REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION Procurement of a complete production solution for laboratory research

The Varsinais-Suomen hyvinvointialue in Finland from Europe region has released this tender for BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE PROCUREMENT The Southwest Finland Welfare Region hereinafter referred to as VARHA is organising a tender for the procurement of a complete production solution for laboratory tests and with this request for participation is inviting interested parties to participate in the tender which will be implemented as a negotiated procedure as described in more detail below OBJECT OF THE PROCUREMENT The purpose of the procurement is to renew the automation system of the Emergency and Automation Laboratory of the Tyks Kantasairaala including a two-way automation line and pre- and post-analytical phases to which chemistry and immunochemistry analytics have been connected In addition the procurement will renew HbA1c analytics chemistry and immunochemistry analytics of the Tyks Salo Hospital laboratory chemistry analytics of Tyks Loimaa and Vakka-Suomi hospitals The procurement also includes as a mandatory option the infection serology tests listed in the appendix Requirements for the selection of tests and method specifications analyzed with the automation system of the Emergency and Automation Laboratory The subject of the procurement is described in more detail in the annexes to the request for participation and will be specified and supplemented in the final request for tender The subject of the procurement minimum requirements and preliminary requirements as well as the preliminary terms and conditions of the contract are described in the following documents annexed to the request for participation Annex 1 Description of the subject of the procurement Annex 2 Description of the verification and validation procedures Annex 3 Numbers of trainees Annex 4 Requirements for training Annex 5 Requirements for commissioning Annex 6 Requirements for equipment installations and space use Annex 7 Requirements for equipment maintenance and support Annex 8 Requirements for technical and functional characteristics of the equipment Annex 9 Requirements for material services Annex 10 Requirements for software connectivity and IT support Annex 11 Requirements for the range of studies and method-specific specifications Annex 12 Comparative price and quality scoring annex Annex 13 CV form Annex 14 Sample flow summary Annex 15 Varhan s general data protection and information security terms and conditions Annex 16 Draft agreement Annex 17 Jyse terms and conditions for goods 2025 Annex 18 Jyse terms and conditions for services 2025 The annexes to the request for participation also include the following document related to the tender which requires the requested information when assessing those who have submitted an application for participation Annex 19 Reference form to be returned as an attachment to the application for participation PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE The procurement procedure used is the negotiated procedure in accordance with Section 34 of Act 1397 2016 on Public Procurement and Concession Agreements hereinafter referred to as the Procurement Act as described in more detail in the section Additional information on the procurement or part thereof of the request for participation For the sake of clarity it is stated that the purpose of the negotiated procedure is to negotiate the requirements conditions and specifications set out in the procurement documents However the procurement cannot be substantially different from what is presented in this request for participation and its annexes Negotiations may include negotiations on for example the terms and conditions of the contract concerning the procurement and the requirements of the subject of the procurement For the sake of clarity it is stated that the minimum requirements may be increased but not removed during negotiations No compensation will be paid to candidates for participating in the procurement procedure or for preparing the tender SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE NEGOTIATED PROCEDURE A maximum of 3 candidates will be selected for the negotiated procedure If there are more than 3 candidates who meet the suitability requirements the contracting authority will select a candidate for the negotiated procedure based on the evaluation criteria specified in the reference form attached to the request for participation in the negotiated procedure DIVISION OF THE PROCUREMENT INTO PARTS The procurement unit has assessed that in this procurement there is no possibility of implementing the procurement in separate parts i e dividing it into parts because the object of the procurement constitutes a technically functionally and qualitatively interconnected service entity the division of which to several independent service providers would cause significant operational and contractual risks and would substantially increase the need for management and coordination of the procurement entity with tender notice no. 664344-2026 published on 07 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 26 Oct 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses). Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15292143.