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Acquisition of forest seed for contracts starting from 1 January 2027

Metsänviljelysiementen hankinta 1.1.2027 alkaviin sopimuksiin — original title

FIFinland · Helsinki

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 9 November at 16:00 — 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

Metsähallitus Forestry Ltd requests offers for pine forest cultivation seeds in the regions of Southern Finland and Ostrobothnia-Kainuu. The duration and terms of the contracts are specified in the information on the procurement lots. · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2 · see contract duration description, v: 2+2

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published8 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2028
17 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

03 · Agriculture & farming
CPV 03450000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (17 awards, most recently January 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around June 2026. The last award went to Pohjan Taimi Oy.n = 17
  • The median procedure drew 8 bids (493 procedures with a bid count); 6% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 493
  • 36% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (692 awards since 2017, spread over 360 companies). 64% went to new names.n = 692 awards since 2017
  • 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (692 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 692
  • 52% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (5 procedures with a bid mix).n = 5

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.

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
Kuljetusliike Eskola Oy122021–2026
Uittokalusto Oy112018–2026
Kondoja Metsäpalvelu Oy82023–2026
Kivitrans Oy82024–2026
Pohjan Taimi Oy72023–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2020
2
2021
4
2022
5
2023
5
2024
4
2025
4
2026
27 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 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 11 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 33 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

Among 212 recorded awards in Finland · Agriculture & farming 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.
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