Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-12-02
Buyer: Helse Midt-Norge RHF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 85150000: Medical imaging services
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Teleradiology for Helse Midt-Norge [the Central Norway Regional Health Authority] - contract extension
Helse Midt-Norge [the Central Norway Regional Health Authority] has a contract with Unilabs Norge AS for these types of teleradiology services. The contract expires in 2022. The need for services is still present. Due to technical presuppositions related to the services, the contracting authority deems that there there is no other tenderer who is able or willing to provide the services during the transitional period, the duration of which is also uncertain.
Due to uncertainty regarding the duration, it is stated for the record that the extension may exceed the EEA threshold value.
The current contract with Unilabs Norge AS expires in relation to the maximum contract value in the 4th quarter of 2022, and it is therefore necessary to enter into a new contract within the area.
Helseforetakene i Midt-Norge [the Central Norwegian Health Trusts] are in the process of introducing the Health Platform as a new medical records system. St. Olavs Hospital HF introduced the Health Platform on 12.11.2022, Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF will begin using the system in February 2023 and Helse Møre and Romsdal HF in May 2023.
In Helse Midt-Norge, we have long had a common standardised system for transferring images and descriptions to/from private suppliers of imaging diagnostic surveys and their interpretation. The communication system used for this is provided by Sectra and is called MEI.
The Health Platform has its own technical solution for imaging. This also requires a new technical solution for teleradiology. The new system, called Courier, is provided by Sectra, and is a prerequisite for transitioning to the Health Platform since the MEI solution does not work for teleradiology there.
This means that the tenderer of teleradiological services to the health trusts in central Norway must be able to handle both MEI and Courier in parallel along with the gradual introduction of the Health Platform. According to Sectra, Courier will not be commercially available until autumn 2023 at the earliest Unilabs Norge AS has been selected by Sectra as a pilot for the new system (Courier), and is therefore the only tenderer that can handle both systems until Courier becomes commercially available in the autumn of 2023.
Helse Midt-Norge Regional Health Trust therefore intends to enter into a contract with Unilabs Norge AS. A contract will not be entered into before 10 days after this voluntary ex-ante transparency notice has been published at the earliest. The duration of such a contract depends on when the system becomes available to the market, and how long the subsequent procurement process will take.
For the record, it is noted that a contract has not been signed, but awaits the deadline stated under Annex D1, section 3.


Winner: Unilabs Norge AS
Award value: 8000000