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Glucose monitoring system, continuous monitoring (CGM, sensors)

Glukoosin erillisseurannan järjestelmä, jatkuva seuranta (CGM, sensorit) — original title

FIFinland · Seinäjoki

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 10:00 — 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 wellbeing services county of South Ostrobothnia requests tenders for a Glucose monitoring system, continuous monitoring (CGM) for a fixed-term procurement period of two (2) years. After the fixed-term period, the contract will continue for an indefinite period without notice. However, a maximum of four (4) years. The notice period is three (3) months for the Subscriber, six (6) months for the Supplier, counting from the last day of the calendar month during which the notice was given. The tendered entity Glucose's separate monitoring system, continuous monitoring (CGM), will be used by the entire South Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county. More detailed information on the procurement and the requirements for the items to be procured are specified in the invitation to tender. The procurement is subdivided into: Component 1: Continuous glucose monitoring systems as part of a smart…

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… pump system Sub-topic 2: Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems for Separate Sensing · For products tendered under Sub-topic 1 (Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGMs) that will be integrated into automated insulin dosing systems and smart pens. The primary user groups of the devices are insulin deficient patients, paediatric patients (aged 2 to 18 years) and patients who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. · For products put out to tender under component 2 (Continuous glucose monitoring systems (sensors) for separate sensing. The primary user group of the devices is patients with insulin deficiency.

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published6 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreement2 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

33 · Medical equipment & pharma
CPV 33100000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (135 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Triolab oy.n = 135
  • 31% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (249 awards since 2022, spread over 147 companies). That is well below the sector norm (55%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 249 awards since 2022
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (108 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 108
  • The award came in at a median 83% of the estimated value (13 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 13
  • 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (249 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 249

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 — 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
Tieto Finland Oy62024–2026
Olympus Finland Oy52024–2025
Kustannus Oy Duodecim · HELSINGFORS52024–2026
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 · ESBO42024–2026
Terumo BCT Europe N.V (FI24898708)//Fresenius Medical Care Suomi Oy42024
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

36
2023
78
2024
67
2025
56
2026
237 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 10:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 60 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
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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