Norway – Business development consultancy services – Intention notice Signing of contract for new services Trøndelag fylkeskommune and Trøndelag reiseliv AS

Trøndelag county has considered extending the regional tourism assignment to Trøndelag reiseliv AS in order to assess possible coordination of the county ́s food and tourism assignment for Trøndelag. The county ́s grants for the assignments represent significant expense items in the county ́s budget, and it is therefore considered important to look at the possibility of obtaining more for these grants. Ref. also FT-sak 128/23 with a decision on deductions in the county's operating budget, and HUNI case 47/25 where the county director suggested some savings measures. The County Director believes this is the right time to further assess the coordination potential between the assignments. There are now three years left of the period where Oi! Support can be given within group exceptions (government aid regulations). After this time the assignment must be outsourced to competition. If the new tender process for the four-year tourism assignment is initiated in accordance with the plan in 2026, it will be necessary to decide on further financing of the food assignment in the middle of the tourism assignment's next tender period. It is considered to be inappropriate. It is considered important to assess the coordination potential before deciding on future financing of the food assignment. The value of the additional service is NOK 9,500,000.