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Forest Fire Flight Hunting 2027 Northern Finland
Metsäpalojen lentotähystys 2027 Pohjois-Suomi — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 10 November at 12:00 — 9 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
The subject of the contract is the following flights described in section 2.1 Flight tasks, communications and costs in Annex 2 to the invitation to tender: - spontaneous observation flights, - other flights decided by the State Rescue Authority (such as training flights), - smoke detection checks, - flood damage reconnaissance/surveillance flights, - storm damage reconnaissance/surveillance flights, - oil damage reconnaissance/surveillance flights, and - firefighting operations lead flights. The operational requirements for forest fire survey flights are laid down in the Aviation Act (864/2014) and the regulations of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, including the aviation regulation OPS M1-34. Forest fire surveying is a statutory task of the Ministry of the Interior, provided by a service provider on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior. The tenderer…
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… undertakes to conduct observation flights while the wildfire warning is in force. For the maintenance of readiness, see Chapter 2.2 of the Forest Fire Flight Screening Guide, attached as Annex 2 to the invitation to tender, and Annex 7 of the Forest Fire Flight Screening Guide, Preparedness. In addition, the object of the procurement is other rescue services flights required separately by the customer, which may include, for example, survey or research flights or transport flights of material and personnel. See also point 4.2 of the contract attached as Annex 1 to the invitation to tender. The procurement is divided into three (3) sub-areas, i.e. routes (routes 23-25). The routes are described in the following annexes to the Forest Fire Flight Compensation Guide: - 4 Routes and YTA areas - 5 Routes and rescue services areas - 6 Route turning points. The subject of the procurement is described in more detail in the invitation to tender and its annexes. The aim is for the agreements to enter into force on 1 January 2027. However, the contract will enter into force at the earliest when there is no obstacle to its signature within the meaning of the Procurement Act, such as a prohibition on execution. The contract period is one (1) year. See point 3.1 of the contract attached as Annex 1 to the invitation to tender. The starting date indicated in field TED BT-536 in the contract notice is the estimated starting date of the contract. Hansel Oy plays a consultative role in competitive tendering. · The subject of the contract will be the flights described in section "Description of the contract" of the invitation to tender on route 23 of Annexes 4-6. · The subject of the contract will be the flights described in section "Description of the contract" of the invitation to tender on route 24 of Annexes 4-6. · The subject of the contract will be the flights described in section "Description of the contract" of the invitation to tender on route 25 of Annexes 4-6.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 76% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (191 awards since 2019, spread over 41 companies). That is well above the sector norm (35%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 191 awards since 2019
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (184 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 184
- Not one of the 191 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 2%.n = 191
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 — 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oulun Taksipalvelut Oy (20105475)//Oulun Taksipalvelut Oy (20105475)//Saaga Travel Oy | 50 | 2025 |
| Saaga Travel Oy | 50 | 2025 |
| Fujitsu Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS | 9 | 2019–2025 |
| Turun Tilausliikenne Oy | 8 | 2025 |
| Ryhmittymä Ventoniemi Oy ja Linjaliikenne Martti Laurila Oy | 6 | 2025 |
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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 92 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.
Foreign bidders
In Finland, 844 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 79,296 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Sweden, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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