Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-07-06
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33124100 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141625 | 38000000
Estimated value: 3600000 NOK

Technical requirements: Sykehusinnkjøp HF, intends, on behalf of the companies in Helse Vest, to enter into a framework agreement with Bergman Diagnostika AS for tests for coeliac associated tissue types for the Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Department (AIT) in Helse Bergen.
The framework agreement is for tests for coeliac associated tissue types. The test will be used to examine coeliac associated tissue types in patients in Helse Vest. The test will be part of the coeliac diagnostics for adults and children together with detection of coeliac associated auto antibodies. It will be carried out on the existing equipment and will be without DNA extraction.
There are an estimated approx. 4 000 tests over the course of a year and approx. 16 000 tests over the course of the 4-year framework agreement period.
Sykehusinnkjøp carried out a market survey in autumn 2019 on behalf of the contracting authority to examine how many tenderers there are in the market and which suppliers can cover the department's need to reintroduce the work on testing for coeliac associated tissue types. A particularly important aspect is that the department does not have sufficient staff for a work-demanding analysis involving DNA extraction. The department does not currently have resources to procure extra analysis equipment.
Finds in the market survey show that the supplier Bergman Diagnostika AS can deliver a kit that can be used with the department's existing equipment. There are two tenderers who have tests that do not require DNA extraction, but only Bergman Diagnostika AS' tests can be implemented without the procurement of additional equipment for reading results. There is, therefore, only one test in the market that can fulfil the department's criteria within a reasonable time with the available resources.
The contract will be signed without a prior contest notice due to the finds in the market survey. Legal basis for procurement without a competition is in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 first paragraph letter b second point. This prior information notice is published in accordance with the provision in § 21-5.
Objections to the intention to sign a contract for tests for coeliac associated tissue types with Bergman Diagnostika AS must be directed to Sykehusinnkjøp c/o consultant Jessica H. O'Neil by 10 July 2020, 23.59. Email: jessica.jane.hovland.oneil@helse-vest-innkjop.no
Sykehusinnkjøp carried out a market survey in autumn 2019 on behalf of the contracting authority to examine how many tenderers there are in the market and which suppliers can cover the department's need to reintroduce the work on testing for coeliac associated tissue types. A particularly important aspect is that the department does not have sufficient staff for a work-demanding analysis involving DNA extraction. The department does not currently have resources to procure extra analysis equipment.
Finds in the market survey show that the supplier Bergman Diagnostika AS can deliver a kit that can be used with the department's existing equipment. There are two tenderers who have tests that do not require DNA extraction, but only Bergman Diagnostika AS' tests can be implemented without the procurement of additional equipment for reading results. There is, therefore, only one test in the market that can fulfil the department's criteria within a reasonable time with the available resources.
The contract will be signed without a prior contest notice due to the finds in the market survey. Legal basis for procurement without a competition is in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 first paragraph letter b second point. This prior information notice is published in accordance with the provision in § 21-5.


Winner: Bergman Diagnostika AS
Award value: 3600000