Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-09-23
Buyer: Sykehusinnkjøp HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33195000 | 48180000 | 48814000: Medical information systems | 48814400 | 72000000
Estimated value: 12822000 NOK

Technical requirements: Prior Information Notice: Procurement of Tools for Foetal Monitoring: Helse Sør-Øst RHF [the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority]
In February 2020 a prior information notice was published requesting supplier who could deliver solutions to cover the need for a standardised tool for collection of data from CTG devices and associated monitoring in Helse Sør-Øst [the South Eastern Norway Regional Authority]. There was one supplier who registered their interest to submit a tender offer. This was Medexa AB and the product Milou.
We hereby notify that market that we intends to sign two contracts with Medexa AB. A SSA-T about procurement and implementation of Milou, and a SSA-V about maintenance of the solution after it has been put into production.
Helse Sør-Øst would like the use of CTG to be standardised, and there must be an equal offer to patients in all trusts in cases where CTG must be used. This means the contracting authority should have a common set of procedures and joint CTG monitoring tool in the region both for monitoring of the individual CTG apparatus and for data collection.
The contracting authority has been assessed as satisfying the criteria defined in the original notice.
— it must be a system that can be connected to CTG apparatuses from different suppliers without having to procure extra components
— the system must be able to handle the latest version of OS and database, as well as the previous main versions of these,
— the aim is reduced costs for the RHF, and any replacement costs will have to be included in the calculation.
Furthermore, Medexa as a supplier is also considered to satisfy the requirements set for the supplier in relation to maintenance of the solution.
— provide services in accordance with the signed SLA contract (response times, solution times, etc.), which will be prepared between the contracting authority and the tenderer. Some of these can require physical presence at the contracting authority
The total value of the procurement is calculated based on the total cost over 4 years and is the sum of the purchase, implementation and maintenance.
The South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority wants to introduce common standard procedures for foetal maintenance in the region. This includes work processes, as well as the use of CTG with the accompanying monitoring and data acquisition. In order to realise this, it is of crucial importance that all hospital trusts use the same tools for foetal monitoring and data collection. With this as the basis, the contracting authority has defined requirements connected to the standard tool and later maintenance of this. These were communicated to the market with the desire that possible suppliers should register their interest to the contracting authority. This was done in a prior information notice on Doffin (2020-302130) and TED (2020/S 042-100455) on 24 February 2020.
Based on market surveys, the contracting authority is not aware of other suppliers who can offer an equivalent solution. After the prior information notice there was only one supplier who registered their interest and this also satisfies the requirements set concerning the solution.
The contracting authority therefore means there is a basis to sign a contract directly with Medexa AB, without it being announced in a tender for the solution. This Public Procurement Regulation §13-4, letter b, No 2.
The contracting authority asks that those who have objections to this provide feedback by 1 October 2020. by the 1 October 2020 If no appeals are received, the contract will be signed after the deadline expires.


Winner: Medexa AB
Award value: 12822000