Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-16
Buyer: Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79000000 | 79200000 | 79210000 | 79212000 | 79212200
Estimated value: 10000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2026-01-26

Technical requirements: The objective of the procurement is internal auditing assistance to strengthen the Ministries Security and Service Organisation (DSS) and the Ministries Digitalisation Organisation (DIO) ́s ability to achieve targets through a risk-based and objective verification and consulting function. The assistance shall contribute to more appropriate and efficient processes for performance management, financial management, security and risk management, control as well as compliance with this and will cover all conditions in the entities. The internal auditing assistance shall be carried out in connection with an internal audit function or an internal audit assignment. A framework agreement shall be signed with one tenderer.
The tenderer shall be a legally established company.
Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate or printout from the Register of Business Units for non-registration obliged individual companies.
Foreign companies: Confirmation that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established. The confirmation can be delivered in writing or with reference to BRIS.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
• A credit rating with key figures from a certified credit rating company or other form of documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met.

The credit rating shall include the credit rating degree (rating) of the tenderer - typically indicated by a rating code or brief text. The assessment shall include, or be attached, an explanation on the rating code/scale of possible rating codes.

The assessment should be based on the last annual accounts.
Tenderers shall have sufficient ability and experience to fulfil the contract. 
• Description of up to three (3) most relevant assignments in the last five (5) years. 
Tenderers shall have experience from contracts/assignments that have included the following:
- Internal audit deliveries in accordance with the requirements in Circular Letter R-117 
- Audit experience within the following areas:
o Performance management (here are also internal control)
o Security Management
o Information security
o ICT operations and management
o Privacy Policy

The description shall also include the contract value (if possible), date and name of the recipient.
Tenderers shall have a relevant quality assurance system for the execution of the delivery.
• Certificate for the tenderer's quality assurance system issued by an independent body that confirms fulfilment of quality assurance standards such as ISO 9001 or equivalent. The contracting authority will also be able to accept other documentation which shows that the tenderer has equivalent quality assurance measures. As a minimum a general description of the relevant system for this contract must be given here.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer shall be a legally established company.
Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate or printout from the Register of Business Units for non-registration obliged individual companies.
Foreign companies: Confirmation that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established. The confirmation can be delivered in writing or with reference to BRIS.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
• A credit rating with key figures from a certified credit rating company or other form of documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met.

The credit rating shall include the credit rating degree (rating) of the tenderer - typically indicated by a rating code or brief text. The assessment shall include, or be attached, an explanation on the rating code/scale of possible rating codes.

The assessment should be based on the last annual accounts.
Tenderers shall have sufficient ability and experience to fulfil the contract. 
• Description of up to three (3) most relevant assignments in the last five (5) years. 
Tenderers shall have experience from contracts/assignments that have included the following:
- Internal audit deliveries in accordance with the requirements in Circular Letter R-117 
- Audit experience within the following areas:
o Performance management (here are also internal control)
o Security Management
o Information security
o ICT operations and management
o Privacy Policy

The description shall also include the contract value (if possible), date and name of the recipient.
Tenderers shall have a relevant quality assurance system for the execution of the delivery.
• Certificate for the tenderer's quality assurance system issued by an independent body that confirms fulfilment of quality assurance standards such as ISO 9001 or equivalent. The contracting authority will also be able to accept other documentation which shows that the tenderer has equivalent quality assurance measures. As a minimum a general description of the relevant system for this contract must be given here.
The waiting period is calculated 10 days from the date the contract is distributed.
The objective of the procurement is internal auditing assistance to strengthen the Ministries Security and Service Organisation (DSS) and the Ministries Digitalisation Organisation (DIO) ́s ability to achieve targets through a risk-based and objective verification and consulting function. The assistance shall contribute to more appropriate and efficient processes for performance management, financial management, security and risk management, control as well as compliance with this and will cover all conditions in the entities. The internal auditing assistance shall be carried out in connection with an internal audit function or an internal audit assignment. A framework agreement shall be signed with one tenderer.
The framework agreement has a duration of one (1) year with an option for an extension for a further one (1) + one (1) + one (1) year. The maximum duration of the framework agreement is four (4) years.