Maintenance and Further Development of Quality System Ultrasound Equipment Prenatal Screening Netherlands
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
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
02Exclusion grounds
- 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
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
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
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07Estimated value versus the market
€ 327K
€ 800K
€ 2,5 mln
Gegunde waarden in CPV 72 · diensten n=1436