Norway Competitive tendering has begun in smaller urban transport systems and is expected to spread to larger systems in the near future. Policy is separated from operations. Overall cost savings have been nearly 20 percent. The nation's commuter rail service is competitively tendered with savings of 30 percent. The Social Democrats have been returned to power and continue to strongly support competitive tendering.
Policy is separated from operations.
Internal departments, in some cases, are allowed to bid for this work. Full conversion to competitive tendering will be completed by 2000. As a result, government operating subsidies have been reduced by 87 percent. Publicly owned operating divisions have been privatized, and policy is separated from operations. Non-commercial services are competitively tendered by local authorities.