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Falck regrets loss of ambulance services contract with Region of Southern Denmark
After having provided ambulance services to the people of Funen and the southern parts of Jutland for almost 100 years, Falck is now set to lose this contract effective 1 September 2015. Following a call for tenders by the Region of Southern Denmark, ambulance services in the region will now be provided by Dutch operator BIOS and by Danish operator Responce.
Revenue from ambulance services in the Region of Southern Denmark accounts for about four percent of Falck's consolidated revenue.
"We have applied the same method of calculation that last year gave us the lowest price among all Danish bidders in the tenders for ambulance services for the Central Jutland Region and for the Roskilde area. In the past, our tenders have been very competitive, both when compared with control bids and in the context of other tenders for ambulance services. For these reasons, we were quite surprised by the very low bids from the Dutch company, but obviously we accept the result of the tender and will now focus on providing ambulance services to our usual high Falck standards until 1 September next year,” said Lars Vester, Executive Vice President, Emergency Denmark, Falck.
