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Support tool for doctoral journey

Finland · Kuopio · how to bid here

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 September at 09:00 — 5 days left.
  2. You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail.
  3. Offer and evidence in: ENG.
  4. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
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Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 6 months (13 awards, most recently April 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to insightsoftware Finland Oy.n = 13
  • 10% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (200 awards since 2017, spread over 119 companies). That is well below the sector norm (31%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 200 awards since 2017
  • 17% of awards went to companies from abroad (200 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 200
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (72 procedures with a bid count); 22% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 72
  • The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 81%.n = 10

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 13/09/2026.

Clement
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Foreign bidders

In Finland · IT services, 45 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,698 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United States, Germany.

Typical field: median 3 (from 6 awards).

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

What the buyer is looking for

The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (DE).

Show original description (DE)

Support tool for doctoral journey The object of the procurement is a system for monitoring the progress of doctoral studies for the use of the University of Eastern Finland, University of Lapland, University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University as a SaaS service and the services associated with it. The object of the procurement consists of the following: -Software service and its user support, covering the system for monitoring progress in doctoral studies that is the object of the procurement as a software service (later referred to as the SaaS) and its user support, including support services for both the Contracting Entity’s representatives and end users. -The object of the procurement also includes the right to extend the SaaS with new add-ons and services. -SaaS deployment covering all tasks that need to be completed in order to start using the SaaS and its user support, including configurations and integrations required for each university. The most common interface terminology can be found in the specification document. The deployment will take place in two phases. In the first phase, support for the doctoral dissertation path will be deployed up till the pre-examination stage, and in the second phase, support for the pre-examination process will be deployed. -Other expert services, including those needed in addition to the ones mentioned above.,

Description as published (DE).

Selection criteria — in the procurement documents

The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.

Contract

BuyerItä-Suomen yliopisto
TypeServices
Estimated value800.000 €
Published23 August 2026
CategoryIT services · CPV 72000000

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Advania Finland Oy42024–2025
Exove Ltd32020–2024
Isku Interior Oy (FI18314972)//Modeo Oy (20282674)//Input interior Oy32020–2021
Telia Cygate Oy32021–2025
Arctest Oy · VANDA22025
From 13.7M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

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days until the deadlineThursday 24 September at 09:00

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