SOS International, which was fired on Sunday as a lightning test supplier after a number of problems with the subcontractor Medicals Nordic, ends up with an extra bill.
Falck, which is now taking over the lightning test task, is more expensive than SOS International, and SOS International must pay the difference.
This is stated by Dorte Christensen, Deputy Director of the Central Jutland Region Procurement and Medicoteknik, to BT.
– Falck is more expensive, and the additional cost we get by changing supplier is the responsibility of SOS International. Because they have signed a contract that they could not live up to, says Dorte Christensen.
The deputy director can not say how much more expensive Falck is. But when Falck lost the initial tender in January to Carelink and SOS International, it was clear that the rescue group could not stretch any further.
At the time, Falck CEO Jakob Riis said that the offer “only focused on the price”, and then the company could not participate.
– When we calculate the cost of test equipment, protective equipment, washing uniforms and so on together, then we were already somewhere that was above the price level that has won, so we could not match it, even if we calculated the wage from, said he to Berlingske.
In addition, SOS International will not be compensated for the large loss of millions that the company ends up with, as they have lost the extensive lightning task after just one week.
– They must have lost a lot of money on that deal here. It’s a big contract they’ve lost. It must be hard for such a supplier. But they are the ones who have not been able to live up to their obligations, says Dorte Christensen to BT
The newspaper has previously described that the company should have a triple-digit million amount to handle the task in the regions North Jutland, Central Jutland, Zealand and the capital.
SOS International reached just one week as a supplier of lightning tests to, among others, employees at the country’s care centers in an agreement entered into with the state.
The agreement was terminated on Sunday, as the regions do not believe that the company “can handle the task to the required extent”.
It was the company’s collaboration with the subcontractor Medicals Nordic that led to the breach.
In recent days, several media outlets have reported on safety and hygiene problems, as well as describing how citizens’ health data was processed via the free service WhatsApp.
It is in the Central Jutland, North Jutland and Zealand Region that Falck takes over the task. SOS International will help with its own employees during the next week, but from 15 January, Falck will take over the entire task in the three regions.
In the Capital Region, SOS International will continue with the task during the 30-day notice period. Then the region must find a new supplier.
Source: The Nordic Page