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Translation services
Käännöspalvelut — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 12:00 — 16 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 subject of the contract is translation services and the procurement of other related services in accordance with the invitation to tender. The Finnish Food Authority (Subscriber) and the Office of the Food Market Ombudsman attached to the Finnish Food Authority have a regular need for translation services. In particular, the service is needed for translation into Swedish and English, as well as for translation into other languages. The translation services include both translation of new documents in Finnish and updating, supplementing and correcting texts already translated. The minimum requirements for the services to be procured are described in the invitation to tender and its annexes.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (24 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Valoria Oy.n = 24
- The award came in at a median 133% of the estimated value (12 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here. Sector: 90%.n = 12
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (108 procedures with a bid count); 49% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 108
- 35% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (161 awards since 2019, spread over 88 companies). 65% went to new names.n = 161 awards since 2019
- 6% of awards went to companies from abroad (161 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 161
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Qiagen Finland | 6 | 2021–2025 |
| Suomen Viljava Oy | 5 | 2019–2025 |
| Fifax Abp | 4 | 2022 |
| Honkajoki Oy | 4 | 2021–2026 |
| Parcero Marketing Partners Oy | 4 | 2022–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 13 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 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 · Business services, 39 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,367 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, Spain.
Submission language: Finnish.
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