EL-26-12 Concession Agreement BPA (new announcement)

About the procurement Elverum municipality will continue its user choice scheme for user-controlled personal assistance (BPA) and needs to enter into new concession contracts with suppliers who can provide BPA services to users in the municipality. Clarification of terms BPA: User-controlled Personal Assistance. An alternative way to organize practical assistance and training for people with disabilities. BPA gives people greater opportunity to control their services and daily lives themselves. Service concession: A concession contract is a service contract where the remuneration consists either exclusively of the right to exploit the services or such a right together with payment, and where the operating risk is transferred from the client to the supplier, cf. regulation on concession contracts. User choice scheme: The user chooses which supplier they want to perform the service. Health and Care Services Act of 24.06.2011 no. 30: Effective from 01.01.2012. Legal basis for awarding BPA, along with the Patient and User Rights Act of 02.07.1999. About the procurement Elverum municipality will continue the user choice scheme for BPA. This means that users who have a decision on BPA can choose between private suppliers who have been granted a concession. Elverum municipality therefore invites suppliers to apply for a concession to provide BPA services to users in the municipality. The scheme involves the municipality approving suppliers who meet the requirements of the competition. Users then choose a supplier from the approved suppliers. The concession award will result in new contracts being entered into with BPA providers. Elverum municipality has spent approximately NOK 61 million on BPA in the period June 2025 to May 2026. This corresponds to approximately 115,100 user hours per year, distributed among approximately 44 users. However, it is emphasized that the client does not commit to any specific volume, as changes in needs, budget, and routines may affect the total volume. About the service concession scheme The purpose of the service concession scheme is to facilitate that users of BPA have a real choice regarding which suppliers they wish to provide the services (user choice). At the same time, the scheme shall contribute to ensuring that users receive the help they are entitled to under the Health and Care Services Act and the Patient and User Rights Act. A service concession scheme is an administrative award where the client sets conditions for approving suppliers. The scheme works by suppliers who meet the given service concession conditions being granted the right to offer BPA in Elverum municipality upon application. The operating risk lies entirely with the supplier. The remuneration consists of the right to provide the service and receive payment for it. The client determines the price that will apply to the service, cf. general contract terms. The following applies to the scheme: Any supplier who meets the concession conditions and minimum requirements will have their application for a concession granted. A supplier who has been granted a concession will be able to provide services to the users who choose that supplier through user choice. There is no purchase obligation for Elverum municipality. There are equal terms for suppliers both in the process leading up to and in the service concession scheme itself. See the requirements specification and attached competition basis for further information. Client: Abakus AS Delivery location: Innlandet Estimated value: 61,000,000 NOK Also published on TED (EU threshold)