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Puhas self-service station support service, Puhas Oy

Puhaksen itsepalveluasemien tukipalvelu, Puhas Oy — original title

FIFinland · Joensuu

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 Department of North Karelia requests an offer for the procurement of a support service for the Puhas self-service stations for the contract period 9.12.2026 - 31.12.2030 + the possibility to extend the contract for an indefinite period. If the Procurement Department of North Karelia terminates the contract no later than twelve (12) months before the end of the contract period, the contract ends on 31.12.2030. If the contract is not terminated at the end of the contract period, the contract continues for an indefinite period with a notice period of twelve (12) months. The offer is binding and must be drafted in Finnish. The procurement process is entirely in Finnish. The service must comply with the provisions of the directly binding acts of the European Union, Finnish laws and regulations and the authorities.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published15 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period9 Dec 2026 → 31 Dec 2030
Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

72 · IT services
CPV 72000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 8 months (7 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around May 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Greenstep Oy.n = 7
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (1,353 procedures with a bid count); 5% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 1,353
  • 46% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,922 awards since 2017, spread over 1,021 companies). 54% went to new names.n = 1,922 awards since 2017
  • The award came in at a median 75% of the estimated value (37 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 37
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,922 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 1,922

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 — 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

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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
Savonlinja Oy182020–2026
Caverion Suomi Oy172020–2026
SÄHKÖ-SAARELAINEN OY172020–2026
A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy162020–2026
Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy (0207523-3)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy (0207523-3)//Savonlinja Oy (0165069-7)//Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy152020–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2
2020
8
2021
9
2022
1
2023
8
2024
7
2025
20
2026
55 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 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 5 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.

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 · IT services, 51 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,856 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United States, Germany.

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
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
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
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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