Time, Gjesdal, Klepp, Hå, Bjerkreim and Strand municipality, hereafter called the contracting authority, invite tenderers to a contest for a framework agreement for the delivery of medical consumables.

The estimated value of the agreement is approximately NOK 42 million excluding VAT.

Strand municipality has the secretarial function for this contest, and will have all contact with the tenderers on behalf of the contracting authority.

Time, Gjesdal, Klepp, Hå, Bjerkreim and Strand municipality, hereafter called the contracting authority, invite tenderers to a contest for a framework agreement for the delivery of medical consumables. The agreement period is 2 years with option for 1+1 year extension on the verbatim terms. Expected initiation date: 1 February 2021.

The estimated value of the agreement is approximately NOK 42 million excluding VAT. The estimated value is based on historical figures from the previous 3 years. The estimated agreement value is for information only, and the contracting authority is not bound by this.

The contracting authority´s units vary in size and have different needs. The purchasing pattern in the different units will therefore also vary to some degree. If units have special equipment where consumables must be ordered from a specific supplier, this can be included in the agreement with the same favourable price level as other similar equipment. In the same way, consumables related to special equipment can be removed from the agreement if the contracting authority deems it most appropriate.

The number of customers included in this agreement may vary to some degree during the agreement period.

Through this competition the contracting authority wants to enter into a framework agreement for the delivery of of medical consumables for the following main product groups:

1. Protection / surgery

2. Nutrition

3. First aid

4. Hygiene and cleaning

5. Incontinence/stoma products

6. Catheters and equipment

7. Medical consumables

8 Medicial technical equipment

9. Personal hygiene and skin care

10. Wound treatment

11. Drying systems.

The tender must include all contracting authorities and all main product groups

For this agreement the offered prices are considered fixed in the first year of the agreement.

Further descriptions are given in annex 2 - the requirement specification.