The competition is for the delivery of winter maintenance of municipal places and areas in Rakkestad municipality. The procurement ́s annual value is estimated to: NOK 750,000 excluding VAT. The volume is an estimate and is not binding for the contracting authority. See the procurement documents for further information. The contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the competition, i.a. in connection with budgetary coverage and political approval. Apprentices: The contracting authority has assessed the procurement against the apprentice regulations, c.f. the Procurement Act § 5h, and concluded that there are no requirements for apprentices in this procurement as the contract ́s main element does not include work where it is relevant to use labour with vocational or craft certificates, the Procurement Act § 5h 2nd chain letter c.