SUTAINABILITY CRITERIA IN MANY MORE TENDERS

Use less packaging. Avoid materials that are difficult to recycle. Use electric trucks. These are the messages in some of the sustainability criteria included in the tenders we have just published. As last year, the sustainability criteria in our national tenders primarily concern packaging and transport, only with a few adjustments. This means that these are criteria we have already presented to the suppliers before, and they are familiar with them.

- We have continuously discussed sustainability criteria with our suppliers. From our previous tenders, we can see that fortunately, many suppliers want to bid on our tenders with sustainability criteria. So many that we have not yet experienced receiving fewer offers. We are very pleased about this. And we hope that the suppliers' great commitment continues, says Flemming Sonne, CEO of Amgros.

In addition to criteria concerning packaging and transport, some of the tenders also include criteria related to inhalation devices and take back schemes, as well as criteria regarding measures to combat antibiotic resistance.

This is the 5th year that Amgros publishes national tenders with sustainability criteria. This time, the criteria are included in 305 tendered agreements compared to 104 last year. This means that once again, we are setting a new record for the number of sub-agreements with sustainability criteria. We are tendering approximately 850 agreements in this year's major tender round. 

Amgros is also giving a longer deadline for submitting offers this time, as the tenders include sustainability criteria. The deadline is extended from the typical 45 days to 60 days. 

We encourage our suppliers to start diving into the criteria and collecting the necessary documentation as soon as possible so they can respond to the criteria. 

- This year, we are tendering even more medicines with sustainability criteria. This means that suppliers must consider more than just the price for a large part of the medicines. Although many suppliers are well acquainted with our criteria, it can take time to respond to them. Therefore, we would like to encourage suppliers to get started so that we ensure as many as possible are prepared to submit offers on time, says Flemming Sonne. 

The deadline for submission of tenders on Amgros' tenders with sustainability criteria is June 11, 2025, at 12:00. 

The national tenders with sustainability criteria primarily concern medicines that hospitals use in large quantities for dose dispensing. This means primarily tablets and capsules, such as those containing paracetamol, pantoprazole, or metoprolol. 

The following published tenders include sustainability criteria:  

2026 2.203.b  

2026 2.210.a  

2026 2.212.a  

2026 2.213.a  

2026 2.290.b  

2026 2.620.a  

2026 2.690.b  

2026 2.790.b  

2026 2.1200.a  

2026 2.1290.b  

2026 2.1301.a  

2026 2.1302.b  

2026 2.1303.b  

2026 2.1304.a  

2026 2.1390.b 

Amgros continuously publishes tenders. Therefore, it is important that suppliers continuously keep an eye on tenders published on our Supplier and Tender Portal.