Release 6 – Artifik Support

Sprint 6 was released on May 26th, 2026.

This version provides contracting authorities with more flexibility in the procurement process, strengthens contract workflows, and improves collaboration with suppliers in consortium and subcontractor bids.

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🏢 For Contracting Authorities
📦 For Suppliers
📋 General Improvements
💬 Support and Questions

🏢 For Contracting Authorities

Tagging in Specifications – Use Supplier Responses Directly in Smart Contracts

You can now tag supplier requests in specifications and link the supplier’s responses directly to smart contracts.

Eliminates manual copying of supplier responses into the contract
Provides better flow and structure in smart contracts

Benefit: Smoother transition from the bidding phase to contract signing without duplicated work.

📌Read more: Smart Contracts

New Dashboard for Planned Procurements

The listing page for planned procurements has been rebuilt into a dashboard with extended planning capabilities.

Analyze total number of planned procurements, planned this month, and over the coming quarter
Add and update estimated contract start date and the estimated publishing date for better overview

Benefit: Better planning visibility and more efficient resource management.

📌Read more: Planning dashboard

Publish Contract Award for DPS and Intent Announcements

Intent Announcements: Contract award announcements can now be published to both Doffin and TED.
DPS Competitions: Contract award announcements are now also sent to TED, in addition to Doffin which was previously supported.

Benefit: Fulfill the announcement obligation in Doffin and TED also for these procedures, directly in Artifik.

📌Read more: Announce Contract Signing

Specify Allowed Languages for Responses

You can now select allowed response languages per procurement, instead of the system always allowing Norwegian and English.

Benefit: You only receive bids in the languages you have actually opened for in the announcement.

Tasks and Approvals in Contract Templates

Support for tasks and approvals is now also available in smart contract templates.

Add tasks and approval workflows directly in smart contract templates
Improves internal review and control in contract preparation

Benefit: Better internal control and more structured preparation of smart contracts.

📌Read more: Tasks in KGV

Export Published Q&A as PDF

You can now download all published questions and answers from a procurement as one combined PDF.

Includes only published Q&A entries
Shows questions, answers, attachment names, publication time, and who published
Marks Q&A entries transferred from messages via AI

Benefit: Complete, archive-friendly documentation of the Q&A history on a procurement.

📌Read more: Questions and answers

Logo on PDF Export of Procurement

You can now upload a custom logo to be included in the PDF export of the procurement.

Benefit: Professional presentation of the procurement—without extra steps.

📌Read more: Configurations on organizations

Extended Access for Team Admins on Framework Agreements and DPS

Users who are administrators on the team for a framework agreement or DPS qualification now have full access to associated mini-competitions, call-offs, and DPS competitions on behalf of subordinate and sister organizations, without needing a separate organizational role.

Benefit: Easier access management in corporate structures. You don’t need to grant users broad organizational roles just so they can create or follow competitions and call-offs under a common framework agreement or DPS.

Procurement Information on Dynamic Purchasing System

It is now possible to use the field for Procurement information on DPS. This way you can add information about the DPS directly in Artifik instead of using a file attachment. The field can only contain text.

Reverse Award Decision

You can now reverse the awarding and make a new award decision in an ongoing competition. For example, after a complaint from a supplier during the grace period, or if errors are discovered before the contract is signed.

Send updated award letters again to all affected suppliers
Previously awarded suppliers are shown as a basis for the new evaluation

Benefit: Handle complaints and corrections directly in Artifik with full traceability on why the decision was changed.

The following limitations apply:

For standard contracts without lots, you can re-award at any time before the contract is signed.
For standard contracts with lots, you can re-award up until the contract draft is created.
For framework agreements, you can re-award up until the contract draft is created.

📌Read more: Award Contract to Supplier

📦 For Suppliers

Improvements for Consortium and Subcontractors

The workflow for consortia and subcontractors has been improved.

Subcontractors and consortium members can now upload documentation directly when confirming support

Benefit: Clearer process and better document handling in collaborative bids.

📌Read more: Consortium as a Supplier

New Signing Flow for Bid Signing

The signing flow related to bid signing has been improved.

More detailed and informative signing flow
Easier to switch languages in the signing flow

Benefit: A more robust signing solution with multiple alternative signing methods.

📌Read more: Signing Responses

📋 General Improvements

Signicat v2 Upgrade

We have upgraded the platform to Signicat v2 for better compatibility with the latest signing and authentication options.

Benefit: More robust and future-proof solution for electronic signing.

Stability and Performance

This version also includes a number of technical and usability improvements:

20+ bug fixes across procurement and contract workflows
12+ improvements in stability, performance, and user-friendliness

Benefit: A more stable, reliable, and efficient user experience in Artifik.

💬 Support and Questions

Do you have questions about this version or need assistance?

Contact our support team – we are happy to help.

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