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SaaS services in the Norwegian public sector and “ have played an important role in the roll-out of e-ordering and e-catalogue tools to more than 300 public sector entities in the Norwegian market ”.

“ However , on a separate note , we have also seen a significant growth in startups dealing with support parts of the procurement process , such as supporting suppliers and public-sector entities with invoicing solutions ,” continues Hoddevik . “ We see this spreading to e-capital investments and into the full procurement chain . Suppliers therefore need to step up their game and offer value at the highest level , and that ’ s the challenge we are giving to the market .”

For all tender notifications , Difi has implemented tender service Doffin , which works to simplify the process for suppliers and contracting authorities . All parties can see all

opportunities in the public sector within the different categories on the service , which details all competitions , bids and contracts with a value of more than NOK 1.1mn . “ If we ’ re going to invest in more innovation , improve service delivery and experiences , suppliers need to be more involved and work to be better service providers as part of the procurement process ,” adds Strømsnes . “ The key thing is more involvement ; for contracting authorities to have more market knowledge before they send out tender documents , understand suppliers and how competition should be established to get the most value out of suppliers .”

Risk management Housing a high number of stakeholders which utilise Difi ’ s procurement division ,

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