StartBANK

What it is

Achilles states StartBANK was "launched in 2005 in collaboration with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)."

Achilles describes its function as one that "simplifies supplier assessment in the construction and engineering industry through efficient information sharing." It is a supplier prequalification network, not a certificate: suppliers share information through the network, and buyer members review it against their own standards. Achilles' page also notes that suppliers on the network can display "network badges and certificates demonstrating compliance with buyer requirements" — those badges and certificates belong to individual buyer requirements, not to StartBANK registration itself.

Who owns it

Achilles operates the StartBANK network; it was launched in 2005 in collaboration with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

Who assesses it

Achilles evaluates supplier information submitted to the network against its own internal benchmarking standards; buyer members then use the resulting records to assess suppliers.

Who asks for it

Buyer-driven. Achilles' own page states the network "was developed to meet increasing regulatory and risk management demands from construction and engineering customers throughout Norway," but does not name the underlying regulation. No primary legal or public-procurement source confirming a mandatory-registration rule was opened for this record — the demand driver below reflects the named construction and engineering buyers only, not a confirmed legal mandate.

Large construction and engineering firms — Achilles names Skanska, Peab and ISS among StartBANK's members — use the network to assess suppliers. Achilles' own page ties the network's origin to "increasing regulatory and risk management demands from construction and engineering customers throughout Norway," but does not identify the regulation itself, and no separate confirmation that Norwegian public-sector buyers require StartBANK registration was found for this record.