Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-08
Buyer: NMBU Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33110000: Imaging equipment for medical use | 33111000: X-ray equipment | 33115100 | 33150000: Radiotherapy devices
Estimated value: 19500000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-06-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NMBU [the Norwegian University of Life Sciences] — SEARCH Fully integrated CT/Angio Equipment for Multimodal Laboratory
A radiology angio/intervention laboratory will be fitted out with state-of-the-art integrated CT/angio equipment and integration of patient monitoring and possibly ultrasound for NMBU and the SEARCH centre in Sandnes.
A multimodal radiology laboratory at NMBU Sandnes and SEARCH will be equipped with fully integrated CT-/ angio intervention equipment including a large screen, external patient monitoring and possibly ultrasound equipment. The laboratory is located adjacent to the operating theatre. It must be suitable for examinations of patients (mainly pigs of different weight categories, but also mannequin simulators and possibly other animal species). The buyer wishes to establish a cooperation agreement with the supplier of the equipment enabling joint research and development commitments at the laboratory.
In point 1.1, SEARCH and its cross-disciplinary approach was emphasized. Biomedical models are used for testing of equipment, development of new methods and increasing knowledge regarding diseases. Pigs are highly suitable models due to physiological and anatomical similarities to humans. SEARCH also has a very clear veterinary medicine profile working closely together with the agricultural industry including Norsvin and Felleskjøpet and private organisations on relevant research areas within pig medicine including biotechnology, pathology and feeding strategies As an example, SEARCH cooperates with Norsvin, a company that use CT scanning as means for selection of breeding animals.
The multimodal laboratory at SEARCH will be a test-lab for new equipment and concurrently a place where multidisciplinary cooperation between human and veterinary medicine personnel can practice on state-of-the-art equipment using patients connected to medical equipment (anaesthetized patients connected to a respirator). It is important that the equipment is provident ensuring high learning outcomes. Det vil bli lagt vekt på optimal funksjonalitet ved undersøkelser av pasienter med mye medisinsk utstyr (respiratorpasienter).
The equipment must be suitable for numerous applications, e.g. vascular angiography and intervention, non-vascular intervention with and without anaesthesia, heart examinations including coronary angiography, cerebral vascular angiography and intervention, abdominal organ intervention including the urinary tract and biliary ducts, in addition to venous diagnostics and treatments. The equipment will also be applied by orthopedists and oncologists, it will be used for placement of stent grafts, within emergency medicine and trauma (including complete and partial scans), examinations of tissue compositions (bone, fat, soft tissue and muscle), and possibly tissue and/ or drilling sample compositions (chemical and mineral compositions/ concentrations including zinc and iodine).
The equipment will be used on pigs of different weight classes and mannequin simulators, and possibly other animal species including fish and dogs.
Tenderers must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT).
The tax certificate must not be older than 6 months calculated from the deadline for submitting a request for participation.
Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have orderly conditions in relation to the payment of tax and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue these certificates, the tenderer should submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance.
Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer must enclose the company’s Annual Financial Statements with notes and auditor’s reports from 2018 and 2019. If the Annual Financials Statement for 2019 are not completed when the tenderer must submit documentation for this requirement, the preliminary Annual Financial Statement for 2019 must also be enclosed.
Financial strength is evaluated in relation to turnover, operating profit margin, solidity and liquidity.
An account of the company’s business concept and core competencies related to the scope of the delivery.
An overview of the company’s history, organisation and ownership, as well as a description of the current business.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT). Documentation requirement: The tax certificate must not be older than 6 months calculated from the deadline for submitting a request for participation. A tax certificate is defined as: For Norwegian tenderers: Tax and VAT certificate issued by the Tax Office via Altinn. For foreign tenderers: Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have orderly conditions in relation to the payment of tax and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue these certificates, the tenderer should submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance. Requirement: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: Company Registration Certificate. Foreign tenderers: Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 19500000