The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (hereinafter ”STM”) and Finnish institute for health and welfare (hereinafter "THL" or “Customer” ) request your tender for Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) Vaccine belonging to the National Vaccination Programme in Finland.

The contract period is about two years 2023-2024. The procurement contains two options to extend the contract for the periods 2025 and 2026.

Estimated quantity for the contract period including option is 600 000 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 Tender refer to local time in Finland.

Call for Tender, annexes:

Annex 1 Contract

Annex 2 JYSE 2014 Supplies (Updated April 2017) (link)

Annex 3 Handi

The purpose of STM and the Customer is to procure Pentavalent Vaccine (DTaP-IPV +Hib) required for the National Vaccination Programme in Finland. The tendered vaccine must be suitable for children under five years old. It can also be used to vaccinate stem cell transplant recipients of all ages.

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

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases-and-vaccinations/vaccines-a-to-z/diphtheria-tetanus-whooping-cough-polio-and-hib-combination-vaccines/dtap-ipv-hib-vaccine-for-children-5-in-1-#dosage

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 two years. Estimated quantity for the contract period is 300 000 doses. 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 by both parties, 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.