Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-05-13
Buyer: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Country: FI
Region: FI1B1
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33622100 | 33632200 | 33651100
Estimated value: 1 EUR
Award criteria: price, quality
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: Tenders must be submitted electronically via the Cloudia Supplier Portal. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to submit the tender by the deadline. No compensation will be paid for submitting a tender.

Requirements concerning tenderers and the Article, as well as eventual reports and explanations required in the tender, are described in this Call for tenders.

All the attachments mentioned in the Call for tenders should be sent with the tender. The tender must be submitted in writing, in English. Also, the annexes and all related material or correspondence must be in English.

The process steps are:

1. Opening the tenders.
2. Inspecting the suitability of tenderers according to the ESPD form.
3. Inspecting that tenders meet the requirements set in the Call for tenders.
4. Comparison of tenders.
5. Making and announcing the Procurement decision.
6. Verifying the information given by the awarded tenderer on the ESPD form.
7. Background check by asking the winning tenderer to submit criminal record exctracts.
8. Drafting the Contract. The Contract is only valid after a written Contract is signed.

The Contract can be signed no earlier than 14 days from the time the tenderer has been informed, or is considered to have been informed, of the Procurement decision and its grounds (= stand-still period).
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, later referred to as THL or Customer, requested tenders for "Various pharmaceutical products for systemic use" to the rescEU Medical -project. The Scope of procurement is described in more detail in Annex 1 to the Call for tenders.

The procurement is divided in three (3) lots. Each product constitutes a separate lot. Tender may be submitted for one or several lots.

LOT 1: Ephedrine hydrochlorid 3 mg/ml (10 ml, i.v. solution, ATC C01CA26)
LOT 2: Rocuronium bromid 10 mg/ml (5 ml, i.v. solution, ATC M03AC09)
LOT 3: Claritromycin oral suspension 50 mg/ml (50 ml, oral suspension ATC J01FA09) 

The minimum requirements for the products are described in Annex 1.1 to the Call for tenders.

The Contract will be awarded to one Supplier for each lot based on a comparison of tenders. Tender that is economically the most advantageous will win the competition.

The contract period shall enter into force once the Contract has been signed by contracting parties and expires when all contractual duties of the Contract have been performed.

Quantity for the products is described in Annex 7 to the Call for tenders (restricted to security classification level IV, TL IV). In addition to the quantity indicated in the Annex 7, the Customer is entitled to purchase 100 % extra to the quantities (later referred as "Option"). The Supplier is not obliged to deliver the products under the Option.

Please note that all times given in the Call for tenders refer to local time in Finland.

Call for tenders, Annexes:

Annex 1 Scope of the procurement
Annex 1.1 Minimum requirements
Annex 2 Description of the rotation
Annex 2.1 Quality scoring table
Annex 3 Contract
Annex 4 Security annex
Annex 5 JYSE 2014 SUPPLIES (updated version of April 2022)
Annex 6 Confidentiality commitment
Annex 7 Quantity of the Articles (restricted, TL IV)

Please note that the numbering of the annexes differs between the Contract and the Call for tenders. The numbering of the Annexes to the Contract is based on the order of precedence applied in the Contract.
The reference price of the tender consists of the price of one (1) unit of the Article (exclusive of VAT). The offered price includes the Articles and transport according to the Call for tenders and covers all requirements set out in the Call for tenders and it's Annexes. There shall be no additional costs for the THL. The lowest reference price will get maximum price score. Other tenderers will get price score according to the following price score calculation formula: the lowest reference price / tendered reference price * maximum price score (50).
The offered Article has as long as possible registered shelf life. A shelf life of 3 years (36 months) or more receives 10 points. Shelf life less than 3 years (36 months) receives 0 point.
50 % of the total quantity should be delivered as soon as possible. The faster the tenderer can deliver 50 % of the total quantity, the more points it will receive according to the menus in the Call for tenders. A maximum of 15 points can be achieved.


Winner: B. Braun Medical Oy
Award value: 1
Number of bids: 3