The competition is for the delivery of wheel loaders with service agreements. Some of the need is options. Participants in the procurement: SØIR IKS is owned by Elverum, Trysil and Åmot municipalities. Sirkula IKS is owned by Hamar, Løten, Ringsaker and Stange municipalities. GLØR IKS is owned by Gausdal, Lillehammer and Øyer municipalities. The value of the procurement is estimated to be above the EEA threshold. The volume is an estimate and is not binding for the contracting authority. See the procurement documents for further information. The contract is subject to cancellation of the competition, i.a. for budgetary coverage, including board approvals. The contracting authority has assessed the procurement against the apprentice regulations, c.f. the Procurement Act § 7 and concluded that apprentices are not required in this procurement as the procurement is a procurement, cf. the apprentice regulations § 4. The Public Procurement Regulations § 7-9, the fourth section, will apply for group 2 in this procurement. The main performance of the procurement is vehicles, of which the largest environmental impact is in possible emissions resulting from fossile fuel. An electric wheeled loader shall be procured in Group 3. This gives a better effect on climate and the environment than using fuel technology as the award criteria, as there is a risk that suppliers would otherwise deliver fuel technology with major emissions.