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Acquisition of catering and cleanliness services for Aviapolis Upper Secondary School

Aviapoliksen lukion ateria- ja puhtauspalveluiden hankinta — original title

FIFinland · Vantaan kaupunki

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 19 November at 16:00 — 19 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 subject of the procurement is the purchase of catering and cleaning services for the Aviapolis Upper Secondary School of the City of Vantaa in accordance with this invitation to tender and its annexes. Aviapolis Upper Secondary School will be phased in. In the initial phase in 2027, 90 students are expected to be enrolled. The number of staff is estimated to be approximately 2-15 people in the initial phase. In 2028, the number of pupils is estimated to be approximately 530 and the number of staff is estimated to be approximately 15-20 people and in 2029, the number of pupils is estimated to be 700 students. In 2029, the exact number of staff is not yet known. The subscriber will select a maximum of one (1) contractor. The contract will be concluded for an indefinite period. The terms and conditions of the contract are described in more detail in the draft contracts annexed to the…

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… invitation to tender (Annex 1 and 2). The contractor does not commit to the procurement volumes or values in euros estimated in the tender documents during the contract period. To facilitate the determination of the bidders' bids, the Subscriber will arrange a common display day for the bids. Tenderers's via a common display date. Tenderers will also be displayed by email at the same address.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published16 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

90 · Cleaning, environment & waste55 · Hotel & restaurant services
CPV 90900000 · 55520000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (29 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Siskon Siivous Oy.n = 29
  • 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (778 awards since 2017, spread over 470 companies). That is well below the sector norm (40%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 778 awards since 2017
  • The award came in at a median 63% of the estimated value (28 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 79%.n = 28
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (630 procedures with a bid count); 14% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 630
  • 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (778 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 778

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
Lännen Tractors Oy62020–2026
Saurus Oy · SÄYNÄTSALO52018–2022
Oy J-Trading Ab52021–2025
Logi Point Oy · VANDA52018–2022
Kreate Oy52024–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2020
5
2021
4
2022
13
2024
9
2025
5
2026
42 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 — Thursday 19 November at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 9 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 22 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 35 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

Foreign bidders

Among 3,029 recorded awards in Finland · Cleaning, environment & waste over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.

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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