Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-12-12
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 48190000 | 48310000
Estimated value: 2900000 NOK

Technical requirements: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice: Performance support system for the University Hospital Trust of North Norway
Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice on the procurement of a performance support system for the University Hospital Trust of North Norway.
The University Hospital Trust of North Norway intends to enter into a contract with Infocaption AS for the delivery of a regional system for a performance support system (EPSS) for use by health trusts under the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority. The procurement concerns an expansion of the already established performance support system delivered by Infocaption AS at Nordland Hospital Trust, and will be made without a contest as only one specific supplier can deliver as competition is impossible due to technical reasons, cf. the public procurement regulations dated 12 August 2016 no. 974, § 13-4, letter b, second point.
The University Hospital Trust of North Norway intends to enter into a contract with Infocaption AS for the delivery of a regional system for a performance support system (EPSS) for use by health trusts under the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority. The total value of the procurement is estimated to be NOK 2,900,000 excluding VAT. The Norwegian Hospital Procurement Trust is assisting the University Hospital Trust of North Norway with the procurement.
The procurement concerns an expansion of the already established performance support system delivered by Infocaption AS at Nordland Hospital Trust, and will be made without a contest as only one specific supplier can deliver as competition is impossible due to technical reasons, cf. the public procurement regulations dated 12 August 2016 no. 974, § 13-4, letter b, second point.
The intention is to expand the existing system to a joint, regional platform for performance support and context based learning. The already established system at Nordland Hospital Trust has been through a comprehensive establishment phase with system design, ROS analyses of information security, and the establishment/production of performance support content. A lot of this is connected to the system's integration with electronic patient journals and other clinical and administrative systems. The establishment of the existing system has required significant effort from Nordland Hospital Trust and Helse Nord IKT HF. In addition Nordland Hospital has produced a large amount of content in the system that will be reused in a regional system.
The choice of an alternative system from another supplier would force the University Hospital  to procure a system that is not compatible with the established and functioning system at Nordland Hospital Trust. The trusts in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority need a baselined regional system where an already developed and established system in a trust can be reused. An alternative system would not allow the reuse of already produced content at Nordland Hospital. Furthermore, an alternative system would not allow joint operation from the contracting authority's service provider Helse Nord IKT. An alternative system would lead to disproportional complicating and resource demanding establishment, as well as an expected doubling of running costs for running two separate performance support systems. This is not seen to be in accordance with the purpose of the law for efficient use of resources, cf. PPA, section 1. There are, thus, no reasonable alternatives, cf. PPR § 13-4, letter b, second point.


Winner: Infocaption AS
Award value: 2900000