26/03004 Framework agreement for the purchase of -80°C coffin freezers to FHI

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health shall enter into a framework agreement with one supplier of large ultra freezer coffin freezers with a storage temperature of -80° Celsius.The freezers shall be used for storing biological material at -80°C. They shall function as backup freezers at the time of the existing freezers, and must have sufficient size and be of the type coffin freezers in order to accommodate the material from them. The need is estimated to be between 4-8 freezers per year, but this can vary and cannot be seen as binding volume. The maximum value of the framework agreement is NOK 5 million excluding VAT.

The procurement will be carried out in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17 June 2016 (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA) FOR 2016-08-12-974 parts I and part III. The contract will be awarded in accordance with the open tender contest procedure, cf. FOA § 13-1(1).