Torstein Arendt

Examples of projects in which Torstein has provided legal assistance include:

• Operation of the Altinn platform
• Operation of "ID Porten"
• “One Citizen, One Medical Record” for the Directorate of Health
• Procurement of proton therapy centres for the South-Eastern and Western Norway Regional Health Authorities
• Development of new register systems for the Brønnøysund Register Centre
• Procurement assignments for the Norwegian Government Procurement Centre (SI)
• Drafting of the SSA-F agreement for the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) (pre-commercial procurement under the R&D exemption)
• Drafting of the SSA-L agreement
• Various research and development contracts
• Various cases concerning conflict of interest
• Access to documents and appeals related to procurement matters
• Various questions regarding intellectual property rights in software
• Advising on the use of Microsoft cloud services for Norwegian Health Network
• Procurement of a nationwide fibre network for hospitals in Norway – Norwegian Health Network
• Establishment of the Health Analytics Platform for Norwegian Health Network
• Procurement of COVID-19 vaccines and extension of contracts relating to pandemic preparedness for the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI)
• Assessment of the legality of making audiovisual recordings in child welfare cases for the Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (BUFDIR)
• Assessment of universal design of ICT in the workplace for BUFDIR
• Assessment of the definition of “non-profit organisations” for BUFDIR
• Advising on cloud services and data protection in connection with cloud storage
• Advising on the possibility of using oral interviews/negotiations in dynamic purchasing systems
• Procurements relating to Østfold Hospital, the Radium Hospital, extensions to Rikshospitalet, the new hospitals at Gaustad and Aker, and Viken/Drammen Hospital for Sykehusbygg
• DFØ’s procurement of banking services for all government entities
• Avinor’s Remote Towers project (unmanned control towers for air traffic)
• Numerous other legal assessments and digitalisation projects

Torstein has advised a wide range of government clients, including: the Brønnøysund Register Centre, the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency, the Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir/Bufetat), Norwegian Health Network, the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ), the Directorate of Health, the Directorate for e-Health, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), SIKT, the University of Oslo, NTNU, Sykehusbygg, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, Northern Norway Health ICT Trust, Avinor Air Navigation Services, NRK, the Directorate of Culture, and the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI). Torstein has also provided legal counsel to numerous private sector entities within the same legal fields.

Torstein possesses practical experience with all standard ICT agreements and is recognised as one of Norway’s leading experts on SSA agreements. He has regularly conducted courses on SSA agreements since 2012.