Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-04-15
Buyer: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Country: FI
Region: FI1B1
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33651600 | 33651610 | 33651670
Estimated value:  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 Tender.
4. Comparison of tenders.
5. Making and announcing the contract award 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 excerpts.
8. Drafting the procurement contract. A procurement contract is only valid after a written agreement is signed.

The procurement 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 contract award decision and its grounds (=stand-still period).
The scope of the procurement is Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine (DTaP) to the rescEU project. The Scope of procurement is described in more detail in Annex 1 to the Call for tenders.

The procurement is divided in two (2) lots. Tender may be submitted for one or several lots.

- LOT 1: Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), suspension for injection
- LOT 2: Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine (DTaP), suspension for injection in prefilled syringe

The minimum requirements for the articles is 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.

Estimated quantity for the product in described in Annex 6 (restricted to security classification level IV, TL IV) to the Call for tenders.

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 Contract
Annex 3 Security annex
Annex 4 Description of the Handi service
Annex 5 JYSE 2014 SUPPLIES (updated version of April 2022)
Annex 6 Estimated quantity (restricted, TL IV)
Annex 7 Confidentiality commitment

Please note that the numbering of the annexes differs between the Contract and the Call for tenders.
The reference price of the tender consist of the price of one (1) dose. The offered price includes the article and transport according to the call for tenders and covers all requirements set out in the Call for Tenders and it's Annexes.
The offered article has as long as possible registered shelf life. Shelf life of 4 years (48 months) or more receives 30 points. Shelf life less than 4 years (48 months) receives 0 point. A maximum of 30 points can be achieved.
50 % of the total quantity should be delivered as soon as possible. The tenderer receives points for increasing the capacity according to the menus in the Call for Tenders. A maximum of 45 points can be achieved.


Winner: Sanofi Oy
Award value: 1
Number of bids: 2