The purpose of this request for information is to clarify questions, obtain information and preliminary cost estimates related to a comprehensive digital pathology solution to be deployed by Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy (hereinafter “Fimlab” or "Contracting Entity"). This is not a Call for Tenders, but a market consultation; request of information.
Fimlab invites interested suppliers to participate in the market consultation and requests their views regarding the planned procurement.
The Contracting Entity is not committed to carrying out the procurement referred to in this request for information. Decisions on whether to initiate a possible procurement process will be made after the market consultation.
SUBJECT OF THE PROCUREMENT
The subject of the procurement is a digital pathology production system and related services. The procurement includes slide scanners, server software, viewer software used on pathologists’ workstations, image analysis software, and centralised physical storage systems, as well as related services. The objective of the procurement is to acquire a modern and modular digital pathology solution that supports Fimlab’s operations and whose individual components can be flexibly replaced as technology evolves and Fimlab’s needs change.
Through this request for information, Fimlab seeks, among other things, to determine how the solution could be appropriately divided into separate procurement and how these lots should be competitively tendered in order to acquire an overall solution that best meets Fimlab’s needs.
The procurement may consist of the following lots:
Lots described above represent Fimlab’s preliminary views. Fimlab welcomes alternative solution proposals and views.