About the procurement Stimulab project Kunnskapskraft - decision support for Norwegian municipalities shall explore how municipalities can get better support to find, understand, assess and utilise knowledge in decisions on health, care and public health measures. The project shall particularly be based on the needs of employees who prepare decision basis, municipal managers and local politicians. The ambition is to develop systems that contribute to a knowledge based decision-making and prioritising culture in the municipalities by enabling knowledge to reach and be in use. Information/tips for suppliers Stimulants is earmarked for the procurement of competence in the market. For those who are, or would like to become a supplier for Stimulab projects, read more about tips, information and previously asked questions here: https://www.digdir.no/stimulab/leverandorer-til-stimulab/1885For further information on this Stimulabance procurement, see the attached documents in Mercell.

The nature of the procurement is consultancy services, including "design competence" and "other relevant additional competence" where the main competence lies within service design, which is typically carried out as desk work. The work can include some, but typically limited travel activities. The main service is the consultant ́s work effort. In order to map the climate footprint and other forms of environmental impact from the nature of consultancy services, the Directorate assumes that a consultant ́s climate footprint and environmental impact will be equal to the load from an average permanent employee. In the view of the Directorate, it is the employee ́s need for office space and equipment, the energy consumption in the building where jobs are in, travel for work, and waste generation that contributes to the employee ́s climate footprint and environmental impact. However, the Directorate estimates that none of the above elements fall within the nature of the procurement, which is a consultancy service. The elements that are related to the species, i.e. assistance with design competence that is provided, lead to an immaterial climate footprint and environmental impact. Based on its assessment, the Directorate will use the exception in the Procurement Act § 5b third section, because the procurement is justified in its nature to have an immaterial climate footprint and environmental impact. The Directorate is therefore exempted from the obligation to weight climate and environmental considerations with a minimum of 30 percent or to prioritise climate and environmental considerations among the three highest prioritised award criteria.