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Factory-clean protective gloves
Tehdaspuhtaat suojakäsineet — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 8 days left.
- 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
Tuomi Logistiikka Oy puts out to tender factory-clean protective gloves for the wellbeing services counties of the Inner Finland cooperation area, i.e. the wellbeing services counties of South Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme and Pirkanmaa, as well as Heart Hospital Oy, Tekonivelsairaala Coxa Oy and Fimlab Oy. The object of the procurement includes factory-clean protective gloves that will be used in various nursing, laboratory work, dental care, hospital pharmacy, cleaning and food handling tasks. The procurement is divided into 8 sub-areas. Tenderers may submit tenders in one or more lots. The criteria of the subject of the contract are specified in more detail in the invitation to tender. Sub-areas: 1. Nitrile glove short shaft 2. Nitrile glove long arm 3. Nitrile glove to be taken under the short arm 4. Nitrile Glove Short Arm Accelerator Free 5. Nitrile Glove Short Arm White 6. Nitrile…
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… glove short- and long-arm chemotherapy resistant 7. Nitrile glove for handling chemicals long shank 8. The length of the contract period is one (1) year, after which the contract can be extended for an indefinite period after the actual contract period. The open-ended contract will also be put out to tender approximately four to five years after the start of the actual contract period. The estimated start date of the contract is 1 June 2027. The wellbeing services county of South Ostrobothnia will start using the procurement contract on 18 March 2029. Procurements under this contract are made by Tuomi Logistiikka Oy and the Goods Orderers: South Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county. With this contract, the customer may place orders for goods for themselves and their affiliated entities in accordance with the Procurement Act. Goods orderers may, by means of this contract, place orders for goods for themselves and their subsidiaries. The estimated total value of the procurement for four (4) years is approximately EUR 12 000 000, broken down by region as follows: Pirkanmaa 60-70%, South Ostrobothnia 20-30% and Kanta-Häme 10-20%. An estimate of the purchase volume for the contract period is not binding on the subscriber and the order volumes may vary from year to year. The annual consumption estimate of the procurement is described in the invitation to tender. The annual consumption estimate includes consumption in South Ostrobothnia. Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 apply to this procurement. The procuring entity shall exclude from the tendering procedure tenderers originating in the People's Republic of China within the meaning of the Regulations. In addition, the tenderer undertakes that the share of goods or services originating in the third country subject to the IPI measure will not exceed 50 % of the total value of the contract. The contracting entity shall have the right to ask the tenderer to provide an adequate explanation of the origin of the tenderer, subcontractors and the goods and services offered. · Component One (1) includes Component 1. Short-sleeved nitrile gloves for nursing, laboratory work, dental care, hospital pharmacy, cleaning and food handling. Sub-region bids are not allowed. More detailed minimum requirements are indicated in the criteria of the subject of the contract. · Part three (3) includes short-sleeved nitrile gloves taken under sub-area three (3). The nitrile gloves to be taken below will mainly be used in nursing, for example in operating theatres and in outpatient clinics performing procedures. More detailed minimum requirements are indicated in the criteria of the subject of the contract. · Part four (4) includes accelerator-free short-handed nitrile gloves. Accelerator-free nitrile gloves are used in situations where users have a latex allergy or contact allergy caused by rubber chemicals. Gloves will be used in nursing, cleaning and food handling. More detailed minimum requirements for the sub-area are set out in the section Criteria for the subject of the procurement. · Part Five (5) includes white short-sleeved nitrile gloves. White nitrile gloves are used in situations where users have a la
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (352 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Implantona Oy (0989071-6)//Nobel Biocare Suomi Oy (1935920-8)//Straumann Oy.n = 352
- 33% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (913 awards since 2017, spread over 556 companies). That is well below the sector norm (55%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 913 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 6 bids (721 procedures with a bid count); 3% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 721
- The award came in at a median 95% of the estimated value (30 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 30
- 0% of the bids received came from other countries (20 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 8%.n = 20
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Berner Oy · HELSINGFORS | 14 | 2022–2026 |
| OneMed Oy | 14 | 2024–2026 |
| Steripolar Oy · ESBO | 13 | 2020–2026 |
| Respecta Oy | 13 | 2021–2026 |
| B. Braun Medical Oy | 10 | 2024–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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 258 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 1,471 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.
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