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

The contract period is one year 2023-2024. The procurement contains three options to extend the contract for the periods 2024-2025, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

Estimated quantity for the contract period including options is 6.800.000 doses. Customer reserves the right to increase or decrease the ordered numbers of doses by up to 20%.

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 Tenders refer to local time in Finland.

Call for Tenders annexes:

Annex 1 Contract Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

Annex 2 JYSE 2014 Supplies (updated version of April 2022)

Annex 3 Handi Service

The purpose of STM and the Customer is to procure Quadrivalent influenza Vaccine required and suitable for the National Vaccination Programme in Finland. The tendered vaccine must be suitable for adults and children from six (6) months of age and older for the prevention of influenza disease.

More information about National Vaccination Programme and vaccinations can be found on the website of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare:

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases-and-vaccinations/vaccines-a-to-z/influenza-vaccine

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

Estimated quantity for the contract period is 1.700.000 doses for the influenza season 2023-2024. The customer reserves the right to increase or decrease the ordered numbers of doses by up to 20%.

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.