Rogaland Revision IKS, Romerike Revision IKS, Agder Municipality Audit IKS and Viken municipal audits IKS and Vestfold and Telemark revision IKS and Sørlandet municipality audit IKS will enter into a cooperation agreement on management audits, ownership control and associated services. The parties to the cooperation agreement carry out statutory management audits and ownership control for control committees in municipalities and counties. The aim of the cooperation is to contribute to give the contracting parties ́ ownership municipalities delivery security, increased quality by carrying out statutory assignments that are common to all owner municipalities and cost efficiency. Stavanger municipality has assisted the parties in the cooperation agreement with the notice, and Stavanger municipality is therefore not the contracting authority. The core of the cooperation is that one or several parties can get assistance from the other parties in cases where the competence and resource situation makes it appropriate to cooperate within the contract. It is a fundamental prerequisite that each party shall both receive and provide assistance through the cooperation. The cooperation will be entered into between public contracting authorities, applies to public assignments and the purpose of the cooperation is common for the parties. The cooperation shall only be carried out for public interests. The financial transactions in the cooperation shall be limited to cost coverage, possibly with the addition of some profit, provided that such any gains are reinvested in the service that the cooperation applies to. The contract value is judgementally set at NOK 5,000,000 excluding VAT. This indicates a total value of deliveries in accordance with the cooperation agreement. None of the participants in the collaboration have turnover to others than the owners that exceed 20 %. Emphasis is put on the fact that the cooperation is based on a pricing mechanism that ensures that the person who performs work for the other cooperation partners does not achieve financial gains or losses, and that the cooperation is exclusively managed by public interests. Deliveries shall, in accordance with the cooperation agreement, occur at hourly rates that are limited to cost coverage, possibly with the addition of a certain profit provided that any gains are reinvested in the service that the cooperation applies to. The contract is ongoing. The notice is in accordance with the public procurement regulations § 21-5, pursuant to § 3-3.