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Procurement of Cleaning Services in Joensuu and Nurmes Valtimo, Polkka - North Karelia Support Services Ltd

Puhtauspalvelujen hankinta Joensuussa ja Nurmeksen Valtimolla, Polkka - Pohjois-Karjalan tukipalvelut oy — original title

FIFinland · Joensuu

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 2 November at 12:00 — 2 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 North Karelia Procurement Office will ask you to submit a tender for cleanliness services to Polkka - North Karelia support services for the destinations located in the North Karelia region for the period 1.1.2027 - 31.12.2028 + one (1) + one (1) year option in accordance with the invitation to tender and its annexes. Polkka - North Karelia Support Services Ltd is responsible for arranging cleanliness services at the offices of the City of Joensuu and the North Karelia Welfare Region Siun sote. In this procurement, the cleanliness services of the eight (8) sites in Joensuu (sub-area 1) and the cleanliness services of the three (3) sites in Nurmes Valtimo (sub-area 2) will be put out to tender. If necessary, guided tours will take place on 9 October 2026 and 12 October 2026. If the service provider wishes to participate in the events, they must register for them in accordance with the…

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… invitation to tender. For more information on getting to know the sites and registering for study events, please see the Call for Tenders section Background of the procurement - Getting to know the sites. The service must comply with the directly binding acts of the European Union, the laws and regulations of Finland and the regulations issued by the authorities. The offer is binding and must be drafted in Finnish. The entire procurement process is in Finnish.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€1,400,000
Published30 Sept 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2028
2 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

90 · Cleaning, environment & waste
CPV 90910000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (122 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Luotea Siivous Oy.n = 122
  • 46% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,922 awards since 2017, spread over 1,021 companies). 54% went to new names.n = 1,922 awards since 2017
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (1,353 procedures with a bid count); 5% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 1,353
  • The award came in at a median 75% of the estimated value (37 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 80%.n = 37
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,922 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 1,922

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

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

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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
Savonlinja Oy182020–2026
SÄHKÖ-SAARELAINEN OY172020–2026
Caverion Suomi Oy172020–2026
A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy162020–2026
Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy (0207523-3)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy (0207523-3)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy152020–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

18
2020
22
2021
27
2022
25
2023
31
2024
57
2025
34
2026
214 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 2 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 95 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 34 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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

Foreign bidders

Among 3,028 recorded awards in Finland · Cleaning, environment & waste over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.

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.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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