Norway’s Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance said on 9 October that an evaluation by Oslo Economics found the Central Procurement Centre had saved the state NOK 1.5 billion over four years. The centre negotiates and manages shared purchasing agreements for government agencies; the ministry said this helps reduce transaction costs for public bodies and suppliers.

The ministry says public procurement exceeds NOK 800 billion a year, equivalent to more than 20% of mainland Norway’s economy, while shared agreements cover about 1.3% of total state purchasing. The 2027 budget proposal includes NOK 30 million to strengthen coordination, which the government expects to generate NOK 4.6 billion in public-sector savings over five years. The evaluation’s past savings and the future estimate are different measures; the latter is not a realised saving.