Arendal municipality shall enter into a framework agreement for the delivery of medicines and packing multi-doses. The objective of the procurement is to ensure safe, efficient and cost saving handling of medicines. The municipality focuses on good cooperation between the parties in order to ensure good routines and procedures so that indirect costs are reduced and at the same time that medicines and multi-dose packing shall be delivered at competitive prices. Reducing indirect costs means that health personnel shall spend as much time as possible controlling multi-doses, driving to pharmacies and telephones. The contract does not include pharmaceutical services such as consultancy, audits/inspections,