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Acquisition of medical equipment trolleys, tables and patient tables for Defence Forces garrison health centres
Hoitotarvikevaunujen, -pöytien ja potilaspöytien hankinta Puolustusvoimien varuskuntaterveysasemille — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 17 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 Defence Forces Logistics Command (hereinafter also referred to as ‘the Contracting Entity’) invites you to submit a tender for medical equipment wagons, patient and instrument tables and service wagons in military health centres (hereinafter referred to as ‘hospital furniture’). The object of the procurement is hospital furniture for military health centres. The procurement is divided into two (2) sub-areas: 1. Medical equipment wagons 2. Patient tables, instrument tables and service wagons. Sub-tenders are allowed. The tenderer may choose the sub-areas in which to submit a tender. Component 1 is compared per sub-area and within the sub-area all the requested sites must be offered in order to be included in the comparison. Component 2 is compared per site and the tenderer may select the sites in which to submit a tender. One (1) supplier is selected as the contractor for each…
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… comparator (sub-area or site). The contract duration is from 2026 to 2029. The contract period is estimated to start on 1 December 2026. However, it starts with the signature of the contract. The total estimated value of the procurement, excluding VAT, is approximately EUR 183,000,00. The estimated scope is a non-attached estimate. The subject matter and requirements of the procurement are described in detail in this invitation to tender and its annexes. · Includes a medical equipment trolley, a resuscitation trolley and a high-level hospital trolley. The trolley must be suitable for healthcare use in health centre procedure rooms for the storage of medicines, medical equipment and medical supplies. · Includes patient tables, instrument tables and a maintenance trolley (hereinafter referred to as ‘hospital furniture’). The hospital furniture must be suitable for use in health centres in connection with procedures or at a health centre, e.g. in patient feeding. The hospital furniture must also be suitable for healthcare use in health centre procedure rooms for the storage and transport of medicines, medical equipment and medical supplies.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (30 awards, most recently March 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around August 2026. The last award went to Hammasväline Oy.n = 30
- 42% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,246 awards since 2017, spread over 463 companies). That is well below the sector norm (55%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 1,246 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (751 procedures with a bid count); 30% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 751
- The award came in at a median 98% of the estimated value (76 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 82%.n = 76
- 7% of awards went to companies from abroad (1,246 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 5%.n = 1,246
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bittium Wireless Oy · OULU | 17 | 2018–2025 |
| Nokian Metallirakenne Oy | 16 | 2021–2026 |
| Telia Cygate Oy | 16 | 2019–2025 |
| Minlix Oy · ESBO | 14 | 2020–2026 |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES FINLAND OY | 14 | 2019–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 16 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.
Foreign bidders
In Finland · Medical equipment & pharma, 264 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 7,356 recorded awards) — mostly from Sweden, Germany, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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