The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services is considering two private member's bills to strengthen the nonprofit sector in health and care services. The committee majority (Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party) asks the government to submit a bill on a registry system and legal definition of nonprofit welfare organizations for public consultation by the end of 2026, and to instruct health trusts to use sheltered procurement for nonprofit providers with long-term contracts. Members from the Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, and Red Party additionally ask the government to work toward phasing out competitive bidding in favour of in-house provision and long-term partnerships with nonprofit actors. The Progress Party and Conservative Party oppose reserving bids for nonprofits, arguing it weakens competition among private, nonprofit, and public providers.
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The Storting asks the government to follow up on parliamentary resolution No. 87 (2024–2025) and submit by the end of 2026 a bill on registration that includes a legal definition of nonprofit welfare organizations for public consultation.
The Storting asks the government immediately to instruct all health trusts to conduct sheltered procurement processes for nonprofit providers where competitive bidding is used. Contracts must be long-term.
The Storting asks the government to consider establishing an innovation and start-up support scheme for nonprofit providers in health and care services. This study must be carried out in collaboration with the nonprofit sector.
The Storting asks the government to report in each state budget on nonprofit growth in specialist health services and how health trusts are using the opportunity to reserve bids for nonprofits.
The Storting asks the government to instruct health trusts to use spare capacity in the nonprofit sector and not to establish services that compete directly with existing services run by nonprofit organizations.
The Storting asks the government to ensure that quality, continuity, and values are weighted more heavily than price in procurement of health and care services.
The Storting asks the government to ensure that health trusts reserve bids for nonprofit actors in welfare sectors where competitive bidding is currently the procurement method used. Contracts must be long-term.
The Storting asks the government to begin work on phasing out competitive bidding as a procurement method in health and care services and replacing it with a strengthened in-house offering and long-term partnerships with nonprofit actors.