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Office supplies, ICT peripherals, copying papers and envelopes

Toimistotarvikkeet, ICT-oheistarvikkeet, kopiopaperit ja kirjekuoret — original title

FIFinland · Tampere

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 15 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

The procurement consists of the procurement of office supplies, ICT peripherals, copying papers and envelopes. Under component 1, office supplies are set up as a framework agreement between three suppliers. Under component 2, ICT peripherals are set up as a framework agreement between three suppliers. Under component 3, copying papers are selected as a single contractor for a framework agreement. Under component 4, envelopes are selected as a single contractor for a framework agreement. The contract period is from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2028, after which the contract can be extended for an indefinite period. The estimated annual value of the procurement excluding VAT is approximately EUR 1 250 000. The estimated total value excluding VAT during the contract period is approximately EUR 5 000 000. The maximum value excluding VAT of the procurement during the contract period is…

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… approximately EUR 7 000 000. The estimated and maximum values per lot during the contract period including the option period are: - Office supplies - estimated value EUR 2 000 000 - maximum value of EUR 2 750 000. - estimated value of ICT peripherals - EUR 1 000 - maximum value of EUR 1 500 000 - EUR 500 000 - maximum value of office supplies - EUR 800 000 - maximum value in the contract period.

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published14 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Feb 2027 → 31 Jan 2028
Framework agreement4 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

30 · Office & computing machinery
CPV 30192000 · 30100000 · 30197600 · 30199710 · 30191000 · 30199230

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (15 awards, most recently May 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Lyreco Finland Oy.n = 15
  • 33% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (913 awards since 2017, spread over 556 companies). That is well below the sector norm (51%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 913 awards since 2017
  • The median procedure drew 6 bids (721 procedures with a bid count); 3% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 721
  • The award came in at a median 95% of the estimated value (30 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 30
  • 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (913 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 913

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 — 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
Berner Oy · HELSINGFORS142022–2026
OneMed Oy142024–2026
Steripolar Oy · ESBO132020–2026
Respecta Oy132021–2026
B. Braun Medical Oy102024–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2020
2
2021
10
2022
8
2023
3
2024
9
2025
5
2026
38 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 16 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 9 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 34 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

In Finland · Office & computing machinery, 3 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 535 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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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
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