Post-announcement: Internal Medicine Outpatient Duty as Staff Leasing

This tender concerns the provision of internal medicine outpatient duty (on-call duty) through staff leasing services for the Wellbeing Services County of Lapland. The work will be performed at the Central Hospital of Lapland in Rovaniemi. The primary tasks are detailed in Annex 1, "Service Description," which also outlines the mandatory requirements. The procurement aims to supplement the client's own service production and ensure sufficient physician staffing to cover absences of the Wellbeing Services County of Lapland's own personnel or address staffing shortages due to other reasons. The service being procured is essentially physician staff leasing. Physicians providing the service will operate under the client's supervision and responsibility while performing services for the client. The service provider remains responsible for all employer obligations and duties. The planned commencement date for the service is January 1, 2026, with an initial contract period of 12 months. The contract includes an option for extension periods from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2027, and from January 1, 2028, to December 31, 2028. The need for leased staff is one calendar week per month. Specific details regarding the need and timing of this leased workforce are further defined in the service description. The Wellbeing Services County is not obligated to compensate for changes in the volume of purchased services during the contract period; the purchased quantity may increase or decrease. This contract does not grant the service provider exclusive rights to sell services to the client. This procurement falls under the category of social and health services exceeding the national threshold, as defined in Section 25, Subsection 1, Clause 3 of the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (1397/2016). The request for proposals consists of this procurement announcement and its annexes.

This is a services contract in the health and medical services and general supplies sectors, with a focus on Hospitals and Health Workforce. Located in Finland, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

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