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RVL Vaasa Coast Guard Station, tendering for new construction projects (RU, PU, IU, SU, RAU), request to participate

RVL Vaasan merivartioasema, uudisrakennushankkeen urakoiden (RU, PU, IU, SU, RAU) kilpailutus, osallistumispyyntö — original title

FIFinland · Vaasa

Your path to submission

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Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

A new coastguard station as a shared contract. The construction project is the construction of a new Vaasa Coast Guard Station in the Kutterisatama area of Vaskiluoto, Vaasa. In addition to the station and hall building, the construction project includes car and waste shelters, a dog house and fuel distribution point, as well as yard and fence structures.

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published13 Oct 2026
ProcedureRestricted procedure
Contract period1 Apr 2027 → 16 Jun 2028
Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (253 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Apsilon Oy.n = 253
  • 33% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (829 awards since 2018, spread over 336 companies). That is well below the sector norm (48%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 829 awards since 2018
  • 26% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (16 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 75%.n = 16
  • The award came in at a median 101% of the estimated value (44 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 91%.n = 44
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (688 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 688

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 29/10/2026.

Clement
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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
AVARN Security Oy · VANDA142023–2025
SRV Rakennus Oy · HELSINGFORS112018–2026
AFRY Finland Oy (0625905-6)//Ramboll Finland Oy92019–2025
Ramboll Finland Oy82020–2025
Securitas Oy82023–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

129
2020
214
2021
174
2022
126
2023
92
2024
86
2025
151
2026
972 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 — Thursday 12 November at 12:00
Deadline for requests to participate

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 221 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 31 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Finland · Construction work, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,926 recorded awards).

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
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Put together the evidence — in Finnish
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
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