Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2023-03-03
Buyer: SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33120000: Physiological monitoring systems | 33180000 | 48180000 | 48210000
Estimated value: 10700000 NOK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The Western Norway Regional Health Authority ICT intends to enter into a contract with Vingmed AS for the procurement of Capsuletech interface system. The system will be used for interfacing of medical technical equipment (MU) with Meona and Icca curve system. The equipment concerns server based software, as well as interface boxes with and without display for connecting to MU, that will be used together with existing infrastructure for interfacing with MU.
Framework agreement for the procurement of equipment for interfacing of MU with Meona and Icca curve system, as well as a maintenance contract for the equipment in question. The equipment concerns server based software (SW), as well as interface boxes with and without display for connecting to MU. The contracting authority would like to continue the existing Capsuletech Interface system.
The procurement will include the procurement and/or maintenance of the following equipment and licences (including associated software):
- Maintenance of products procured in a previous contract (cf. contract no. 200922, reference no. 2016/412).
Capsuletech interface system was established under the aegis of the MTA environment via the KULE project. The system is a system that carries out interfacing and communication from MU via RS232 to the existing electronic curve system (Meona and Icca) via a service system over Ethernet.
1. Can provide interface equipment with from 4 - 8 serial ports for communication of data from MU to Meona/Icca via server based software.
2. Can provide interface units with display, for capturing and displaying information from 1-6 MU, as well as options for setting up alarm limits for monitoring patient parameters and storing data during transport.
3. Can provide a server system that can adapt data captured via interface units with and without display for transfer to Meona/Icca.
4. The server system also gives an option to connect MU that communicates via the Ethernet and adapts data for transfer to Meona/Icca.
5. The adaptation of data via the server software makes the system general and independent of the patient charting system manufacturer, by the adaption also being able to be adapted to other electronicl curve systems.
6. Can provide a driver library for its interface units, which supports 95% of the need at the hospitals in Vestlandet, this applies, amongst other things, to different models of respirators, dialysis machines, anaesthesia apparatuses, monitoring installations, blood gas instruments and infusion equipment.
The prerequisite for the award is justified by the existing infrastructure the Western Norway Regional Health Authority. With the contracting authority's existing infrastructure, a change of the fundamental system would result in very high costs related to changing both software and hardware at all locations, as well as training personnel.
The Western Norway Regional Health Authority's surveys have shown that there is only one supplier in the market that can offer the desired scope for interface system, driver library, and software that the actual supplier can deliver for communication with Meona and Icca.
The Western Norway Regional Health Authority thus believes that there is a legal basis to enter into a contract with Vingmed AS for the procurement of Capsuletech interface system without holding a contest, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 21-5, c.f. § 13-4 first paragraph, letter b, point 2.


Winner: Vingmed AS
Award value: 10700000