Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-08-12
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
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 machine. 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. 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 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 marked 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. 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 needs an automatic casting machine that casts tissue material brought into the histology lab, and that fulfils the following requirements:


Winner: Sakura Finetek Norway AS
Award value: 27100000