Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-09-23
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 33000000 | 38000000
Estimated value: 27100000 NOK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lääketieteelliset laitteet, farmaseuttiset valmisteet ja henkilökohtaiseen hygieniaan liittyvät tuotteet
Automatic casting machine with accompanying instrument-dependent consumables for delivery to Helse Bergen HF and Helse Førde HF
Helse Bergen HF and Helse Førde HF intend to enter into a contract with Sakura Finetek Norway AS (Sakura) for the delivery of an automatic casting instrument. The instrument must fulfil certain criteria as mentioned in section II.2.4, which thereby entails that only the instrument from Sakura can fulfil this need. At the same time, a framework agreement will be entered into for instrument-dependent consumables with a duration lasting as long as the instrument is in use.
The contracting authority has performed a market analysis in the case, ref. Doffin Id: 2022-301529 and TED Id: 2022/S 056-148031. The analysis supports that there is only one current Tenderer in this procurement.
Helse Bergen HF and Helse Førde HF intend to enter into a contract with Sakura Finetek Norway AS (Sakura) for the delivery of an automatic casting machine. The instrument must fulfil certain criteria, as mentioned below, and only the instruments from Sakura can fulfil this need. A purchasing agreement and a framework agreement will be entered into for instrument-dependent consumables with a duration lasting as long as the instruments are in use.
The contracting authority needs an automatic casting machine that casts tissue material brought into the histology lab, and that fulfils the following requirements:
- The equipment/products must, by the end of the tender deadline, be assessed for compliance and CE labelled as medical equipment for use in hospitals in accordance with the directives and/or regulations that apply to the products and their intended use.
- The instrument must be fully automatic. Fully automatic means that samples can be taken directly from the production process and placed in the casting instrument for the complete casting process.
- The machine must provide standardised casting in regard to the orientation of the tissue pieces along the x and y planes.
- The machine must produce clean cassettes, with minimal residues of paraffin wax on the outer edges of the cassettes.
- The machine must be user-friendly and have good ergonomics in relation to daily operation and maintenance.
The contracting authority has performed a market analysis in the case, ref. Doffin Id: 2022-301529 and TED Id: 2022/S 056-148031. The analysis supports that there is only one current Tenderer in this procurement.
Based on the mentioned justifications, the Contracting Authority believes that there is a legal basis to enter into a contract for the procurement of an automatic casting machine and the accompanying instrument-dependent consumables with Sakura without announcing a contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 21-5, c.f. § 13-4 first paragraph, letter b, point 2.
Helse Bergen HF and Helse Førde HF intend to enter into a contract with Sakura Finetek Norway AS (Sakura) for the delivery of an automatic casting machine. The instrument must fulfil certain criteria, as mentioned below, and only the instruments from Sakura can fulfil this need. A purchasing agreement and a framework agreement will be entered into for instrument-dependent consumables with a duration lasting as long as the instruments are in use. The contracting authority needs an automatic casting machine that casts forward tissue material at the histology laboratory, and which meets the following requirements: - The equipment/products shall, by the end of the tender deadline, be conformity assessed and CE labelled as medical equipment for use in hospitals in accordance with the directives and/or regulations applicable to the products and intended use. - The instrument must be fully automatic. Fully automatic means that samples can be taken directly from the production process and placed in the casting instrument for the complete casting process. - The machine must provide standardised casting in regard to the orientation of the tissue pieces along the x and y planes. - The machine must be able to cast at least 100 cassettes per hour. - The machine must produce clean cassettes, with minimal residues of paraffin wax on the outer edges of the cassettes. - The machine must be user-friendly and have good ergonomics in relation to daily operation and maintenance. - The machine must be able to identify which cassettes to insert using a barcode reader. - The instrument/barcode reader must be able to read 2D/Datamatrix type barcodes. The contracting authority has performed a market analysis in the case, ref. Doffin Id: 2022-301529 and TED Id: 2022/S 056-148031. The analysis supports that there is only one current Tenderer in this procurement. Based on the mentioned justifications, the Contracting Authority believes that there is a legal basis to enter into a contract for the procurement of an automatic casting machine and the accompanying instrument-dependent consumables with Sakura without announcing a contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 21-5, c.f. § 13-4 first paragraph, letter b, point 2. Any enquiries about the matter must be sent via the communication module in the Mercell portal.
Automatic casting machine with accompanying instrument-dependent consumables for delivery to Helse Bergen HF and Helse Førde HF


Winner: Sakura Finetek Norway AS
Award value: 27100000
Number of bids: 1