Public procurement of innovative medical technology: Femtosecond and excimer laser platform for ophthalmic surgery

Ophthalmic surgery in the past few years has made a lot of progress by combining the most advanced laser techniques with the standard procedures for cataract, corneal graft, and the correction of refractive defects such as myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. There is therefore pressing request from advanced and specialist hospital to have laser platforms available (excimer and femto). This chapter deals about the strategy of Tuscany Region (Italy) that, starting from the request of Careggi University Hospital, called a competition designed by its central office ESTAR to satisfy initial specific request but also other possible regional authorities requests with known cost of equipment, disposables, maintenance and key operators for the upcoming 5 years.