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Chartering services DPS 2025
Tilausajopalvelut DPS 2025 — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline for requests to participate: 31 December 2035 at 12:00 — 3347 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
Monetra Oulu Oy Procurement Services establishes a dynamic purchasing system for charter services for its customers (hereinafter also referred to as 'subscribers') in accordance with this request for participation and its annexes. Clients can be all Monetra Oulu Oy's customers. The objective of competitive tendering for on-demand services is to enable the service of voluntary and occasional on-demand services to subscribers flexibly. The procurement is carried out in accordance with the Act on Public Procurement and Concessions (1397/2016). All interested service providers (candidates) can apply to the procurement system. In the start-up phase, you have registered: The wellbeing services county of Northern Ostrobothnia (POHDE) The wellbeing services county of Lapland (LAPHA) Kempele municipality Municipality of Ii Joint Municipal Authority for Education OSAO (attached to the contract on…
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… 1.6.2026) City of Oulu (excluding schools and statutory driving and subscriptions paid by classes or parents) Candidates interested in the procurement are requested to submit a request to participate in the Tarjouspalvelu.fi supplier portal in accordance with this request to participate and its annexes. Charter drives are one-time charter services for the transport of persons on routes and in the extent specified by the customer. Subscription times are passenger transports that are voluntary occasional charter runs. These include training, excursions and recreational day trips for the subscribers involved. Subscribers use the charter services in accordance with the policies of their own organisations. On-demand services include, for example: - OSAO's excursions to various OSAO units - Charters for schoolchildren of Ii municipality, Kempele municipality or OSAO to excursion destinations - Transfers of kindergartens to excursion destinations These require several cars at once and there are a few cars once a year - Seminar and other trips for the staff of the clients and members of trust institutions, as well as transportation of guests - Charters for the City of Oulu (incl. subsidiaries, businesses) excluding charters for schools - City of Oulu schools' charter runs - statutory or regular transports, such as daily school and service transfers - charter runs ordered by parents and paid for by e.g. student associations or classes for schoolchildren More detailed requirements for the implementation of the service can be found in this request for participation and its appendices. The procurement includes sub-areas with chartered buses, minibuses and taxis/on-demand taxis. The sub-areas are divided into geographical locations and the candidate can choose which region to offer. Internal tendering is carried out in such a way that the call for tenders is received by the operators who have been accepted as suppliers for the sub-area in question. A DPS ensures the possibility of changes in service legislation or circumstances. During the period of validity of the procurement system, the client reserves the right to update the requirements of the request to participate in the procurement procedure if required by law or official regulations. The customer may also make changes to the content of the service being procured and to the terms and conditions of the agreement. All information on future procurements, such as content, percentage ratios reported, service durations and start-up times, are estimates at the moment of publication of the DPS and are reported without commitments. Contracting entity: - reserve an estimated 15 working days for the processing of requests to participate received by 10.00 a.m. on 3 October 2025 during the establishment phase of the DPS. For example, if the transmission of extracts from the criminal record is delayed for reasons beyond the candidate's control, the time taken to process the request to participate will be calculated from the date on which the contracting entity received the requested documents. - endeavour to send the first calls for tenders within the DPS after the start-up phase of the procurement to the tenderers estimated to be admitted to the DPS in November 2025. If the tenderer wishes to participate j
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 18% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (201 awards since 2020, spread over 166 companies). That is well below the sector norm (62%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 201 awards since 2020
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 17 months (31 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around February 2028 by that rhythm. The last award went to 24games Oy (2679981-8)//Huhtakangas Oy (3374300-3)//Kutilan Liikenne Oy (0192187-2)//Pohjolan Matka (0179285-5)//Saaga Travel Oy (2213373-6)//Taksipalvelu junnonaho oy (2285798-8)//Wiimax Oy.n = 31
- The award came in at a median 49% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 91%.n = 10
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (122 procedures with a bid count); 7% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 122
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (201 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 201
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 — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kasvishovi Oy | 5 | 2024–2026 |
| Grade Solutions Oy | 4 | 2025–2026 |
| Lyreco Finland Oy | 4 | 2021–2024 |
| Kesko Oyj Kespro | 3 | 2024–2026 |
| GBT Finland Oy | 3 | 2020–2024 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 6,891 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 3774 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.
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 · Transport services, 4 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 7,544 recorded awards).
Submission language: Finnish.
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