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Porvoon kaupunginkirjaston palautusautomaatin hankinta

Finland · Porvoo · how to bid here →

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  • 14% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (299 awards since 2017, spread over 200 companies). That is well below the sector norm (52%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 299 awards since 2017
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (139 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 139
  • 7% of awards went to companies from abroad (299 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 299

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.

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Foreign bidders

In Finland · Office & computing machinery, 3 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 530 recorded awards).

Typical field: median 3 (from 420 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 object of the procurement is a sorting return machine with equipment, software and maintenance contracts to be delivered to the first floor of Porvoo Main Library (Papinkatu 20, 06100 Porvoo). The City acquires the vending machine purchased as its own, and in addition, the subject of the purchase is the continuous services related to the sorting vending machine and the maintenance and servicing services of the vending machine in accordance with the tender specifications. The invitation to tender presents in the building drawings the area reserved for the RVM as well as photographs of the current RVM and its placement. The indicative timeline for the procurement is as follows: signing of the procurement contract and ordering the equipment during week 44, delivery and installation of the equipment in mid-2026, training and testing of the equipment during weeks 1-3 in 2027. Tenderers…

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… will be invited to tender for two alternative automatic models (A and B), both of which must be offered on both electric (A1 and B1) and manual return wagons (A2 and B2). Both models shall be offered with both electric and manual return wagons. The subscriber decides which option to choose. RECALLING AUTHORISATION A. A return machine sorting into six boxes and sorting in one direction. In this option, the machine is placed close to the wall under the staircase (in the same way as the current machine, see picture attached). This option has two feeding doors, one of which can be used to feed books from the library's wind cabinet (the height of the door from the floor is 100 cm) and the other is in the library hall. The librarian's door should be at least 80 cm high and take into account unobstructed accessibility. Through the openings, it must be possible to restore library material of varying sizes (minimum 100 mm long x 100 mm wide x 2 mm thick or maximum 430 mm long x 400 mm wide x 100 mm thick). In the library's wind cabinet, the material is returned through an opening in the wall. On the library hall side, a front panel is built around the vending machine's return door. The front panel will be agreed upon in more detail with the winner of the tender. RETURN MATERIAL B. A reverse vending machine sorting into six boxes, which sorts in two directions. This vending machine is placed in the middle of the space indicated in the construction drawing, so that the input hatch is in the direction of the library's customer service point. The height of the feeding hatch from the floor shall be at least 80 cm and shall take into account unobstructed accessibility. It must be possible to return library material that varies in size (minimum 100 mm long x 100 mm wide x 2 mm thick or maximum 430 mm long x 400 mm wide x 100 mm thick). In the library's wind cabinet, the material is returned through an opening in the wall. On the library hall side, a front panel is built around the vending machine's return door. The front panel will be agreed upon in more detail with the winner of the tender. The subject of the contract is described in more detail in the annexes to the invitation to tender.

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Contract

BuyerPorvoon kaupunki
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published2 October 2026
CategoryOffice & computing machinery · CPV 30238000

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Uudenmaan Tähtikuljettajat Oy52019–2025
Edenred Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS42020–2021
Verstas Arkkitehdit Oy32025
Saurus Oy · SÄYNÄTSALO32018–2019
Trombia Technologies Oy32026
From 18.0M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

20211
20261

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days until the deadline — Wednesday 21 October at 09:00

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