Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-09-16
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 32426000 | 48100000 | 48180000 | 48190000 | 48200000
Estimated value: 5000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Voluntary Ex-ante Transparency Notice: Specialised Procedure Library for the Companies in Helse Nord RHF
The specialised procedure library will include knowledge-based and updated procedures for use by health personnel. A regional procedure library will be procured for personnel in clinical practice. The entire system will be operated by the tenderer, including, amongst other things, quality assurance, updating and illustration of procedures, guidance and user support for users, as well as system development and system support.
A good health and care service depends on the service using available knowledge and experience and that new knowledge is taken into use at the same time that outdated practice ceases. Helse Nord RHF has as clear goal of reducing variation between service levels. Variation can be reduced by having the same, updated procedures in more levels of the health service. The specialised procedure library will include knowledge-based and updated procedures for use by health personnel. A regional procedure library will be procured for personnel in clinical practice. The entire system will be operated by the tenderer, including, amongst other things, quality assurance, updating and illustration of procedures, guidance and user support for users, as well as system development and system support.
The exception for the direct procurement is in the regulations dated 12.8.2016 No 974 on the Public Procurements, § 13-4 (b) No 2. The provision states that the contracting authority can make a procurement without a contest if the procurement is for services that only a specific supplier can provide as 'competition is impossible due to technical reasons'.
Based on the contracting authority's knowledge of the market, the selected service provider is the only party able to cover the contracting authority's needs within the given service area. In June 2018, Helse Sør-Øst RHF published a prior information notice with a 'Request for Information’(RFI) where Cappelen Damm AS was assessed as the only service provider who can meet the contracting authority's need for a specialised procedure library with knowledge based and updated procedures. Sykehusinnkjøp HF, on behalf of Helse Nord RHF, is not aware of any other suppliers and thus believes that there is a legal basis to enter into a framework agreement with Cappelen Damm AS without a contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations §13-4 letter b no. 2. The contracting authority cannot see that the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 second section can be used.
Procurement of a specialised procedure library for the companies i Helse Nord RHF. A good health and care service depends on the service using available knowledge and experience and that new knowledge is taken into use at the same time that outdated practice ceases. Helse Nord RHF has as clear goal of reducing variation between service levels. Variation can be reduced by having the same, updated procedures in more levels of the health service. The specialised procedure library will include knowledge-based and updated procedures for use by health personnel. A regional procedure library will be procured for personnel in clinical practice. The entire system will be operated by the tenderer, including, amongst other things, quality assurance, updating and illustration of procedures, guidance and user support for users, as well as system development and system support. The procurement of the specialised procedure library has a value of 5 000 000 NOK. The exception for the direct procurement is in the regulations dated 12.8.2016 No 974 on the Public Procurements, § 13-4 (b) No 2. The provision states that the contracting authority can make a procurement without a contest if the procurement is for services that only a specific supplier can provide as 'competition is impossible due to technical reasons'. Based on the contracting authority's knowledge of the market, the selected service provider is the only party able to cover the contracting authority's needs within the given service area. In June 2018, Helse Sør-Øst RHF published a prior information notice with a 'Request for Information’(RFI) where Cappelen Damm AS was assessed as the only service provider who can meet the contracting authority's need for a specialised procedure library with knowledge based and updated procedures. Sykehusinnkjøp HF, on behalf of Helse Nord RHF, is not aware of any other suppliers and thus believes that there is a legal basis to enter into a framework agreement with Cappelen Damm AS without a contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations §13-4 letter b No 2. The contracting authority cannot see that the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 second section can be used.


Winner: Cappelen Damm AS
Award value: 5000000