Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-06-05
Buyer: Oslo universitetssykehus HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33100000
Estimated value: 6700000 NOK

Technical requirements: A fully automatic robot shall be procured for the analysis of drugs, alcohol and medicines in blood, which shall mix blood samples in primary tubes, pipette blood samples from primary tubes to secondary tubes, as well as prepare the blood samples in pipettes in a 96 well extraction. As a starting point, the instrument will be used for analysing blood samples from research projects, including 'the Drugs and Alcohol and Trauma Project' for the analysis of approx. 9 000 blood samples. A blood sample in a project can generate two or more analyses, so that the total number of analyses is a lot higher than the number of samples. It is important that the procured instrumentation is robust, operationally reliable and that it can work quickly so that a large number of samples can be analysed.
— The robot must be fully automatic as regards carrying out all of the following processes without a need for manual steps:
5) Carrying out positive pressure extraction (with the help of overpressure, air) on a 96 well plate;
— The system must be set up with a ready application, which includes the following; barcode reading of primary tubes, mixing blood samples in primary tubes, pipetting blood samples from primary tubes to secondary tubes, transferring samples from secondary tubes to a 96 well extraction plate, extraction ('96 well supported liquid extraction') by positive pressure, where eluate is collected in a 96 well collection plate,
— The robot must be able to mix blood samples directly in BD Vacutainer® 5 mL tubes (13x75 mm, REF367764), without requiring manual work. The blood sample tubes often hold approx. 4 mL blood and the entire sample must, without spilling any of the blood, be sucked up and pipetted out again during the mixing process,
— The robot must be able to pipette blood from primary tubes (BD Vacutainer® 5 mL tubes (13x75 mm, REF367764) immediately after the mixing process,
— The robot must be able to pipette different volumes simultaneously, on different pipette tips (minimum 4 pipette tips),
— The robot must have a system for traceability as regards the amount of blood that was pipetted in previously pipetted blood samples,
— The robot must be able to be upgraded at a later date to detect different layers in a blood sample (plasma, 'buffy coat'),
— The robot must be able to pipette different solutions (e.g. solvents with low viscosity) without it dripping from the tips,
— The robot must be able to pipette so that the tips can be collected and spread out from each other, depending on the distance between the tubes,
— The system must have good solutions for avoiding contamination during  The robot must have a set-up for extraction samples in a 96 well format,
— The robot must have a depth of ≤ 105 cm. The instrument must be compatible with the existing infrastructure and placement,
— The tenderer must provide an application specialist with the first delivery of the instrument to the department, for the implementation of the first method,
— The system must be able to be connected to the ventilation / suction system for removing volatile solvents,


Winner: Hamilton Nordic AB
Award value: 6700000