Tenders in Norway

Public procurement in Norway

Key facts for bidders, checked against official sources (2026-10). General information, not legal advice. Always confirm the rules in the tender documents and on the official portal.

Main procurement law

Public Procurement Act (Lov om offentlige anskaffelser, LOV-2016-06-17-73) (2016) — implements the EU public procurement directives

Regulator

Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ)

Official portal

Doffin

WTO procurement agreement

Norway is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): above set value thresholds, suppliers from other GPA parties must be treated like local ones.

Foreign bidders

Norway is not an EU member but applies the EU procurement directives, including 2014/24/EU, through the EEA Agreement. It is also a party to the WTO GPA, so suppliers from EEA and GPA countries have access to covered contracts.

Notice languages

Norwegian

Currency

NOK

Good to know

Amendments in force since 1 July 2026 raised the threshold at which the Act applies from NOK 100,000 to NOK 500,000 (excluding VAT). Contracts above the national threshold must be announced on Doffin, the national notice database run by DFØ.

Trade snapshot

GDP (2025)

US$530.8 billion

Exports (2025)

US$240.8 billion in goods and services

Imports (2025)

US$178.8 billion in goods and services

Trade share (2025)

79% of GDP

Average tariff (2022)

2.3% (applied, trade-weighted, all products)

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Norway on FreeTender right now

1,791 open notices; the busiest sectors are financial & professional services (401), construction & infrastructure (275), it & telecom (130), water & environment (111) and education & training (95).

Most active buyers: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF (146), Forsvarsbygg (49), Statsbygg (41), STATSBYGG (40), FORSVARSMATERIELL (33).

Sources: lovdata.no · anskaffelser.no · dfo.no · wto.org

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