Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Services 2022-2024 (2025-2026)

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (hereinafter "THL" or “Customer” ) request your tender for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Services for the years 2022-2024 (2025-2026) based on of this Call for Tenders and its annexes. The procurement is divided into two (2) lots as follows: Lot 1: Non-urgent Next-Generation Sequencing Services (on samples of bacterial and viral origin) Lot 2: Urgent Next-Generation Sequencing Services (on samples of viral origin) The description of the subject of the procurement and the minimum requirements are described in the Call for tenders and its annexes. This procurement is over EU threshold value. Estimated total value for Lot 1 is 300.000,00 EUR (excluding VAT) and for Lot 2 1.000.000,00 EUR (excluding VAT). Please note that all times given in the Call for Tenders refer to local time in Finland.

SUBCONTRACTING The tenderer may use subcontractors. The tenderer is fully responsible for the work of their subcontractors to the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority will sign the contract only with the company responsible for the tender. Any subcontractors used in the procurement execution must be named. Any named subcontractors will be treated as a resource of the tenderer. Therefore, the tenderer must be able to ensure that the subcontractors named in the tender will be available for the procurement execution, should the tenderer be chosen. The chosen tenderer must provide all the certificates and reports specified in this form on all the subcontractors participating in the providing of the service before the contract of procurement can be signed. APPLICATION AS A CONSORTIUM In accordance with the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (1397/2016) the companies may tender as a group (consortium). A consortium means here co-operation of companies in order to win the contract award. Application as a consortium must be announced in the tender. Every member of the consortium has to be announced in the tender. All of that, what is said in these instructions or other documentation related to this procurement and concerns the tenderer, is applicable also to any consortium, standing as a tenderer, if not mentioned otherwise. If the tenderer has companies under its control (e.g. belonging to the same corporation), capacities of those companies shall not be automatically assessed as tenderer´s capacities. Should the tenderer invoke this kind corporation capacities, the tender has to be composed as a consortium, so that it includes those companies as members of the consortium (Group) - or as tenderer´s capacity entity. Consortium has to designate one organization, who is in charge of all communication with the contracting entity during the procurement procedure. However, all the members of the consortium will be signing the contract, and will be jointly responsible for all of the responsibilities of the contract. Consortium must give a commitment that named members of the consortium are available for accomplishing the procurement, should the consortium be selected. Members of the consortium must provide a written commitment attached to the tender. The contracting entity will evaluate the adequacy of evidence of compliance and verify that the resources will be available throughout the period, covered by the contract. RELYING ON THE CAPACITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES The tenderer must prove to the contracting entity that the requirements relating to economic and financial situation and technical capability as well as other requirements are met. The tenderer has no right to change the tenderer´s capacity entity whose capacities he has put forward in the tender. If the tenderer invokes the capacities of a subcontractor, the relevant subcontractor must actually be involved in the implementation of the procurement. The invoking tenderer (or group) bears the obligation to authenticate the fulfillment of the requirements set by the contracting entity. Proof must be provided in form of a commitment, which shows that the resources meeting the required conditions are available for the tenderer (or Group). The Contracting Authority will evaluate the adequacy of evidence of compliance and verify that the resources will be available throughout the period, covered by the contract. TENDERER A tenderer must provide the information referred to in the requirements by giving a register extract or other similar certificate stipulated in legislation of tenderer’s country of location, or any other commonly accepted way such, as by giving a statement under oath, or a declaration confirmed with affirmation, in accordance with legislation in country of location.