Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-05-04
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33141500 | 38434520 | 38434570
Estimated value: 2400000 NOK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The contracting authority intends to sign a 4-year leasing contract with Siemens Healthineers for one haematology instrument equivalent to those currently used in the laboratory. The current instrument has an estimated lifetime of 10 years. The existing instrument at the lab is now over 10 year olds and the age of the instrument can carry the risk of not being able to maintain stable operation in the laboratory.
Hammerfest Hospital intends to sign a 4-year lease contract for the haematology instrument Advia 2121i from Siemens Healthineers. The laboratory currently has the same type of instrument that is now 10 years olds. The new Hammerfest Hospital will be completed in 2024. In order to maintain satisfactory operation until the new hospital laboratory is finished, new procurements must be planned at the same time as the existing laboratory at the old hospital must be operated responsibly.
Hiring an instrument during a transitional period until operating in a new hospital is established is considered most appropriate. In this way, the competition in connection with moving to a new hospital building is not limited. There is a great shortage of personnel at the hospital in Hammerfest, and in a transitional phase until a new hospital has been completed, it is necessary for patient safety that the developed competence can be used throughout the day via the same methods of analysis, document management and skills/training. It is extremely important to have a seamless transfer to a new instrument without new method validations/adaptations, software training, or other factors that require extra use of the laboratory’s resources. In addition, we also want to procure new equipment before we have a comprehensive plan for the instrument park for the new hospital laboratory.
It is only Siemens Healthineers that can deliver an instrument that can safeguard the necessary requirements in the relevant contract period, cf. the public procurement regulation § 13-4 letter b no 2.
The contract is estimated to have a value of NOK 2.4 million over a 4-year period. The estimated value includes the purchase of reagents, service contracts and installation costs for a new instrument in the contract period.
Hammerfest Hospital intends to sign a 4-year lease contract for the haematology instrument Advia 2121i from Siemens Healthineers. The laboratory currently has the same type of instrument that is now 10 year olds. The new Hammerfest Hospital will be completed in 2024. In order to maintain satisfactory operation until the new hospital laboratory is finished, new procurements must be planned at the same time as the existing laboratory at the old hospital must be operated responsibly.
Hiring an instrument during a transitional period until operating in a new hospital is established is considered most appropriate. In this way, the competition in connection with moving to a new hospital building is not limited. There is a great shortage of personnel at the hospital in Hammerfest, and in a transitional phase until a new hospital has been completed, it is necessary for patient safety that the developed competence can be used throughout the day via the same methods of analysis, document management and skills/training. It is extremely important to have a seamless transfer to a new instrument without new method validations/adaptations, software training, or other factors that require extra use of the laboratory’s resources. In addition, we also want to procure new equipment before we have a comprehensive plan for the instrument park for the new hospital laboratory.
Only Siemens Healthineers can deliver an apparatus that can safeguard the necessary requirements in the relevant contract period, cf. the public procurement regulation § 13-4 letter b no 2.
The contract is estimated to have a value of NOK 2.4 million over a 4-year period. The estimated value includes the purchase of reagents, service contracts and installation costs for a new instrument in the contract period.


Winner: Siemens Healthcare AS
Award value: 2400000