Procurement of eight young dogs for a search dog – the Police and the Norwegian Correctional Service.

The Police and the Norwegian Correctional Service need eight young dogs for search dogs for delivery by the end of April 2026. The need can be met with green dog, or trained dog. The tender offer with the best overall score will win the competition and a contract will be awarded for delivery.

The suitability test will be carried out as agreed in week 15/2026 at the Norwegian Police Education Centre in Kongsvinger.

Search dogs have education in responding and highlighting the different types of odour pictures in different environments.

In the search dogs category, dogs are trained to search for, for example, but not limited to drugs, flammable fluids, explosives, blood, semen, currency, weapons, buried corpses and corpses.

The dogs must be able to work in different types of environments such as, among other things, inside, outside, height, darkness, movable surfaces and dark surfaces and dark surfaces. The search dog shall tolerate the mental stress this can cause.

The current breeds are mainly based on retriever breeds and spaniel breeds.

The final approval and sufficient financing are subject to signing of the contract before the contract is signed.