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Category C oil spill response and rescue ship, Kajaani Fire Station
C-luokan öljyntorjunta- ja pelastusalus, Kajaanin paloasema — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 14:30 — 5 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 Kainuu wellbeing services county will acquire a C-class oil spill response and rescue vessel for use by the rescue department at the Kajaani fire station.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (57 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Volvo Finland Ab (0988022-7)//Oy Närko Finland Ab.n = 57
- The median procedure drew 7 bids (2,534 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 2,534
- 83% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (662 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 19%.n = 662
- 39% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (2,757 awards since 2019, spread over 1,667 companies). That is well below the sector norm (51%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 2,757 awards since 2019
- The award came in at a median 80% of the estimated value (56 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 98%.n = 56
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 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE Healthcare Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS | 26 | 2020–2026 |
| B. Braun Medical Oy | 23 | 2019–2026 |
| Berner Oy · HELSINGFORS | 19 | 2022–2026 |
| Mediplast Fenno Oy | 18 | 2020–2026 |
| Mediq Suomi Oy | 17 | 2024–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 57 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 23 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Finland · Transport equipment, 44 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,978 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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