Informationsanfrage: Inkubator für die HUS-Apotheke

With this request for information, HUS launches a market consultation to prepare a procurement. The aim of this prior information notice is to find suppliers operating in this field of business, get information of the solutions available in the market, and inform our plans and requirements for the forthcoming procurement. SUBJECT OF PROCUREMENT The subject of procurement is laboratory incubators intended for use in hospital pharmacy and laboratory environments (e.g. HUS Pharmacy) and related operational contexts. The market consultation focuses in particular on compressor-cooled laboratory incubators suitable for controlled temperature applications, such as incubation, storage and stability testing of biological or pharmaceutical samples. The incubators are expected to be suitable for professional healthcare and laboratory use and to support reliable temperature control over a wide operating range. Solutions of different sizes and configurations may be presented. In addition to the incubator devices themselves, the consultation also covers: -device-specific accessories and optional equipment, -consumables required for operation, -and related services, such as delivery, installation, user training, maintenance and calibration services. Suppliers are encouraged to present solutions that are suitable for demanding healthcare and laboratory environments and to describe alternative or complementary use cases where relevant. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANSWERING Responses to this request for information shall be submitted by e-mail by Friday 30.1.2026 at 16:00. Please send your response to: kilpailutus.investoinnit@hus.fi The subject line or message field of the e-mail must include: “Tietopyyntö HUS 576-2025” Respondents are kindly requested to attach any relevant product brochures, technical datasheets, and other descriptive materials related to the incubators, accessories, and services offered. INFORMATION FOR THE PROCEDURE HUS is tentatively planning to publish a call for tenders estimated Spring 2026. This notice is not a call for tenders. HUS may specify the subject of the procurement in a subsequent contract notice. The requirements for a subsequent procurement and invitation to tender will be determined on the basis of the needs of the contracting entity, with the aim of taking into account the information obtained in the market survey. This notice provides the information currently held by the contracting entity on the procurement to operators on the market. The procurement is in the planning stage and the plans, with their schedules and information, can still be specified and changed. The request for information does not oblige the procurement unit to carry out the actual procurement, but the decision to initiate a possible procurement process is made separately. Neither the request for information nor its replies are binding on either party. Responding to a request for information does not affect the position of the respondent in the forthcoming tender. The costs associated with responding to a request for information are borne by the respondent, and HUS does not pay compensation for responding to a request for information or for participating in the procurement procedure.