The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (hereinafter ”STM”) and Finnish institute for health and welfare (hereinafter "THL" or “Customer” ) request your tender for Pneumococcal Vaccines for risk group belonging to the National Vaccination Programme in Finland.

The contract will be awarded to one Supplier based on a comparison of tenders. Tender that is economically the most advantageous will win the competition.

Please note that all times given in the Call for tender refer to local time in Finland.

Call for tenders, annexes:

Annex 1 The rationale for PCV Procurement Tender Criteria

Annex 2 Contract (draft)

Annex 3 JYSE 2014 Supplies (Updated April 2017)

Annex 4 Handi Services

The purpose of STM and the Customer is to procure Pneumococcal Vaccines for risk group required for the National Vaccination Programme in Finland. The tendered vaccine must be suitable for patients under 74-year-old with severe chronic kidney disease. The Pneumococcal risk group will be vaccinated by age group starting from the oldest age group.

The Customer will implement the procurement on behalf of STM. The roles of STM and Customer are described in more detail in section "Presentation of the contracting authority".

The subject of procurement and the mandatory requirements relating to it are described in detail in this Call for Tender and its annexes. The contract will be awarded to one Supplier based on a comparison of tenders.

CONTRACT PERIOD

The contract´s duration is about one year during 2022. Estimated quantity for the contract period is 10 000 (+/- 5 000) doses depending on the tendered price since the total price for the procurement is fixed and the total cost for this procurement is 300,000.00 euros (excluding VAT) for the contract period.

The Contract period shall enter into force once the contract has been signed, and expire when all contractual duties have been performed. After the contract period, the Customer reserves the right for the option described in section "Description of renewals".

Tenders will be compared in the manner described in section "Grounds for decision" of the Call for Tender.