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Delivery truck with truck, 18 ton, new or used

Jakeluauto kuormakorilla, 18 ton, uusi tai käytetty — original title

FIFinland · HELSINGIN KAUPUNKIBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 4 November at 16:00 — 4 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

The City of Helsinki Rescue Department intends to purchase a maximum of 1 delivery truck (0-1) with a truck body, 18 tons, new or used in the course of 2026 for general cargo transport within the framework of the appropriation. This contract is not subdivided into lots because such subdivision makes the performance of the contract technically too difficult and may render the various lots incompatible.,

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

34 · Transport equipment
CPV 34137000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (30 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Autokeskus Oy.n = 30
  • 57% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (84 awards since 2019, spread over 33 companies). 43% went to new names.n = 84 awards since 2019
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (39 procedures with a bid count); 36% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 39
  • The award came in at a median 94% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 98%.n = 7
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (84 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 84

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Clement
In this buyer's last 8 comparable contracts (same sector), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

Who has won at this buyer so far

Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
Saurus Oy · SÄYNÄTSALO112019–2026
J5L-Production Oy62021–2025
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment Oy62020–2025
Elektro-Arola Oy52023–2026
SCANIA SUOMI OY · VANDA42023–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2020
5
2021
8
2022
6
2023
11
2024
17
2025
23
2026
76 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Wednesday 4 November at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 8 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 16 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

Foreign bidders

In Finland · Transport equipment, 44 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,978 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Denmark.

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

How to bid

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