Transforming Procurement in Norway's Healthcare Sector with Ivalua and KPMG

Sykehusinnkjøp HF, the group purchasing organization (GPO) for the specialized healthcare sector in Norway, has selected Ivalua's spend management platform.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ivalua, a global leader in spend and supplier management, and its partner KPMG Norway today announced that Sykehusinnkjøp HF, one of the largest procurement organizations in the Norwegian public sector, has selected Ivalua to digitalize its category, sourcing, and contract management processes.

Sykehusinnkjøp HF, or "Norwegian Hospital Procurement Trust," is jointly owned by the four Norwegian health authorities. The GPO functions as a purchasing center for the specialized healthcare sector in Norway, and therefore oversees the strategic (upstream) procurement for Norwegian hospitals. The organization provides specialized procurement services that empower healthcare entities under its umbrella to improve their financial performance, enhance supply chain resilience, and establish innovative, future-oriented health services. Collectively, Norwegian healthcare organizations purchase goods, equipment, and services worth approximately €5 billion annually.

Ivalua's S2P platform will replace several different solutions. The partnership includes the signature of a national framework agreement that allows health organizations to also select Ivalua's platform.

"Ivalua's solution will allow us to manage the entire procurement process from one joint platform. The solution will allow further digitization of our processes and simplify the working dialogue with both the health trusts and suppliers. It will also contribute to more standardization of processes tied to category, sourcing and contract management processes, with an increased focus on savings, risk and ESG for both ourselves and the health trusts we serve. In addition, the solution will also support improved intake, portfolio management and potentially spend," said Bente Hayes, CEO of Sykehusinnkjøp HF.

"Ivalua is very proud to have been selected by one of the most prestigious customers in the Nordic public sector market, Sykehusinnkjøp HF, to deliver the next-generation procurement experience to internal users and suppliers. We look forward to transforming, innovating, and enhancing supplier collaboration through our partnership," said Henrik Nyberg, Sales Director for Northern Europe at Ivalua.

"After working in close partnership with Ivalua to meet the requirements for Sykehusinnkjøp's future digital procurement solution, KPMG is incredibly proud to be selected for this procurement transformation and delivery of the Ivalua platform. With this selection, we look forward to enabling a further digitalization of the procurement activities in Sykehusinnkjøp through the implementation of the Ivalua platform," said Martin Molnberg, Partner – Procurement Transformation & Digitalization at KPMG Norway. 

About Ivalua 

Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based, Spend Management software powered by AI agents. Our unified Source-to-Pay platform enables businesses to better manage all categories of spend and all suppliers, increasing profitability, improving sustainability, lowering risk and boosting employee productivity. We are trusted by hundreds of the world's most admired brands and recognized as a leader by Gartner and other analysts. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.

About KPMG

By combining the Ivalua platform with KPMG's expertise and technology, we are creating the digital procurement functions of the future.

Together, KPMG and Ivalua aim to deliver the best procurement solutions in the market by combining leading procurement practices with the technology platform of the future. KPMG offer full services and act as both a supplier and advisor, from implementation to maintenance and further development after the business has gone "live". Ivalua and KPMG have collaborated globally for more than ten years, and in 2021 the Norwegian and Nordic collaboration began. KPMG has in recent years received the awards "Most Valuable Ivalua Partner of the Year" in the UK and the Nordics, "Global Ivalua Partner of the Year" (six times in a row), and EMEA Partner of the Year. We are proud to partner with Ivalua.

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