The joint procurement contract will cover the contracting authority's need for easy access to medical consumables, incontinence products, nutritional products, and medical equipment/tests. The joint procurement contract will also cover the need for an emergency stockpile of infection control products.

Tenderers must be total suppliers of the product groups listed in the contest. The contract will therefore cover all procurements of products that are naturally covered by the contract area.

The joint procurement contract will cover the contracting authority's need for easy access to medical consumables, incontinence products, nutritional products, and medical equipment/tests. The joint procurement contract will also cover the need for an emergency stockpile of infection control products.

Tenderers must be total suppliers of the product groups listed in the contest. The contract will therefore cover all procurements of products that are naturally covered by the contract area.

Other purposes of the joint procurement contract are:

— give users and patients products they experience as good in relation to suitability and quality, at the same time that good care and total finances are ensured,

— reduce negative environmental impact, including by using environmentally friendly products and packaging. The municipality will facilitate as much material recycling and recirculation as possible. The municipality would, thus, like to promote recyclable plastic and avoid all types of biodegradable plastic (biodegradable, compostable, and oxo-degradable plastic),

— give users close follow-up and good training in the products and their use,

— simplify and increase the efficiency of the contracting authority's everyday orders,

— standardise the available product assortment where appropriate, as well as ensure access to more specialised products when required,

— facilitate good follow-up of social requirements in the supplier chain.