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Legal services 2027-2028

Lakiasiainpalvelut 2027-2028 — original title

FIFinland · POHDE

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 12:00 — 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 Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohde) puts out to tender legal services and selects contract partners for the provision of legal services. In the procurement, Pohde creates a framework agreement for each area, the content and operating model of which are described in the annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement" to the invitation to tender. The sub-areas are: 1. Public procurement 2. Real estate and construction law 3. Company law 4. Information law 5. Administrative Court 6. Social and Health Law 7. Labour and civil service law 8. Criminal law 9. Disputes 10. Other legal areas The subsidiaries and associates listed below the Pohte participate in the acquisition. These entities do not enter into their own framework contracts for the procurement, but act as buyers in framework contracts between Pohte and the supplier. Pohde also…

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… coordinates the assignments of subsidiaries and associated entities. - Docta Oy - Esko Systems Oy - Kiinteistö Oy Medikomppania - Kiinteistö Oy Muhoksen Päivärinne - Kiinteistö Oy Oulun Heikinharju - Medieco Oy - Oulun Keskuspesula Oy - Oulunkaari Occupational Health Care - Northern Finland Health Care Support Foundation - PPE Köökki - PPP Köökki - Northern Finland Social and Health Care Cooperative (Tervia) - Tervia Logistiikka Oy - Tervia Osaajat Oy · The sub-area is described in the appendix "Service description and framework agreement operating model". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement". · The component is described in the Annex "Service description and operating model of the framework agreement".

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published7 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreement10 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

79 · Business services
CPV 79100000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 12 months (12 awards, most recently February 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Prenax Oy.n = 12
  • The median procedure drew 7 bids (625 procedures with a bid count); 19% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 625
  • 43% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (955 awards since 2022, spread over 505 companies). 57% went to new names.n = 955 awards since 2022
  • 10% of awards went to companies from abroad (955 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 955
  • The award came in at a median 91% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 8

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 31/10/2026.

Clement
In this buyer's last 10 comparable contracts (same sector), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
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
OneMed Oy172024–2026
B. Braun Medical Oy122024–2026
Tieto Finland Oy112022–2026
Mediplast Fenno Oy112025–2026
Mediq Suomi Oy102024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2022
5
2023
9
2024
11
2025
4
2026
35 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

Websitepohde.fi
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Deadline — Monday 9 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 10 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 · Business services, 39 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,367 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, Spain.

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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