Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-23
Buyer: ARBEIDSTILSYNET
Country: NO
Region: NO060
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 22000000 | 22450000 | 22455000 | 48100000 | 48150000
Estimated value: 200000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2026-01-26

Technical requirements: See the regulations on concession contracts dated 12 August 2016 (concession contract regulations) §11-2.
The Norwegian procurement rules go further than what follows from the rejection reasons stated in the EU directives on public procurements. Emphasis is put on the fact that all the rejection reasons in the concession contract regulations § 11-2 also apply in this competition, including the purely national rejection reasons.
All entities that carry out work at construction sites, all approved 
cleaning companies, certified entities in vehicle care, wheel shifts and wheel storage, as well as 
entities that transport the goods of others by car (from 1 January 2026) and other entities that 
possibly be subject to the rules in the future, both Norwegian and foreign, are obliged to equip their 
employees with HSE cards. The users of the system are these entities as well as other public 
and private actors with a factual and appropriate need for access to the system (User/Users).

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has given the Contracting Authority responsibility for the HSE card. The Contracting Authority is in 
the starting point responsible for the operation and maintenance of all work connected to the HSE card, including 
establishment, operation, maintenance, further development of the necessary systems for the HSE card, as well as 
design, production, personalisation and distribution of the HSE card (the HSE card scheme) and that
The HSE card scheme functions as intentional. 

In connection with entering into this agreement, the contracting authority will transfer the responsibility for the HSE card scheme resulting from this contract to the Tenderer as a service concession. 

This means that the tenderer ́s remuneration fully consists of the right to offer HSE cards and associated 
services as defined in the contract for payment from the Users. It also means that the operational risk 
connected to the service has been transferred to the Tenderer, including the risks connected to the demand for 
the service and (to the degree relevant) the delivery risk. 

Beyond that stated in the Agreement, 
The Tenderer cannot, therefore, demand compensation or change the prices in the Contract for changes in 
earnings basis or as a result of other conditions that affect the tenderer's turnover or 
yield.

As all work and all obligations connected to the HSE card are transferred to the tenderer, 
there will also be a responsibility on the Tenderer to develop the HSE card in accordance with changes to the relevant
regulations and adapt the delivery to future orientated systems to improve the HSE card system.

The contract means that the Users shall order HSE cards from the tenderer. The tenderer, for their part, 
shall, as a result of the contract, relate to both the Contracting Authority and the Users. One of the purposes of 
the contract is therefore to facilitate a good cooperation between the Contracting Authority and the Tenderer, and 
between the Tenderer and the Users. Furthermore, the aim of the Contract is to ensure that the HSE card scheme is user friendly, stable and adapted in accordance with future innovative systems and that the adaptations will not, without further ado, be at the cost of the Users. 
The contract is for the establishment, development and maintenance of a system for the HSE card scheme, as well as 
delivery of services connected to the production and distribution of HSE cards, including operation, personalisation, development, design as well as management of register-postings (delivery).
The scope, execution and further specification and prerequisites for the delivery are further described in the annexes that are included in the contract.
See K1 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K2 in the tender documentation for further information.

Eligibility requirements: See K1 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K2 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K3 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K4 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K5 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K6 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K7 in the tender documentation for further information.
See K8 in the tender documentation for further information.
The contracting authority will have a standstill period of ten days from when notification of award is sent until the contract is signed.
Petition for a temporary injunction against the Contracting Authority's decision to reject or 
reject a request for participation in the competition must be put before the district court within 
15 days calculated from the day after notification of rejection or rejection has been 
sent.
See the tender documentation for more information.
All entities that carry out work at construction sites, all approved 
cleaning companies, certified entities in vehicle care, wheel shifts and wheel storage, as well as 
entities that transport the goods of others by car (from 1 January 2026) and other entities that 
possibly be subject to the rules in the future, both Norwegian and foreign, are obliged to equip their 
employees with HSE cards. The users of the system are these entities as well as other public 
and private actors with a factual and appropriate need for access to the system (User/Users).

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has given the Contracting Authority responsibility for the HSE card. The Contracting Authority is in 
the starting point responsible for the operation and maintenance of all work connected to the HSE card, including 
establishment, operation, maintenance, further development of the necessary systems for the HSE card, as well as 
design, production, personalisation and distribution of the HSE card (the HSE card scheme) and that
The HSE card scheme functions as intentional. 

In connection with entering into this agreement, the contracting authority will transfer the responsibility for the HSE card scheme resulting from this contract to the Tenderer as a service concession. 

This means that the tenderer ́s remuneration fully consists of the right to offer HSE cards and associated 
services as defined in the contract for payment from the Users. It also means that the operational risk 
connected to the service has been transferred to the Tenderer, including the risks connected to the demand for 
the service and (to the degree relevant) the delivery risk. 

Beyond that stated in the Agreement, 
The Tenderer cannot, therefore, demand compensation or change the prices in the Contract for changes in 
earnings basis or as a result of other conditions that affect the tenderer's turnover or 
yield.

As all work and all obligations connected to the HSE card are transferred to the tenderer, 
there will also be a responsibility on the Tenderer to develop the HSE card in accordance with changes to the relevant
regulations and adapt the delivery to future orientated systems to improve the HSE card system.

The contract means that the Users shall order HSE cards from the tenderer. The tenderer, for their part, 
shall, as a result of the contract, relate to both the Contracting Authority and the Users. One of the purposes of 
the contract is therefore to facilitate a good cooperation between the Contracting Authority and the Tenderer, and 
between the Tenderer and the Users. Furthermore, the aim of the Contract is to ensure that the HSE card scheme is user friendly, stable and adapted in accordance with future innovative systems and that the adaptations will not, without further ado, be at the cost of the Users. 
The contract is for the establishment, development and maintenance of a system for the HSE card scheme, as well as 
delivery of services connected to the production and distribution of HSE cards, including operation, personalisation, development, design as well as management of register-postings (delivery).
The scope, execution and further specification and prerequisites for the delivery are further described in the annexes that are included in the contract.