Framework agreements for the preparation of care plans and the professional basis for terrestrial nature (1)

Tender summary

The government managers have, as the management authority for protected areas and threatened nature, a need for professional reports on occurrences of species and types of nature and conditions that affect them. Government managers also have a need for the preparation and revision of care plans for terrestrial nature types, in accordance with established templates and standards. The assignments ́s size will vary a lot, from simple care plans, to comprehensive reports. The procurement is divided into the following two disciplines: A. Care Plans: Preparation and revision of care plans for terrestrial nature types, in accordance with established templates and standards. B. Professional basis: Mapping and preparation of professional basis/professional reports/preservation targets for protected areas, species and nature types, including the red-list. Each discipline is further divided into the following geographical areas: 1. South: Agder + Rogaland 2. East: Oslo, Akershus, Østfold and Buskerud + Vestfold and Telemark 3. West: Vestland + Møre og Romsdal 4. Mid: Inland + Trøndelag 5. North: Nordland + Troms and Finnmark Tenderers can choose to submit tenders for one or both disciplines and one or several of the geographical areas. The procurement is divided into a total of ten sub-contracts. The contracting authorities under the framework agreements are the Government Manager's joint services (STAF) and the Government Managers. All national parks and protected areas can also enter into the agreement at any time. Such national park and protected areas are/can be governed by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. See the overview of the contracting authorities in Annex F-1 Framework Agreement. The framework agreements ́ total estimated value is NOK 30-50 million excluding VAT. The value is only an estimate based on grants in recent years and is without obligations for the contracting authority ́s future procurements. There is great uncertainty connected to the value of the contract as there are large variations in the sizes of the annual awards government managers receive for this work.

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• Issued by Statsforvalterens fellestjenester (STAF).
• Located in Norway.
• Source notice 289077-2026 on TED.
• Notice published 28 Apr 2026; Tenqual indexed it 30 Apr 2026.
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