Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-12-23
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 48180000 | 48814000: Medical information systems | 48814500 | 72000000
Estimated value: 30000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Electronic System for Helse Sør-Øst for Copyrighted Psychometric Tests and Forms for Health Trusts in Helse Sør-Øst [the South Eastern Norway Regional health Authority]
Helse Sør-Øst RHF (HSØ) [the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority] intends to sign a contract for ongoing service purchase of electronic systems for copyrighted psychometric tests and forms with the company CheckWare AS. The contract concerns the discipline of mental healthcare and substance abuse/dependency including rehabilitation with the possibility for call-offs for all health trusts within the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.
The purpose of the contract is to ensure compliance with the at any time applicable regulations in accordance with copyrighted forms, licensed forms and data security, as well as to get digitised copyrighted psychometric tests and forms that will be used within mental healthcare and substance abuse/dependability to collect and systemise data about the patient treatment process. The contract concerns psychometric tests and forms that are used in reviewing and treatment of patients in mental healthcare and substance abuse/dependability. Furthermore, the contract also covers systems for integration of self-defined forms and any new relevant copyrighted psychometric tests and forms within the field of mental healthcare and substance abuse/dependability.
The contract will be managed by Sykehuspartner HF (SP) on behalf of HSØ [the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority]. As such, Sykehuspartner HF is the contracting party.
HF already has a contract with CheckWare for mental healthcare and substance abuse/dependability and can choose to terminate that contract and join this contract.
The plan is that electronic systems for copyrighted psychometric tests and forms will be introduced in phases in respective health trust during the lifetime of the contract.
The duration of the contract is 2 years with automatic extension for one year at a time. The contract is intended to be a temporary solution until the initiative ‘Digital Resident Services’ has a comprehensive solution for distance follow-up in place.
The possibility for call-offs for all health trusts(HF) in the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.
Based on our market knowledge, CheckWare AS is the only supplier at the current time that can deliver a comprehensive solution that safeguards the requirements for managing and making copyrighted psychometric tests and forms available (including licenced psychometric tests and forms), information security, other regional technical requirements and interoperability.
In connection with the competition ‘Electronic tools for collection of patient reported data for Vestre Viken Helseforetak [Vestre Viken Health Trust], 1:1 meetings were held with 11 relevant suppliers, and as such we received a good overview of the market. The requirements in the procurement covered by this prior information notice are specifically aimed at copyrights psychometric tests and CheckWare was the only one of the 11 that can meet the requirements.
The contracting authority can make a procurement without a contest if the procurement concerns services that only one specific supplier can provide because:
When the market dialogue has demonstrated that only one tenderer is able to deliver the solution are a results of access to immaterial rights, the terms in both point 2 and 3 will be met.


Winner: CheckWare AS
Award value: 30000000