Luftambulansetjenesten HF (LAT HF) intends to enter into a framework agreement for the purchase of syringe pumps for use in all vessels in the air ambulance and rescue helicopter service in the coming years.

Spray pumps for Luftambulansetjenesten HF

Luftambulansetjenesten HF (LAT HF) intends to enter into a framework agreement with B. Braun Medical AS for the purchase of syringe pumps for use in all vessels in the air ambulance and rescue helicopter service in the coming years. LAT HF has the operative operational responsibility for the air ambulance service, including procurements, management and standardisation of medical technical equipment in the service. Most of the medical technical equipment used in the air ambulance service, including spray pumps, is assembled in certified installations in the medical fittings in the vessel cabins. In most cases available space on walls and/or in ceilings is utilised almost to the maximum, in order to make room for the necessary medical technical equipment on board, and to achieve an appropriate location for the patient and treater. This means that when replacing one type of equipment, LAT HF must often take into account the space allocated for the existing equipment that shall be replaced. New equipment that mostly devies in physical size can lead to unwanted consequences in two areas. Firstly, there is no room for the number of units that are necessary, and secondly that it may lead to a need for larger rookies in, and redesign of parts of, the medical fit out. Such a rooking and redesign has been estimated to far exceed the value of the spray pumps that shall now be procured. The mentioned conditions mean that LAT HF cannot avoid setting requirements for the maximum physical size of new syringe pumps. In spring 2026, the contracting authority conducted a market survey titled "Pain Pumps for Luftambulansetjenesten HF" where the purpose was to identify possible alternative suppliers and obtain information about their products. This included identifying and assessing whether there were products that could fulfil the service's functional, technical and physical requirements without the need for significant changes to the existing installations. The result of this market mapping shows that only B. Braun Medical AS can deliver a product that will be in line with the air ambulance service ́s requirements as regards physical size if it is possible to install the syringe pumps in the current aircraft and helicopters without significant and costly changes in the medical fittings. Based on this, the contracting authority considers that the competition cannot be presented, as only one tenderer is able to deliver a system that covers the need within the technical frameworks resulting from the existing certified installations. The need for compatibility with the current fit outs is justified by objective technical and operative conditions and it is not established for the purpose of limiting the competition. FOA § 13-4 letter b) no. 2 is open to a procurement without a prior notice if it is impossible to hold a competition for technical reasons. In this case it will not be possible for the contracting authority to cover the need, if spray pumps that have a physical size beyond that which is available in the current medical fittings, as this will result in major rookies in and redesign of the medical fittings in the vessels. LAT HF ́s assessment is that the terms in PPR § 13-4 letter b. no. 2 are met as the competition is impossible for technical reasons and there are no reasonable alternatives or replacement systems that can cover the contracting authority ́s needs. LAT Health Trust believes that there is the right to hold a procurement without a prior competition and intends to enter into a framework agreement with B. Braun Medical AS.