{
 "title": "Public consulting market: Strategy & advisory, Norway",
 "scope": {
  "country": "NOR",
  "country_name": "Norway",
  "kind": "strategy"
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-29",
 "window": "awards of the last 24 months; open calls on the update day",
 "counts": {
  "projects": 646,
  "awards_24_months": 342,
  "open_calls_now": 23,
  "framework_agreements_pct_of_awards": 49
 },
 "award_value_eur": {
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  "p25": 172000,
  "p75": 396460,
  "awards_with_value": 145,
  "note": "frameworks (their value is a ceiling) and awards above EUR 150 M left out"
 },
 "competition": {
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  "single_bid_pct": 13,
  "awards_with_bid_counts": 278
 },
 "winners": {
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   {
    "firm": "KPMG",
    "awards": 28,
    "share_pct": 8
   },
   {
    "firm": "PwC",
    "awards": 25,
    "share_pct": 7
   },
   {
    "firm": "Deloitte",
    "awards": 23,
    "share_pct": 7
   },
   {
    "firm": "BDO",
    "awards": 21,
    "share_pct": 6
   },
   {
    "firm": "EY",
    "awards": 16,
    "share_pct": 5
   },
   {
    "firm": "Menon Economics AS",
    "awards": 15,
    "share_pct": 4
   },
   {
    "firm": "Oslo Economics",
    "awards": 11,
    "share_pct": 3
   },
   {
    "firm": "CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS",
    "awards": 10,
    "share_pct": 3
   },
   {
    "firm": "Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og velferdsforskning as",
    "awards": 9,
    "share_pct": 3
   },
   {
    "firm": "Opinion AS",
    "awards": 9,
    "share_pct": 3
   }
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  "big_firms": "Big Four, Accenture, Capgemini, IBM and the strategy houses",
  "note": "an award can have several winners (consortia, lots)"
 },
 "sme_winner_pct": {
  "value": 73,
  "awards_with_winner_size": 221
 },
 "price": {
  "median_price_weight_pct": 30,
  "price_only_pct": 2,
  "awards_with_criteria": 242,
  "median_award_vs_estimate_pct": 37,
  "awards_with_estimate": 3
 },
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  {
   "buyer": "Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet",
   "awards": 20
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet",
   "awards": 17
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Miljødirektoratet",
   "awards": 13
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Digitaliseringsdirektoratet",
   "awards": 10
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Statens vegvesen",
   "awards": 10
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Norsk Helsenett SF",
   "awards": 9
  },
  {
   "buyer": "Kunnskapsdepartementet",
   "awards": 9
  },
  {
   "buyer": "STATSBYGG",
   "awards": 7
  }
 ],
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  {
   "title": "Framework agreement - Risk assessments for the Norwegian Maritime Authority",
   "buyer": "Norwegian maritime authority",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 765400,
   "closes": "2026-10-29",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/652842-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Procurement of internal audit services.",
   "buyer": "Oslo kommune v/ Boligbygg Oslo KF",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": null,
   "closes": "2026-10-29",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/647698-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "\"Likestilite kommuner\" - et følgeforskningsprosjekt",
   "buyer": "Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet (Bufdir)",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 344000,
   "closes": "2026-10-30",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/684246-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Audit Services - Externally Funded projects",
   "buyer": "Oslo Metropolitan University",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": null,
   "closes": "2026-11-03",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/682366-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Evaluation of Five Pilot Projects Testing Exemptions from Provisions of the Local Government Act, the Property Tax Act, the General Practitioner Regulations, and Other Regulatory Frameworks",
   "buyer": "Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 688000,
   "closes": "2026-11-03",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/724124-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Procurement – Framework Agreement for the Provision of Planning Services to Finnmark County Municipality",
   "buyer": "Finnmark fylkeskommune",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 1634000,
   "closes": "2026-11-06",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/737763-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Framework agreement for legal services for Nkom ́s project 'new emergency network'.",
   "buyer": "Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndighet (Nkom)",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 6880000,
   "closes": "2026-11-09",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/718028-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Real estate business Bane NOR",
   "buyer": "Samferdselsdepartementet",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 258000,
   "closes": "2026-11-09",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/691834-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "Evaluation of subsidy schemes for national minorities' language and culture",
   "buyer": "Kulturdirektoratet",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 206400,
   "closes": "2026-11-10",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/714881-2026"
  },
  {
   "title": "2026/3805 - Framework agreement for internal audit services.",
   "buyer": "Statsbygg",
   "country": "NOR",
   "value_eur": 1720000,
   "closes": "2026-11-12",
   "notice": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/706315-2026"
  }
 ],
 "coming_up_6_months": [
  {
   "title": "Knowledge acquisition of family work balance",
   "buyer": "Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet",
   "expected": "2026-11-15",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og velferdsforskning as",
   "value_eur": 172000
  },
  {
   "title": "Auditing the mapping methodology in the forestry conservation work.",
   "buyer": "Miljødirektoratet",
   "expected": "2026-12-01",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "NINA",
   "value_eur": 172000
  },
  {
   "title": "Evaluation of the Municipal Act of 2018",
   "buyer": "Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet",
   "expected": "2026-12-01",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Oxford Research AB",
   "value_eur": 33970
  },
  {
   "title": "Procurement of framework agreements for consultancy services for reviews, analyses and method development.",
   "buyer": "Jernbanedirektoratet",
   "expected": "2026-12-13",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "COWI",
   "value_eur": 10320000
  },
  {
   "title": "Framework agreement for consultancy services and tool support for route planning and simulation tool Treno/trenissimo",
   "buyer": "Jernbanedirektoratet",
   "expected": "2026-12-13",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "TRENOlab srls",
   "value_eur": 344000
  },
  {
   "title": "Working life privacy",
   "buyer": "Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet",
   "expected": "2026-12-26",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og velferdsforskning as",
   "value_eur": 129000
  },
  {
   "title": "20250064 Framework agreement for consultancy, research and analysis services.",
   "buyer": "Skatteetaten",
   "expected": "2026-12-31",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Gartner Norge AS",
   "value_eur": 1720000
  },
  {
   "title": "Evaluation of green platform",
   "buyer": "Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet",
   "expected": "2026-12-31",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse AS",
   "value_eur": 137600
  },
  {
   "title": "Contract award - Environmental inspection of landfills and recycling stations at Agder.",
   "buyer": "Avfall Sør AS",
   "expected": "2026-12-31",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Asplan Viak AS",
   "value_eur": 1376000
  },
  {
   "title": "Framework agreement Ruter Partnering, including process management/support.",
   "buyer": "Ruter As",
   "expected": "2026-12-31",
   "basis": "contract end stated in the notice",
   "current_holder": "Jubel Design AS",
   "value_eur": 1032000
  }
 ],
 "coverage": {
  "sources": {
   "TED": 646
  },
  "note": "TED covers awards above the EU thresholds; national registers (France DECP/BOAMP, Spain PLACSP, Germany, Netherlands) add some below them. Price, SME and contract-end details come mainly from TED eForms, so their counts are given with each figure."
 },
 "market_page": "https://arquestra.dev/markets/en/nor-strategy",
 "cite": {
  "text": "Source: Arquestra Consulting Market Radar (arquestra.dev), Strategy & advisory, Norway, data of 2026-10-29",
  "url": "https://arquestra.dev/assets/consulting?country=NOR&kinds=strategy&status=awarded&src=agent-card",
  "how": "Quote figures with this source and give the url: it opens the same view on the radar, where the user can search and narrow further."
 }
}