Request For Information: Staining Equipment For The Special Hematology Laboratory Of The Hus Diagnostic Centre

This Document Is Not A Procurement Announcement Or A Request For Tender, But A Market Survey In Accordance With Section 65 Of The Procurement Act, Which The Procurement Unit Will Carry Out As Described In This Request For Information. With This Request For Information, The Hus Corporation (Hereinafter Hus) Initiates A Market Survey For A Future Acquisition. The Aim Of This Advance Notice Is To Find Suppliers Operating In The Field, To Get Information About The Solutions Available On The Market, And To Inform About Future Procurement Plans And Requirements. Please Note That The Procurement Is In The Early Stages Of Planning, And The Plans And The Procurement Target And Schedule May Still Change. This Announcement Describes The Information That The Procurement Entity Has At The Time Of Preparing The Announcement. The Object And Schedule Of The Procurement May Change Substantially. The Request For Information Does Not Obligate The Procurement Unit To Carry Out The Actual Procurement, But The Initiation Of A Possible Procurement Procedure Is Decided Separately. The Request For Information And The Answers Given To It Are Not Binding On Either Party. Answering The Request For Information Will Not Affect The Bidders Position In The Upcoming Tender. Hankinnan Kuvaushus-Yhtymä Is Acquiring Two (2) Fully Automatic Staining Devices For The Special Hematology Laboratory Of The Hus Diagnostic Center, Which Will Be Used To Stain Blood Smear Preparations, Puncture Smear And Cytocentrifuge Preparations, And Bone Marrow Extract Preparations. The Object Of The Procurement Is Fully Automatic Staining Equipment Intended For Methanol-Based May-Grünwald-Giemsa (Mgg) Staining Of Hematological Samples. The Purchase Includes Two Devices, Their Maintenance And Device-Related Accessories. Different Technologies Of Dyeing Equipment Are Taken Into Account In The Competition. If The Technology Of The Equipment Is Based On Spray Dyeing Technology, Ce/Ivd Marked Color Reagents Must Be Included In The Purchase. If The Dyeing In The Equipment Is Based On A Technology Where The Sample Preparations Are Immersed In Reagent Containers, Third-Party Reagents Already In Use By The Procurement Unit And Separately Tendered For Are Used In The Dyeing. If Third-Party Reagents Are Used For Staining, The Device Must Be Suitable For Staining According To The Reagents In Use. The Devices Must Be Suitable For Staining Blood, Puncture And Bone Marrow Samples. The Staining Quality Must Be Such That The Morphology Of The Cell Lines Can Be Easily Evaluated In The Preparations Of All Sample Types To Be Stained. The Dyeing Quality Is Tested In A Possible Trial Run. The Object Of The Procurement And The Requirements Set For The Dyeing Equipment Are Described In More Detail In Appendix 1 Requirements Of This Request For Information.