Crematorium Technology / Pirkanmaan krematorio Oy

The subject matter of the direct procurement is one electrically powered cremator furnace as follows: - One electrically powered cremator - Options (a second equivalent electric furnace, and a 10-year maintenance agreement including the relining of the furnaces) In other respects, the direct procurement procedure does not amend the terms of the original invitation to tender or the draft agreement, nor are any substantial changes made to the invitation to tender. From the supplier’s perspective, the subject matter of the procurement does not change as a result of the above-mentioned modification, since the supplier has still been required to offer two electrically powered cremator furnaces (1+1).Accordingly, the procurement will be carried out in compliance with the terms and conditions set out in the original invitation to tender and its appendices. Therefore, the contracting authority is entitled to carry out a direct procurement pursuant to Section 40(1)(1) of the Procurement Act. For the sake of clarity, it is stated that the contracting authority implementing the procurement is Pirkanmaan Krematorio Oy.

According to Section 40(1)(1) of the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (hereinafter the “Procurement Act”), a contracting entity may opt for direct procurement if no requests to participate or tenders, or suitable requests to participate or tenders have been received in response to an open or restricted procedure; it shall be a further condition that no essential change has occurred in the terms and conditions of the original call for tenders. According to the preparatory works of the Procurement Act, in situations where no tenders have been submitted in response to a contract notice, a direct procurement procedure may be initiated with a supplier selected by the contracting authority, provided that the supplier meets the requirements set out in the invitation to tender or the contract notice. The original tenders were unsuitable from the contracting authority’s perspective. The contracting authority conducted preliminary negotiations with all three tenderers that had participated in the tender procedure in an effort to bring the tenders into compliance with the invitation to tender and make them comparable. Based on these preliminary negotiations, the contracting authority initiated the actual direct procurement procedure with IFZW GmbH & Co. KG, which meets the requirements imposed on tenderers in the invitation to tender and the contract notice.