Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2021-06-29
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33000000
Estimated value: 67794190 NOK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Lääketieteelliset laitteet, farmaseuttiset valmisteet ja henkilökohtaiseen hygieniaan liittyvät tuotteet
Sykehusinnkjøp HF divisjon Vest, on behalf of Helse Bergen HF, started work in autumn 2019 for the procurement of new syringe and infusion pumps. The intention of the procurement is to cover Helse Bergen HF's need to replace old equipment in the form of a fleet procurement and framework agreements for equipment, training, service, and equipment-dependent consumables.
Due to the urgent procurement of syringe and infusion pumps during the Covid-19 pandemic, the terms for the contest are no longer fulfilled.
Sykehusinnkjøp is assisting Helse Bergen HF with getting contracts in place for procurements that have already been made, as well as for the remaining need to replacement the fleet.
Background for the voluntary ex-ante transparency notice/award of contract - justification for a direct enquiry with Becton Dickinson Norway AS Sykehusinnkjøp HF divisjon Vest, on behalf of Helse Bergen HF, started work in autumn 2019 for the procurement of new syringe and infusion pumps. The intention of the procurement is to cover Helse Bergen HF's need to replace old equipment in the form of a fleet procurement and framework agreements for equipment, training, service, and equipment-dependent consumables.
The work was started with a market analysis and subsequent dialogue meetings at Haukeland University Hospital on 15 October 2019. The project group started to work on the contest documents and these were put out for a hearing in February 2020. After reviewing the response to the hearing, the decision was made to postpone the contest until after summer 2020, as several tenderers would have new equipment later in the year. We would like to procure the newest technology possible, as the equipment will be in operation for at least 10 years.
At the end of February 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic broke out and Helse Bergen HF ordered 900 volume and syringe pumps from BD (supplier of the existing fleet) as an urgent procurement in order to have more intensive care capacity together with the procurement of several ventilators. Due to the pandemic, the terms for an urgent procurement were fulfilled, cf. the public procurement regulations, section 13-4, first paragraph, letter a. As Helse Bergen made this urgent procurement from Becton Dickinson Norway AS, it is also necessary to establish contracts with this tenderer, as it is almost impossible due to technical reasons and several types of equipment will be vital for patient safety. Syringe and infusion pumps are an integrated part of hospital operations. Comprehensive training is required for all personnel, as well as ICT integration (both hardware and software) for automatic data acquisition to an electronic curve (MEONA).
Based on this conditions a call for tenders cannot be implemented and the terms in the Public Procurement Regulations' § 13-4 first section, letter b, No 2 are therefore fulfilled.
Sykehusinnkjøp HF therefore intends to sign a framework agreement for the procurement of syringe and infusion pumps on behalf of Helse Bergen HF. The contract comprises the procurement of a total of 2 400 pumps, including the 900 that have already been procured, as well as accompanying equipment. The contract also includes training, as well as an option for service after the guarantee period has expired. A framework agreement will also be signed for equipment-dependent consumables, which will be valid for as long as the equipment is in use at the contracting authority.
At the end of February 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic broke out and Helse Bergen HF ordered 900 volume and syringe pumps from BD (supplier of the existing fleet) as an urgent procurement in order to have more intensive care capacity together with the procurement of several ventilators. Due to the pandemic, the terms for an urgent procurement were fulfilled, cf. the public procurement regulations, section 13-4, first paragraph, letter a. As Helse Bergen made this urgent procurement from BD, it is also necessary to establish contracts with this tenderer, as it is almost impossible due to technical reasons and several types of the equipment will be vital for patient safety. Syringe and infusion pumps are an integrated part of hospital operations. Comprehensive training is required for all personnel, as well as ICT integration (both hardware and software) for automatic data acquisition to an electronic curve (MEONA).
Based on this conditions a call for tenders cannot be implemented and the terms in the Public Procurement Regulations' § 13-4 first section, letter b, no. 2 are therefore fulfilled.


Winner: Becton Dickinson Norway AS
Award value: 67794190