting point, a database licencing that gives better scaling possibilities and greater flexibility than that with core based licencing.