Intention notice

Østfold University College intends to enter into a contract with a tenderer for the provision of highly specialised consultancy and analysis services as part of a four year research project. The procurement concerns assistance for the development and use of agent-based models and scenario building for the analysis of social and economic interactions in local communities in the border areas between Norway and Russia. The services shall support the research project's work with analysing developments in the Russian economy and industry, social conditions and domestic political development, political and economic scope in regions near the Norwegian border and the importance of border cooperation for regional economic development in the north. The contract includes developing and adapting an agent-based model for social and economic interactions in local communities, modelling organisations/companies, the labour market and industry structures (including NACE codes), integrating registry data and other relevant data sources, preparing scenarios and analyses based on the model and assisting the research group with special expertise connected to Russia and the border area Norway-Russia. Based on market surveys and previous experience, the contracting authority estimates that LOS Analytics AS is the only service provider that fulfils these requirements in total. Any tenderers who believe they have the necessary competence and capacity to provide equivalent services, are requested to contact by 08.05.2026 at the latest.