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Gift cards digital and physical
Presentkort digitala och fysiska — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 November — 10 days left. The source says 00:00 on the following day, i.e. midnight at the end of this day. That is why we show this day — as in the search and the morning edition.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Swedish.
- 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
The gift cards are intended to be used as gifts for Värnamo municipality's employees and elected representatives. The procurement is divided into two sub-areas and concerns gift cards in physical and digital form. Värnamo municipality intends to sign one framework agreement per lot with one supplier within each lot. In 2025, Värnamo Municipality purchased physical gift cards with a value of approximately SEK 1 080 000 and digital gift cards with a value of approximately SEK 135 000. The estimated contract value for this contract is approximately 4.8 million for physical gift cards and approximately 1.2 million for digital gift cards. The procurement ceiling volume in SEK per lot: • Part 1 - Physical Gift Cards SEK 6 000 000 • Part 2 - Digital Gift Cards SEK 2 000 000 Order volumes will vary during the contract period and cannot be guaranteed. The largest orders are expected to take place…
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… before Christmas, but the volume may vary from year to year when each manager decides whether employees should be offered gift cards or other Christmas gifts. Värnamo municipality reserves the right to carry out separate procurements of other types of gifts during the contract period. ESPD It is clear when submitting the tender in e-Avrop that you as a tenderer can choose to tick the ESPD form. It is an option and not a requirement to attach the ESPD. · The gift cards are intended to be used as gifts for Värnamo municipality employees and elected representatives. The procurement is divided into two sub-areas and concerns gift cards in physical and digital form. Värnamo municipality intends to sign one framework agreement per lot with one supplier within each lot. In 2025, Värnamo Municipality purchased physical gift cards with a value of approximately SEK 1 080 000 and digital gift cards with a value of approximately SEK 135 000. The estimated contract value for this contract is approximately 4.8 million for physical gift cards and approximately 1.2 million for digital gift cards. The procurement ceiling volume in SEK per lot: • Part 1 - Physical Gift Cards SEK 6 000 000 • Part 2 - Digital Gift Cards SEK 2 000 000 Order volumes will vary during the contract period and cannot be guaranteed. The largest orders are expected to take place before Christmas, but the volume may vary from year to year when each manager decides whether employees should be offered gift cards or other Christmas gifts. Värnamo municipality reserves the right to carry out separate procurements of other types of gifts during the contract period. ESPD It is clear when submitting the tender in e-Avrop that you as a tenderer can choose to tick the ESPD form. It is an option and not a requirement to attach the ESPD.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (123 awards since 2017, spread over 15 companies). 100% went to new names.n = 123 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (107 procedures with a bid count); 19% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 107
- 14% of awards went to companies from abroad (123 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 19%.n = 123
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 Swedish.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Securitas Sverige Aktiebolag | 1 | 2026 |
| Axiell Sverige AB | 1 | 2026 |
| Securitas Sverige AB | 1 | 2026 |
| Värnamo Taxi Aktiebolag | 1 | 2026 |
| Ivar Svenssons Trafik Aktiebolag | 1 | 2026 |
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 59 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 1,279 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Sweden, 497 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,846 recorded awards) — mostly from Finland, Germany, Denmark.
Submission language: Swedish.
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