Request to Iceland Health for the purchase of services
Chapter VIII of the act contains special rules on health care and public contracts for the service shall be awarded according to it if the value of the contract exceeds the threshold amount, now ISK 97,770,000.
The main innovation is that the buyer must inform the buyer of his intention with a special pre-publication notice or special call for competition on the website of the European Union publishing house, TED.
Pre-publication is an informational process that informs interested parties about the proposed service purchase and thus gives them the opportunity to express their interest. If a process is started with pre-publication, it can end with negotiations or a contract on the basis of a tender.
A notice of offer applies if a service has been decided to be offered.
In the previous law on public procurement, health care was not a contract obligation.
75200000-8 Services to the community 75231200-6 Services for detention or rehabilitation of criminals 75231240-8 Probation supervision services 79611000-0 Job search assistance 79622000-0 Provision of personnel for domestic help 79624000-4 Provision of nursing staff 79625000-1 Provision of health personnel 85000000-9 Health and social services 85100000-0 Health services 85111300-3 Services of gynecologists in hospitals 85111310-6 IVF services 85111320-9 Services of obstetricians in hospitals 85111400-4 Rehabilitation services in hospitals 85111500-5 Psychiatric services in hospitals 85111600-6 Prosthetic services 85111700-7 Oxygen therapy 85112000-7 Support services for hospitals 85112100-8 Bedding services for hospitals 85112200-9 Outpatient care services 85121000-3 Medical services 85121200-5 Services of medical doctors 85121210-8 Gynecological or obstetric services 85121220-1 Specialist services for kidney or nervous system diseases 85121230-4 Specialist services for cardiology or pulmonology 85121231-1 Cardiology services 85121232-8 Pulmonology services 85121240-7 Services for ear, nose and throat diseases or hearing tests 85121250-0 Services for digestive diseases and geriatric medicine 85121251-7 Services for digestive diseases 85121252-4 Geriatric medicine services 85121270-6 Services of psychiatrists or psychologists 85121271-3 Services at homes for the mentally ill 85121280-9 Services of ophthalmologists, dermatologists or orthopedic surgeons 85121281-6 Eye specialist services 85121282-3 Services of dermatology specialists 85121283-0 Services of orthopedic surgeons 85121290-2 Services of pediatric or urological specialists 85121291-9 Services of pediatricians 85121292-6 Services of urologists 85121300-6 Services of surgeons 85130000-9 Dentistry and related services 85131000-6 Dentistry 85131100-7 Orthodontics 85131110-0 Orthodontic surgery 85140000-2 Miscellaneous health services 85141000-9 Services of health professionals 85141100-0 Midwifery services 85141200-1 Nursing services 85141210-4 Housekeeping and home care 85141211-1 Membrane dialysis in homes 85141220-7 Consulting services for nurses 85142000-6 Paramedic services 85142100-7 Physiotherapist services 85142200-8 Micro-dose medical services 85142300-9 Cleaning services 85142400-0 Home delivery of products for use in promiscuity 85143000-3 Ambulance transport 85144000-0 Health services in nursing homes 85144100-1 Nursing in residential homes 85145000-7 Medical laboratory services 85146000-4 Blood bank services 85146100-5 Sperm banking services 85146200-6 Organ bank services 85147000-1 Health services in companies 85148000-8 Medical diagnostic services 85149000-5 Pharmacist services 85160000-8 Services of opticians 85170000-1 Services of acupuncturists and acupuncturists 85171000-8 Acupuncture medical services 85172000-5 Chiropractic services 85200000-1 Veterinary services 85210000-3 Livestock breeding 85300000-2 Social counseling and related services 85310000-5 Social work services 85311000-2 Social services with a stay in an institution or home 85311100-3 Welfare services for the elderly 85311200-4 Welfare services for the disabled 85311300-5 Welfare services for children and young people 85312000-9 Social work without a stay in an institution 85312100-0 Day care services 85312110-3 Daycare for children 85312120-6 Day care for disabled children and young people 85312200-1 Home delivery of food products 85312300-2 Guidance and consultancy services 85312310-5 Guidance services 85312320-8 Consulting 85312330-1 Family plans 85312400-3 Welfare services, not provided by residential institutions 85312500-4 Rehabilitation services 85312510-7 Work-related rehabilitation 85320000-8 Social services 85321000-5 Administration in the field of social services 85322000-2 Action plans by municipalities 85323000-9 Health care provided by municipalities 98133100-5 Membership service is work for the common good and a better society 98133000-4 Non-profit organization services 98200000-5 Equal opportunity consultancy services 98500000-8 Private home with paid staff 98513000-2 Personnel agency for households 98513100-3 Household replacement services 98513200-4 Office services for households 98513300-5 People in temporary work for households 98513310-8 Home care 98514000-9 Domestic help
Special rules apply to services under article 1 of regulation no 1000/2016.
It essentially implies that for the purchase of specific services pursuant to the regulation, it is sufficient to advertise the procurement in advance with a pre-publication notice. The pre-publication notice shall specifically refer to the type of service for which the contracts are to be awarded. It shall state that the contracts will be awarded without further publication and invite interested parties to express their interest in writing. The period covered by the pre-publication notice shall be no more than 36 months from the date of the notice is sent for publication. While pre-publication may be used, a specific tender may also be advertised and the procurement procedures provided by the law may be chosen at will.
Note that many more types of services are listed in the Regulation no. 1000/2016 on procurement that are covered by social services and other specific services and you can find the numbers and explanations in the procurement dictionary (CPV).
