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What Is a Works Contract (Bygge- og anleggskontrakt, Norway)?
This is a Norwegian procurement term. A contract for carrying out building or civil engineering work, with its own EEA threshold value.
What counts as a works contract?
A contract for the execution, or the design and execution, of building or civil engineering works, or for the realisation of a work meeting the buyer's specified requirements.
What is the threshold?
Works contracts have their own EEA threshold, considerably higher than the one for goods and services. Check the current figure before relying on it.
What is special about works contracts in Norway?
The seriousness requirements, apprentice requirements and limits on subcontractor tiers apply most strictly here, and standard contracts from the NS series are widely used.
