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Digital Investment Facility (DIF) Local Coordinator for Connectivity for Central Asia (C4CA) programme
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 26 November at 12:00 — 25 days left.
- You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
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What the buyer is looking for
Digital Investment Facility (DIF) Local Coordinator for Connectivity for Central Asia (C4CA) programme HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management Ltd is procuring a Central Asia-based Local Coordinator to support the establishment and operation of the Digital Investment Facility (DIF) under the EU-funded Connectivity for Central Asia (C4CA) programme. The assignment is expected to start in Q4/2026 and last approximately 12 months, with a home-based duty station in Central Asia. DIF is designed as an advisory facility that helps last-mile connectivity projects (rural mobile coverage, suburban fibre and satellite backhaul) move towards investment readiness and connects them with European and international financiers. The Local Coordinator will map and engage ministries, regulators, telecom operators and project promoters in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan,…
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… identify candidate projects, support the submission of Expressions of Interest and carry out first-level eligibility screening. The coordinator will also support the selection and preparation of 2-3 pilot projects for tailored technical assistance, contribute to adapting the DIF model and a regional PPP concept to the Central Asian context, and support investor engagement, including roundtables. Further details are provided in Annex 1 (ToR).,
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (19 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around January 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Demos Helsinki Oy.n = 19
- 59% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (128 awards since 2019, spread over 40 companies). That is well above the sector norm (32%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 128 awards since 2019
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (109 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 109
- 33% of the bids received came from other countries (5 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 16%.n = 5
- The award came in at a median 97% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 90%.n = 12
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.
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.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Sulava Oy | 26 | 2021 |
| Aiko Academy Oy (26593254)//Tieturi Oy | 14 | 2020–2021 |
| Wakaru Oy | 12 | 2021 |
| Atea Finland Oy (FI09191560)//Dustin Finland Oy (0935141-3)//Lyreco Finland Oy (1870837-3)//Praecom Oy (FI21084207)//Tietokeskus Finland Oy | 12 | 2020–2021 |
| Wistec Training Oy | 7 | 2020–2021 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 9 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 10 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 27 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Finland · Business services, 39 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,367 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, Spain.
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