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Norway - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - Framework agreement for medical consumables

Open Norway Oslo og Viken Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals

Buyer Rakkestad kommune

23 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€743,667
converted from NOK
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 25 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

24 days from publication to deadline

Shorter than usual

Notices of this kind (Norway, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 33 days, half of them between 29 and 38 days, based on 6,992 notices of the last two years. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.

This buyer usually gives 32 days (median of its last 10 calls for tender).

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Summary

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Rakkestad municipality in Norway is holding a procurement to establish a framework agreement with one tenderer for the purchase of medical consumables. Aimed at achieving good total economy together with good care, the agreement should provide products that simplify nurses' work, free up time for other assignments, and give patients suitable products of good quality, together with follow-up, training for departments, and simplified ordering and assortment management. Våler municipality joins the framework agreement and has authorised Rakkestad to run the competition, while each participating municipality is the responsible contract party for individual call-offs. The agreement covers the authorities' total need for medical consumables, including personal care, infection protection, first aid, nutrition, incontinence, wound treatment material, support bandages, compression products, laboratory equipment, instruments, medical equipment, syringes and infusion equipment.

Description

The contracting authority shall enter into a framework agreement with a tenderer for the purchase of medical consumables. The contracting authority ́s aim with the procurement is that the contract products, together with good care, shall give a good total economy. The contracting authority ́s finances mean that the products, based on their qualities, simplify the nurses ́ work assignments and free up time for other assignments. The Contracting Authority is also committed to providing users and patients with suitable products of good quality. It is also important that the contracting authority ́s departments get the necessary follow-up and training in the products and that their work with ordering and assortment management is simplified and streamlined. Våler municipality with organisation number 959 272 581 joins the above mentioned framework agreement and has given Rakkestad municipality the authority to implement the procurement on the above mentioned competition. Participating municipalities are the responsible contract party when ordering (call-offs) on the framework agreement and undertake follow-up of the specific delivery. Each contract party ́s total call-off in the contract period shall not exceed the value estimate stated in the tender documentation, which is based on the information reported below. The framework agreement shall cover the contracting authority ́s total need for medical consumables and it includes, among other things, the following product categories: Personal care Infection protection First aid Nutrition Incontinence Wound treatment material Support bandages and compression products. Laboratory equipment and consumables Instruments and medical equipment Syringes, cannulas and infusion equipment Other relevant products within the contract area. The overview is not exhaustive. The framework agreement shall cover the contracting authority ́s need for all products that naturally fall under the category medical consumables. The contracting authority reserves an option for the establishment and operation of a stand-by warehouse in the contract period. Duration and value of the procurement The contract will be valid for 2 years from the start-up date. The contracting authority has the option to extend the contract for an additional 1+1 year. The procurement ́s estimated value is NOK 2,000,000 excluding VAT per annum. The maximum value for the entire contract period, including any options and expected price development, is estimated to NOK 8,000,000 excluding VAT. The estimates are based on the contracting authority ́s best assessment of expected need at the time of publication. The need is uncertain, however, and the actual amount can be both higher and lower than estimated. The volume will i.a. depend on the contracting authority ́s need, activity level, budgetary conditions and other framework terms. See the tender and contract documents for further information on the procurement.; This part contains information about the actual competition, as well as the minimum requirements for, as well as documentation requirements, that the tenderer has to participate in the competition (the tenderer's qualifications).

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

    Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €743,667.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    23 days left, 18 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €407,079 and €2.5M.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 14 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 82 awards for Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals in Norway.

This notice
€743,667
Median award
€714,884
Middle half of past awards
€407,079 to €2.5M

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Rakkestad kommune

Norway

notices in the register
14
awards
4

Who wins its contracts

of its calls state an estimated value
90%

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals - Norway

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Siemens Healthcare AS 7 €59.2M Sep 2026
Apotek 1 Gruppen AS 5 €16.1M Aug 2026
OneMed AS 5 €976,238 Aug 2026
OLYMPUS NORGE AS 4 €3.7M Sep 2026
VINGMED AS 4 €1.1M Jul 2026

Based on 158 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

5 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 76% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.

open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
10,824
median open notice
€144,479

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Norway · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals

different companies won awards here
113
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
43

Based on 158 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
5.2
of those lots received a single tender
9%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
16%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

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