Contracting out local park and road services: Insights from Oslo

Utsetting av lokale park- og veitjenester til private i stor skala: En norsk case-studie

The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of how municipalities organise local technical services. It also provides insights into different views related to outsourcing of park and road services in a large Norwegian municipality, which has introduced competitive tendering for all its park and road maintenance services. The contribution shows that these sectors have been r-eorganised several times. Originally the municipality performed its road maintenance tasks in-house via Oslo vei (Oslo Road), which in 2001 became a municipality-owned stock enterprise. In 2012, it went bankrupt. Oslo carried out its park services in-house until it founded a municipal operation enterprise, Park og Idrett oslo KF (Park and sports), which was dissolved in 2009. When the Agency for Urban Environment was established in 2011, the municipality also stopped carrying out park services in-house. Since 2012 maintenance of park and road services has been procured. This case study is primarily based on interviews with employees in the city of Oslo.

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  https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/T%C3%98I%20rapporter/2016/1521-2016/1521-2016-sam.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Institute of Transport Economics/Transportøkonomisk Institutt. Report in Norwegian.
• Authors:
  • Leiren, Merethe Dotterud
  • Solfjeld, Ingjerd
• Publication Date: 2016-10

Language

• English
• Norwegian

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 28p
• Serial:
  • TØI Report
  • Issue Number: 1521/2016
  • Publisher: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  • ISSN: 0808-1190
  • EISSN: 2535-5104
  • Serial URL: https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Competition; Contracting out; Highway maintenance; Parks; Private enterprise
• Geographic Terms: Oslo (Norway)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01633583
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248017561
• Contract Numbers: 4132
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 4 2017 2:55PM