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Lake fish mullet and ripe lake fish patties

Järvikalamurekemassa sekä kypsät järvikalapihvit — original title

FIFinland · SavonlinnaBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

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  1. Deadline: 17 November at 12:00 — 16 days left.
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What the buyer is looking for

The procurement targets mature frozen lake fish steaks and raw lake fish mullet for the City of Savonlinna's food service. The contract period is 1.1.2027-31.12.2027 + option 1 year. The procurement does not commit in advance to specific procurement volumes during the contract period. The customer orders the product during the contract period according to their needs. The current need has been about 1200 kg/year for lake fish mullet pulp and about 1370 kg/year for lake fish steaks. Lake fish steaks are delivered to one (1) office, which is Karpalo area kitchen at Mertajärventie 14, 57220 Savonlinna. Lake fish log pulp is delivered to two (2) locations: Karpalo area kitchen at Mertajärventie 14, 57220 Savonlinna and Kerimäki area kitchen at Koulutie 2-4, 58200 Savonlinna. The product is available at Savonlinna's food service offices about 6 times a year. The stated amount is indicative…

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… and does not bind the subscriber. A more detailed description of the procurement can be found in the tender documents., Raw lake fish trough The object of the procurement is raw lake fish trough suitable for professional kitchen use. The product must be made from Finnish lake fish and may contain one or more species of lake fish. Murekemassa must be suitable for use in school and kindergarten meals and other public food service production. The product is delivered fresh to the customer's offices in an uninterrupted cold chain in accordance with food legislation. The package size must be suitable for use in professional kitchens, approximately 2-5 kg per sales batch. More detailed characteristics and requirements of the offered product are set out in the invitation to tender., Ripe lake fish steaks The subject of the procurement is ripe lake fish steaks suitable for professional kitchen use. The product must be made from Finnish lake fish and may contain one or more species of lake fish. Fish patties must be suitable for schools, kindergartens and other public food services. The product is delivered frozen to the customer's office in accordance with food legislation so that the uninterrupted cold chain is maintained throughout transport and delivery. The packaging size must be suitable for use in professional kitchens. Details of the characteristics and minimum requirements of the product to be offered are set out in the invitation to tender.,

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published26 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

15 · Food & beverages
CPV 15200000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (187 awards since 2017, spread over 118 companies). 76% went to new names.n = 187 awards since 2017
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (146 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 146
  • 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (187 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 187

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.

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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
Savonlinja Oy132020–2025
Linja-autoliike S.Kosonen Oy72018–2026
Sioma Oy52021–2025
Opinsys Oy42022–2024
Savonlinnan LVI-Palvelu Oy42021–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2020
1
2021
2
2025
6
2026
10 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Tuesday 17 November at 12:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 481 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 22 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 · Food & beverages, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 585 recorded awards).

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

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