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Starting up working life- integration training
Startti työelämään- kotoutumiskoulutus — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 15:00 — 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 City of Tampere invites tenders in accordance with this invitation to tender and its annexes. The competitive tendering procedure involves the procurement of integration training in accordance with the Act on the Organisation of Employment Services (380/2023) and the Act on the Promotion of Integration (681/2023). The open procedure involves the selection of one service provider with whom a contract of indefinite duration is to be awarded. The content of the service to be procured is described in more detail in the service description attached to the invitation to tender. The annexes to the invitation to tender can be found in the section Annexes to the invitation to tender. The estimated value of the service to be procured exceeds the threshold laid down in section 25 of the Act on Public Procurement and Concessions (Act 1397/2016) for Annex E procurements, so that the Act on Public…
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… Procurement is applied in the competitive tendering procedure. The contracting entity selects the most economically advantageous tender. The criteria for overall economic advantage (assessment criteria) are set out in this invitation to tender.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (11 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Laajasalon opiston säätiö sr.n = 11
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (450 procedures with a bid count); 15% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 450
- 30% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (522 awards since 2017, spread over 280 companies). 70% went to new names.n = 522 awards since 2017
- The award came in at a median 95% of the estimated value (18 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 78%.n = 18
- 67% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 93%.n = 8
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tammenlehväkeskus Oy | 8 | 2019–2022 |
| Ramboll Finland Oy | 7 | 2025–2026 |
| rkk Bear Group Oy | 7 | 2023–2026 |
| SITOWISE OY | 6 | 2024–2026 |
| Triplan Oy · HÄMEENLINNA | 6 | 2023–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 12 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 11 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 27 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 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 · Education & training, 7 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,668 recorded awards).
Submission language: Finnish.
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