Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2022-11-16
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 32230000 | 32500000 | 64223000 | 72100000 | 72261000: Software support services
Estimated value: 80000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice:  Emergency alarms for the companies in the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
An extended framework agreement will be procured for the maintenance of and equipment for emergency alarms and message services that will apply for the procurement of equipment and services for emergency alarms in new and existing installations.
Emergency alarms means personal pagers, assault alarms, patient signalling system, IP and DECT communication, as well as the accompanying applications. The contracting authority has to extend the current framework agreement until all the needs and the scope in a new modernised service have been mapped.
The estimated value for the contract period with options for an extension is NOK 60 million, and the maximum value for the same period is NOK 80 million.
The contracting authority believes it has the legal basis to extend the existing framework agreement for emergency alarms and a message service with Ascom AS in accordance with the public procurement regulations, § 13-4, letter b, no.2, and letter c-
In 2020 the contracting authority entered into three framework agreements within the Health Logistics Platform in the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, and these three contracts will together cover the following functional areas within health logistics: Payment and check-in, management of patient flow and resources, and internal communication and notifications on mobile devices.
The contracting authority has an ongoing project to complete this Health Logistics Platform so that it is a complete notification and message service in the South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, and therefore needs time, beyond the current framework agreement, to map needs and clarify the scope in a new framework agreement for a modernised emergency alarm and message service.
An extended framework agreement for emergency alarms and message service will apply for the procurement of equipment and services for emergency alarms in new and existing installations. Emergency alarms means personal pagers, assault alarms, patient signalling system, IP and DECT communication, as well as the accompanying applications, and until all the needs and scope for a new framework agreement have been mapped, it is necessary to extend the current framework agreement for the following reasons:
The installed installations for emergency alarms included in the framework agreement are from one supplier and all the equipment and software is proprietary. This means that the equipment and software, including expansions or installations from other suppliers, are technically incompatible with the existing installations.
In order to be able to use other suppliers´ systems, all the existing installations would have to be replaced. It is estimated that the cost to replace the installed systems will be approx. NOK 300 million.
It would be disproportionately resource demanding to make a procurement with the subsequent change of systems for the relatively short period until a new contract is procured and established.
Therefore the current framework agreement for the procurement of equipment and services for alarm systems is being extended for 1 year, with options for further extensions for 0.5 + 0.5 year.


Winner: Ascom Norway AS
Award value: 80000000