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Renovation and improvement of the Koivurinne day care centre

Koivurinteen päiväkodin peruskorjaus ja -parannus — original title

FIFinland · KOKKOLABELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 12:00 — 8 days left.
  2. You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

The City of Kokkola (hereinafter also referred to as the "Subscriber") will request an offer for the modification of the Koivurinne Kindergarten to the extent specified in the tender documents. The form of the project is a total contract, in which the construction contractor acts as the main contractor for the project. As the main contractor, the contractor is responsible for the project as a whole and for coordinating the subcontracts. The subject of the contract is described in more detail in the annexes to the contract notice.,

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published29 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (5 awards, most recently February 2023) — by that rhythm the next award was due around April 2023. The last award went to Lujatalo Oy Kokkola (0172688-2)//Are Oy (0989493-6)//Are Oy (0989493-6)//Bravida Finland Oy.n = 5
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (45 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 45
  • 37% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (52 awards since 2018, spread over 26 companies). 63% went to new names.n = 52 awards since 2018
  • 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (52 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 52

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement
In this buyer's last 5 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 · SÄYNÄTSALO42021
Peab Oy · HELSINGFORS32018–2020
Dahl-linjaliikenne Oy32020–2021
Posti Oy22023
Raami Arkkitehdit Oy (1602152-7)//Architecture Workshop Finland Oy (0979166-2)//Arcadia Oy Arkkitehtitoimisto22021
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

11
2020
4
2021
20
2022
9
2023
13
2024
15
2025
17
2026
89 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Monday 9 November at 12:00

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 5 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 11 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.

Foreign bidders

In Finland · Construction work, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,926 recorded awards).

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

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on Hilma. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via Hilma before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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