Commissioned studies, methodology scoring and the right to publish
A commissioned study is bought for a decision the buyer has to make, and the tender usually states the decision. That matters because the strongest bids answer the decision rather than the question as written: they say what the study can and cannot establish, what the sample will support, and where the evidence will remain thin. Evaluation in this category is weighted heavily toward methodology, and a proposal that claims certainty the method cannot deliver is scored down by any competent panel.
The practical constraints are access and ethics. Studies that involve interviews, survey respondents or administrative data need approvals before fieldwork begins, and the timetable for those approvals is frequently longer than the fieldwork itself. Data protection obligations govern how personal data is collected, stored, anonymised and destroyed, and the contract normally names the roles of each party in handling it. A bid whose programme starts fieldwork immediately after award has usually not accounted for this.
Ownership and publication are negotiated terms with real consequences. Public buyers commonly take ownership of the report and the underlying data, reserve the right to publish, and require the raw data and code in a reusable form so the analysis can be reproduced. Researchers often want the right to publish independently, and the compromise is usually a delay period rather than a veto. Bidders should also read the clause on findings the buyer dislikes: the credible contracts protect the researcher's conclusions explicitly, and the absence of that protection tells you something about the commission.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys research and studies in Norway?
GlobalGov holds 34 research and studies records from 27 distinct buying organisations in Norway. The most frequent publishers are Miljødirektoratet (2 records); Statsbygg (2 records); Alstahaug Kommune (1 record); Akershus fylkeskommune (1 record); Digitaliseringsdirektoratet (1 record); Education, Education, Education (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 24% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miljødirektoratet | 2 | 5.9% |
| Statsbygg | 2 | 5.9% |
| Alstahaug Kommune | 1 | 2.9% |
| Akershus fylkeskommune | 1 | 2.9% |
| Digitaliseringsdirektoratet | 1 | 2.9% |
| Education, Education, Education | 1 | 2.9% |
What are research and studies contracts worth in Norway?
18 of the 34 records publish a contract value. The median is $665,000 and the largest single published value is $21.6M. By size, 10 between $100k and $1M, 5 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 16 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 10 | 56% |
| between $1M and $10M | 5 | 28% |
| above $10M | 3 | 17% |
How long do bidders get to respond to research and studies tenders in Norway?
Across the 14 Norway research and studies notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 33 days. A quarter of them allowed 29 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 34. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are research and studies tenders published in Norway?
Norway published 22 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 26, spread across 18 separate months of activity since 25 May 2020. May is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Norway compare with other research and studies markets?
Among the 25 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable research and studies market, Norway ranks 20th by number of records. The largest is France (1,079 records against 34 here). Within Norway itself, research and studies is the 59th largest of the 61 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Norway research and studies records on this page come from?
These 34 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (34). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Research and Studies tenders in Norway
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical research and studies notice in Norway is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
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