Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-12-27
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 38000000
Submission deadline: 2022-02-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cassette-based blood gas instruments and associated instrument-dependent consumables for delivery to Helse Bergen HF [Bergen Hospital Trust]
The contracting authority wants tenders for a framework agreement for purchase of cassette-based blood gas instruments to Haukeland universitetssjukehus [Haukeland University Hospital]. The contract will have a two year duration from the last electronic signature date, with the possibility of one year + one year extension. The total contract duration for purchase of instruments will be four years. In addition, offers are also wanted for instrument-dependent consumables with a duration as long as the instruments purchased from the framework agreement for the equipment are in use at the Client.
Bergen Hospital Trust estimates that there will be a need to purchase approx. 10 - 14 instruments during the contract period. It is difficult to estimate exactly how many instruments will be purchased, and when these will be purchased, as this depends on the specific need during the period and the at any given time available investment funds. Therefore the contracting authority needs certain flexibility in the contract, and it is emphasised that the stated number is only an estimated that does not involve any obligation to purchase.
The contracting authority wants tenders for a framework agreement for purchase of cassette-based blood gas instruments to Haukeland universitetssjukehus [Haukeland University Hospital]. The contract will have a two year duration from the last electronic signature date, with the possibility of one year + one year extension. The total contract duration for purchase of instruments will be four years. In addition, offers are also wanted for instrument-dependent consumables with a duration as long as the instruments purchased from the framework agreement for the equipment are in use at the Client.
Bergen Hospital Trust estimates that there will be a need to purchase approx. 10 - 14 instruments during the contract period. It is difficult to estimate exactly how many instruments will be purchased, and when these will be purchased, as this depends on the specific need during the period and the at any given time available investment funds. Therefore the contracting authority needs certain flexibility in the contract, and it is emphasised that the stated number is only an estimated that does not involve any obligation to purchase.
It is currently planned to purchase instruments for the departments listed in the tender documentation point 1.3, but both distribution, number and placement can change during the contract period.
pH, pCO2, pO2, Hb, MetHb, COHb, Sodium, Potassium, Chlorine, Ionized Calcium, Glucose and og Lactate.
Base excess, Bicarbonate, Aniongap, Effective osmolality, pH corrected iCa, pO2/fO2 ratio, p50 and Oxygen saturation.
Tenderers must complete instrument-dependent consumables including anticipated consumption per instrument in Appendix 1 - Price Form. See comments from the contracting authority in Appendix 1 - Price Form, as well as instructions for completing the document.
Tenderers must assess necessary consumables for each of the instruments. If, for example, different cassettes are offered at different prices, tenderers must enter the recommended cassette for the relevant instruments based on estimated sample scope per month. It is important that tenderers base the estimates on as realistic a consumption as possible, as this can be difficult for the contracting authority to check in connection with the evaluation. This means, for e.g., that it is not always possible to use all the consumables according to what is theoretically possible, and that one must expect some wastage.
It is emphasised that there is uncertainty connected to the number of instruments that will be purchased during the contract period, and that this will have an impact on consumption of instrument-dependent consumables during the contract period.
We refer to Appendix 1 - Price Form and Appendix 2 - Requirement Specification for more information about what will be included in the contract.
It must be possible to purchase instrument-dependent consumables in order to carry out the number of analyses stated in the table of planned instruments (cf. the tender provisions point 1.3). This equals approx. 5,250 analyses per month and 63,000 analyses annually. Over a period of nine years this equals 567,000 analyses.
As the instruments must be able to be used for a long time (minimum nine years), it is difficult to determine the exact maximum framework for the contract. This forms the basis for the framework agreement being valid for up to a 50% increase of the estimated volume. The maximum number of analyses that can be analysed in the contract period is therefore 850,500 analyses.
The contracting authority has a unilateral right to trigger the option to extend the framework agreement for blood gas instruments for up to one year + one year.

Eligibility requirements: Requirements for tenderer's registration. Tenderers must present documentation of their legal registration in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.