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Dynamic purchasing system for medical rehabilitation aids
Lääkinnällisen kuntoutuksen apuvälineiden dynaaminen hankintajärjestelmä — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 31 December 2031 at 10:00 — 1886 days left. Two-stage procedure: by this deadline you submit a request to participate (proof of eligibility). Only shortlisted firms are then invited to submit a tender.
- You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: Finnish.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
The target of the procurement is medical rehabilitation aids for social welfare and health care, as well as related supplies and services. The purpose of this dynamic purchasing system is to enable the cost-effective purchase of assistive devices, consumables and services closely linked to them, and to ensure their availability, range and competitive price and quality. The procurement procedure consists of two stages. In order to be able to submit tenders, a supplier must first submit a request to participate and be admitted to the procurement system. Thereafter, the supplier may submit tenders by responding to the invitation to tender sent by the contracting entity. In the future, the contracting entity will carry out internal competitive tendering in the procurement system as necessary. Requests to participate in a dynamic purchasing system may be submitted for the entire duration of…
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… the system. The dynamic purchasing system shall include all candidates who meet the suitability requirements. Actual procurements are made through internal competitive bidding within the DPS, which describes and specifies the subject matter of the procurement. Intra-DPS tenders may not be submitted unless the supplier has been admitted to the supply system. Submitting a request to participate and being admitted to the procurement system does not oblige the supplier to submit a tender, but allows suppliers to submit tenders at their discretion. The procurement system is divided into the following categories: Class 1 Mobility aids Class 2 Transition aids Class 3 Hygiene aids Class 4 Compression and support products Class 5 Wigs Class 6 Breast prostheses Class 7 Prostheses Class 8 Personalised orthopaedic aids Class 9 Electrically adjustable beds and pressure sores Class 10 Vision aids Class 10 Applications for participation may be submitted in one or more classes and tenders may be submitted in one or more internal competitions. The dynamic purchasing system for medical rehabilitation aids shall be open until 31 December 2031, unless it is shortened or extended by a separate notice. Intra-procurement tendering shall be carried out during the period of validity of the system. Deadlines for invitations to tender shall be indicated separately in internal invitations to tender. The customer may extend the validity of the procurement system with a new contract notice. At the time of publication of the request to participate, the contracting entity estimates the estimated VAT-exempt amount of planned purchases subject to the dynamic purchasing system at EUR 6 million, taking into account any purchases made under the system. This estimate is preliminary and based on the currently known need for procurement. The procuring entity does not undertake any purchase quantities or tie-in obligations with this notice. The subject matter, conditions and validity of the contract are described in more detail in the Annex ‘Principles of the dynamic purchasing system’. · Class 1 mobility equipment includes assistive devices for persons moving upright or seated, such as rollators, elbows and wheelchairs, as well as accessories for mobility equipment, such as separate seat cushions. The subject matter of the procurement system is described in more detail in the Annex ‘Principles of the Dynamic Procurement System’ to the request for participation. The subject of the contract is described in more detail in each call for tenders within the procurement system. · Class 2 transition aids include assistive devices related to the customer's independent or assisted transition, such as personal lifting equipment and related accessories such as supports and lifting fabrics, lifting belts, transition boards. Stands and booster cushions and the like are also included. The subject matter of the procurement system is described in more detail in the Annex ‘Principles of the Dynamic Procurement System’ to the request for participation. The subject of the contract is described in more detail in each call for tenders within the procurement system. · In Class 3, hygiene aids are intended for the daily hygiene and self-care of the customer or s
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 18 bids (225 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 225
- 26% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (293 awards since 2022, spread over 201 companies). That is well below the sector norm (55%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 293 awards since 2022
- The award came in at a median 58% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 10
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (293 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 293
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.
Selection criteria — via the ESPD
The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Finnish.
Tender documents — direct download
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Helkama-Autokauppa Oy | 8 | 2025–2026 |
| PlusTerveys Hammasklinikat Oy | 6 | 2023–2026 |
| Auto-Bon Oy | 4 | 2025 |
| KotiHammas Oy | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| Oy Stefan Forsberg Ab | 4 | 2023 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 5,035 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 2155 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Finland · Medical equipment & pharma, 264 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 7,356 recorded awards) — mostly from Sweden, Germany, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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