Norway – Qualification - Evaluation of the Nursery Act and inspections in the nursery area.

The government wants all children to have access to an equal nursery offer of high quality. The Nursery School Act and the framework plan set requirements and frameworks for the nursery offer and the quality of kindergarten, but we do not know enough about compliance in the sector today. The Government would like to make sure that the nursery sector gets good support in the work on quality development in nurseries, cf. the national nursery strategy towards 2030, nursery school for a new era. Different evaluations, surveys and reports point out that there can be challenges with the municipality's supervision of kindergartens and the compliance with the nursery law in the sector. The Ministry of Education and Research needs comprehensive knowledge on compliance with the nursery law with regulations and the municipality ́s supervision of nurseries and the government managers ́ supervision of the municipality as a nursery authority. The aim of this assignment is to develop and establish a comprehensive knowledge basis on the compliance with the nursery law, the municipality ́s supervision of the nurseries and the authorities ́ supervision of the municipality as a nursery authority. The knowledge basis must include information on which parts of the nursery law give the greatest challenges and what prevents and ensures compliance with the rules. The assignment shall particularly be directed at nursery owners as they are responsible for compliance with the nursery law. The assignment shall also include nursery authorities as they have the responsibilities and assignments in the nursery law. In order to provide an overall picture, the tenderer (minimum) must include the following respondents: government manager, the municipality as the nursery authority, nursery owner and nursery boarder. The total cost limit for the evaluation is NOK 2 million excluding VAT. It is not possible to add self-financing as a part of the tender/offered total price in the competition. The assignm

31/12/2025

https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/42499-2025

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