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Maintenance and Further Development of Quality System Ultrasound Equipment Prenatal Screening Netherlands

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) · Onderhandeling zonder bekendmaking · 401628
Type
Services
72260000
Estimated value
Not published
To deadline
Ongoing
Knock-outs
n/a
exclusion grounds
Award basis
Best price-quality ratio
Assess manuallyconfidence low

RIVM has initiated a closed market for the maintenance and further development of the quality system for ultrasound equipment used in prenatal screening in the Netherlands. The contract focuses on providing services in the field of maintenance, periodic inspection, and updates to the system, starting in January 2026. It is possible that work regarding the testing and supervision of AI software within the same system will follow later.n/nKey information:n- Organisation: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)n- Title: Maintenance and Further Development of Quality System Ultrasound Equipment Prenatal Screening Netherlandsn- Tender number: 401628n- Type/Procedure: Services – Negotiation without publicationn- CPV: 72260000n- Location: NL (NUTS: NL350, NL361, NL226)n- Publication: 2025-11-20n- Status: Closedn- Value: Unknownn- Digital procurement: Yesn- Deadline: not mentionedn- Description: Infrastructural maintenance and further development of the existing quality system for ultrasound equipment, including future opportunities for supervision of AI software.n/nAward criteria, documents, amendments, contact, and award information are missing from the provided data.n/nRelevant keywords are not specified.n/nThis JSON contains the available data in a scannable structure.

Services · Onderhandeling zonder bekendmaking · European procedure

European
Contract type
Services
Onderhandeling zonder bekendmaking
Estimated value
Estimate not published
Submission deadline
Ongoing
Scope
European
European procedure
Lots
Single contract
Main CPV code
Location
Netherlands
CharacteristicsCPV 72ServicesEU tender

01What is being requested

RIVM has initiated a closed market for the maintenance and further development of the quality system for ultrasound equipment used in prenatal screening in the Netherlands. The contract focuses on providing services in the field of maintenance, periodic inspection, and updates to the system, starting in January 2026. It is possible that work regarding the testing and supervision of AI software within the same system will follow later.n/nKey information:n- Organisation: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)n- Title: Maintenance and Further Development of Quality System Ultrasound Equipment Prenatal Screening Netherlandsn- Tender number: 401628n- Type/Procedure: Services – Negotiation without publicationn- CPV: 72260000n- Location: NL (NUTS: NL350, NL361, NL226)n- Publication: 2025-11-20n- Status: Closedn- Value: Unknownn- Digital procurement: Yesn- Deadline: not mentionedn- Description: Infrastructural maintenance and further development of the existing quality system for ultrasound equipment, including future opportunities for supervision of AI software.n/nAward criteria, documents, amendments, contact, and award information are missing from the provided data.n/nRelevant keywords are not specified.n/nThis JSON contains the available data in a scannable structure.

2 Background and context of the procurement needRIVM-Centrum voor Bevolkingsonderzoek has control over prenatal screening with the NIPT and structural ultrasonography in the Netherlands. Ultrasound machines are used for structural ultrasonography (i.e., the 20-week ultrasound and the 13-week ultrasound in a research setting). The LRCB (Landelijk Expertisecentrum voor Bevolkingsonderzoek) advised in 2020 on establishing new (technical) quality requirements that ultrasound equipment used in prenatal screening must minimally meet. Additionally, the LRCB advised implementing a national quality sys

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02Exclusion grounds

Exclusion grounds — consult the ESPD
  • No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).

03Value in context

Estimate not published

The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.

04Likely competitors

#Likely bidderFitWins
1COMPAREX Nederland B.V.SME9230×
2Sogeti Nederland B.V. SME7416×
3Zorgned Automatisering B.V.SME6711×
4Croonwolter&dros B.V.SME66
5Monaco BVSME64
6PinkRoccade Healthcare B.V.SME63

05Legal themes that may be relevant here

06Frequently asked questions

What is the objective of the assignment for the quality system?
The objective is the maintenance and further development of the existing quality system for all ultrasound equipment used in the Netherlands for prenatal screening. The system serves to periodically assess whether the equipment functions technically sufficiently throughout its lifespan.
When does the execution of this assignment start?
The execution of the assignment for the maintenance and further development of the quality system for the ultrasound equipment starts in January 2026.
Are there any planned future expansions of the assignment?
There is a possibility that the assignment will be expanded in a few years with the further development of the quality system, so that the system can also provide for the testing and supervision of the quality of AI software used during the 13 and 20-week ultrasound.

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07Estimated value versus the market

p25
€ 327K
median
€ 800K
p75
€ 2,5 mln
deze opdracht

Gegunde waarden in CPV 72 · diensten n=1436