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Framework Agreement for ICT Expert Services 2026-2030 Part 9 Microsoft Expert Services

ICT-asiantuntijapalveluiden puitejärjestely 2026-2030 osa-alue 9 Microsoft asiantuntijapalvelut — original title

FIFinland · Helsinki

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 09:00 — 8 days left.
  2. You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Offer and evidence in: Finnish.
  4. 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 procurement targets ICT expert services for Metsähallitus' needs. The framework agreement comprises fourteen (14) separate and independent components. This acquisition applies to Component 9 Microsoft Professional Services. Metsähallitus aims to select a maximum of three (3) suppliers for the sub-area. The subject of the contract is described in this invitation to tender and its annexes.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€3,000,000
Published30 Sept 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Dec 2026 → 30 Nov 2030
Framework agreementReserved for SMEs

Type of service

72 · IT services
CPV 72000000 · 72266000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (20 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Fujitsu Finland Oy.n = 20
  • 20% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (246 awards since 2018, spread over 173 companies). That is well below the sector norm (49%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 246 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (125 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 125
  • The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (18 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 18
  • 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (246 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 246

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 27/10/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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
tmi Kari Holopainen62020–2025
Consultor Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS42020
EW Finland Oy (FI20306736)//Suomen Saaristokuljetus Oy42021–2023
Jotuca Oy42023–2025
Pro Maisema ay32025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

16
2020
20
2021
10
2022
3
2023
3
2024
3
2025
22
2026
77 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Monday 9 November at 09:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 17 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 40 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 · IT services, 51 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,856 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United States, Germany.

Submission language: Finnish.

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 TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on Hilma — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticeHilmaSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in Finnish
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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