Evaluation of the Municipal Act of 2018

The aim of the procurement is to evaluate the new municipal law by 22 June 2018 no. 83. The aim of the evaluation is to find out whether the most central changes in the new law work well and have had the desired effect and whether the new municipal law …

CPV: 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services, 73200000 Research and development consultancy services, 73210000 Research consultancy services, 73220000 Development consultancy services, 79100000 Legal services
Place of execution:
Evaluation of the Municipal Act of 2018
Awarding body:
Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet
Award number:
25/1414

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Evaluation of the Municipal Act of 2018
Description : The aim of the procurement is to evaluate the new municipal law by 22 June 2018 no. 83. The aim of the evaluation is to find out whether the most central changes in the new law work well and have had the desired effect and whether the new municipal law as a whole thus also works the way it should. This is a basis for later evaluation of any adjustments to the regulations and/or other measures. The evaluation shall, among other things, be built on existing relevant knowledge sources, reports and evaluations, including the organisation database and the report from the preliminary project for evaluation of the Municipal Act from 2020, see the Preliminary Project on evaluation of the new Municipal Act - regjeringen.no. The preliminary project shall be a part of the basis for the assignment, but the assignment is nevertheless a separate and independent assignment. The preliminary project shall only form the basis for as far as it is relevant and appropriate. The general main topics to be evaluated are the elected organisation, participation councils, remote meetings, the right to access elected officials, inter-municipal cooperation, the municipal director's role and task, the relationship between elected officials and the municipal director, financial management, self-control (including internal control) and legal control on their own initiative. The assignment has two deliveries, one sub-report and one final report. The sub-report shall primarily evaluate the collaboration models intermunicipal political council and municipal task partnership, the requirement for ownership notification, and any additional topics that are agreed to in dialogue with the contracting authority that shall be included in the sub-report. The sub-report shall be delivered to the contracting authority at the latest 1 December 2025. The final report shall mainly evaluate the other topics resulting from the assignment description, with any adjustments agreed in later dialogue with the Ministry. The final report shall be submitted to the contracting authority at the latest 1 December 2026. The estimated value of the procurement is up to NOK 4,000,000 excluding VAT. See annex 1 of the contract for further details on the delivery.
Procedure identifier : df2272b3-4cc5-4401-8ec3-a5f7f5665802
Previous notice : 5c01e987-1ddc-414b-9350-3cd52b6972fa-01
Internal identifier : 25/1414
Type of procedure : Open

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73210000 Research consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73220000 Development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79100000 Legal services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Norway
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 4 000 000 Norwegian krone

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Evaluation of the Municipal Act of 2018
Description : The aim of the procurement is to evaluate the new municipal law by 22 June 2018 no. 83. The aim of the evaluation is to find out whether the most central changes in the new law work well and have had the desired effect and whether the new municipal law as a whole thus also works the way it should. This is a basis for later evaluation of any adjustments to the regulations and/or other measures. The evaluation shall, among other things, be built on existing relevant knowledge sources, reports and evaluations, including the organisation database and the report from the preliminary project for evaluation of the Municipal Act from 2020, see the Preliminary Project on evaluation of the new Municipal Act - regjeringen.no. The preliminary project shall be a part of the basis for the assignment, but the assignment is nevertheless a separate and independent assignment. The preliminary project shall only form the basis for as far as it is relevant and appropriate. The general main topics to be evaluated are the elected organisation, participation councils, remote meetings, the right to access elected officials, inter-municipal cooperation, the municipal director's role and task, the relationship between elected officials and the municipal director, financial management, self-control (including internal control) and legal control on their own initiative. The assignment has two deliveries, one sub-report and one final report. The sub-report shall primarily evaluate the collaboration models intermunicipal political council and municipal task partnership, the requirement for ownership notification, and any additional topics that are agreed to in dialogue with the contracting authority that shall be included in the sub-report. The sub-report shall be delivered to the contracting authority at the latest 1 December 2025. The final report shall mainly evaluate the other topics resulting from the assignment description, with any adjustments agreed in later dialogue with the Ministry. The final report shall be submitted to the contracting authority at the latest 1 December 2026. The estimated value of the procurement is up to NOK 4,000,000 excluding VAT. See annex 1 of the contract for further details on the delivery.
Internal identifier : 25/1414

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73210000 Research consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73220000 Development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79100000 Legal services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Norway
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 26/05/2025
Duration end date : 01/12/2026

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 4 000 000 Norwegian krone

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : Complete annex 5 to the contract, Price and price terms.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 5
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Competence of offered personnel
Description : Completed Annex 4 to the Contract, Administrative Provisions. Up to 7 CVs for offered personnel with a description of the three most relevant the assignments for each of the offered the resources as well as the function for the relevant had in the assignments. CVs should not exceed 3 A4 pages per offered resource.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 40
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Assignment comprehension
Description : Completed Annex 2 to the contract, Contracting Authority specification of the assignment. The assignment comprehension should not exceed 5 A4 pages. Completed annex 3 to the contract, Project and progress plan.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 55

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Oslo Tingrett
Information about review deadlines : .

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 395 000 Norwegian krone

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Oxford Research AS
Tender :
Tender identifier : Evaluering av kommuneloven av 2018 - Oxford Research AS
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Value of the tender : 3 950 000 Norwegian krone
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : Evaluering av kommuneloven av 2018 - Oxford Research AS
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 24/06/2025

6.1.4 Statistical information

Summary of the review requests the buyer received :
Number of complainants : 0
Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 5

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet
Registration number : 972 417 858
Postal address : Postboks 8112 Dep
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0032
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Julie Elise Vollmerhaus Føyn
Telephone : +47 45859538
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Oslo Tingrett
Registration number : 926725939
Postal address : Postboks 2106 Vika
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Telephone : +47 22035200
Internet address : http://www.domstol.no/otir
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Oxford Research AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 986950389
Postal address : Østre Strandgate 12
Town : Kristiansand
Postcode : 4610
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Agder ( NO092 )
Country : Norway
Telephone : +47 40005793
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : dc005519-c487-43ad-9fa5-0e912d3334e7 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 25/06/2025 07:43 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 25/06/2025 07:55 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00412027-2025
OJ S issue number : 120/2025
Publication date : 26/06/2025