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Sampling tubes and urine sample container

Näytteenottoputket ja virtsanäyteastia — original title

FIFinland · Tampere

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

Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy (hereinafter referred to as the Procurement Unit) puts out to tender sampling pipes, pipes for sample separation, urine sample receptacle and urine transfer adapter for the needs of its operating area (the wellbeing services counties of Kanta-Häme, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, Ostrobothnia and Päijät-Häme). The operations of the contracting entity's owners, i.e. the wellbeing services counties, are undergoing a transformation and changes may occur, for example, in the location network and the need for laboratory services. The participating wellbeing services counties of Pirkanmaa, Kanta-Häme, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme and Ostrobothnia as well as Tuomi Logistiikka Oy can make use of the agreement between the supplier and Fimlab as specified here. For sampling tubes, a pre-barcoded (so-called pre-barcoded) tube type is a mandatory option for certain sub-areas. The…

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… client intends to test these tubes in small quantities during the contract period and possibly in later phases for production use. These pipes must meet other minimum requirements for similar pipes, excluding the clear label, and are selected from the same supplier as barcode-free pipes. If the Contracting Entity gradually switches to pre-barcoded pipes during the contract period, this will reduce the use of non-barcoded pipes proportionately. Supplies are distributed through the logistics operators of the wellbeing services counties or as Fimlab's own purchase. Distributors are the warehouse operator of the Central Finland wellbeing services county, Päijät-Häme wellbeing services county, Tuomi Logistics (Tampere; Fimlab, the wellbeing services counties of Pirkanmaa and Kanta-Häme) and the warehouse of the wellbeing services county of Ostrobothnia (Vaasa, Närpiö and Pietarsaari). The procurement is divided into 20 sub-areas. The tenderer may offer one or more lots. One (1) Supplier shall be selected for each sub-area. The contract is concluded with the winning tenderer for each sub-area, if the tenderer wins the tendering procedure for several sub-areas, the respective sub-areas can be combined into the same contract. The volumes of all have been taken into account in the total volumes of procurement. The volumes are based on the current estimate of annual consumption. The contracting entity shall not commit to fixed amounts of procurement. The planned duration of the contract is 24 months +, after which it is possible to extend it for an indefinite period. The envisaged date of the contract is 1 January 2027. · Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy (hereinafter referred to as the Procurement Unit) puts out to tender sampling pipes, pipes for sample separation, urine sample receptacle and urine transfer adapter for the needs of its operating areas (Kanta-Häme, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, Ostrobothnia and Päijät-Häme welfare areas). The operations of the contracting entity's owners, i.e. the wellbeing services counties, are undergoing a transformation and changes may occur, for example, in the location network and the need for laboratory services. The participating wellbeing services counties of Pirkanmaa, Kanta-Häme, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme and Ostrobothnia as well as Tuomi Logistiikka Oy can make use of the agreement between the supplier and Fimlab as specified here. For sampling tubes, a pre-barcoded (so-called pre-barcoded) tube type is a mandatory option for certain sub-areas. The client intends to test these tubes in small quantities during the contract period and possibly in later phases for production use. These pipes must meet the other minimum requirements for equivalent pipes in the relevant sub-area, excluding the clear label, and are selected from the same supplier as barcode-free pipes. If the Contracting Entity gradually switches to pre-barcoded pipes during the contract period, this will reduce the use of non-barcoded pipes proportionately. Supplies are distributed through the logistics operators of the wellbeing services counties or as Fimlab's own purchase. Distributors are the warehouse operator of the Central Finland wellbeing services county, Päijät-Häme wellbeing services county, Tuomi Logistics (Tampere; Fimlab, the wellbeing services counties of Pirkanmaa and Kanta-Häme) and the warehouse of the wellbeing services county of Ostrobothnia (Vaasa, Närpiö

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€7,000,000
Published6 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
20 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

33 · Medical equipment & pharma
CPV 33000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (38 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around August 2026. The last award went to Becton Dickinson Finland Oy (0770864-2)//Mediq Suomi Oy (2285192-2)//Pamark Business Oy (3141131-2)//Suomen MediTuote Oy (2474353-8)//OneMed Oy (1558201-5)//Oy Vestek Ab (3236093-2)//VWR International.n = 38
  • 29% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (132 awards since 2018, spread over 70 companies). That is well below the sector norm (55%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 132 awards since 2018
  • 20% of awards went to companies from abroad (132 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 132
  • The award came in at a median 99% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 82%.n = 12
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (88 procedures with a bid count); 17% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 88

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
Roche diagnostics Oy82019–2026
Tammer BioLab Oy32021–2025
Medifin Healthcare Oy (2440116-7)//Mediq Suomi Oy (2285192-2)//Mediq Suomi Oy (2285192-2)//Medifin Healthcare Oy (2440116-7)//Mediq Suomi Oy (2285192-2)//Mediq Suomi Oy · ESBO32019–2025
OneMed Oy32025–2026
Vita Laboratoriot Oy32021–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

5
2020
12
2021
11
2022
6
2023
5
2024
29
2025
20
2026
88 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 about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 22 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

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.

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
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Put together the evidence — in Finnish
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
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