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Psychologist Services for Children and Adolescents, North Karelia Welfare Region

Lasten ja nuorten psykologipalvelut, Pohjois-Karjalan hyvinvointialue — original title

FIFinland · Kuopio

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 17 November at 12:00 — 16 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 concerns psychologist services for children and young people in the North Karelia welfare area. Psychological services for children, young people and families include psychologist services for family counselling, psychologist services for children under school age, and psychologist services for pupil and student welfare. The service is intended for children and young people who need psychological assessment, support or research on issues such as development, learning, mood or behaviour. The services also focus on supporting families and taking into account the child's or young person's growth and development environment. The services include psychological examinations, assessments, guidance and counselling, support for clients and families, and multi-professional cooperation with a network of services for children, young people and families. The services are produced by a…

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… licensed psychologist who has the know-how of up-to-date psychological research methods and the ability to collaborate with clients, families and various authorities and partners. The procurement is divided into three (3) lots as follows: 1. Psychologist services for education and family counselling 2. Psychologist services for children under school age (children's rehabilitation) 3. Psychologist services for student welfare The tenderer may submit a tender in one or more areas of the procurement. The planned contract period is 1.3.2027 - 28.2.2029. In addition to the fixed contract period, the acquisition includes an option period of two (2) years (1+1 years). The Subscriber decides on the activation of the options. Options may be rolled out separately or simultaneously and for all sub-areas or on a sub-area-by-sub-area basis. The customer does not commit to any fixed purchases. Services are purchased as necessary to complement the Customer's own service production. The criteria for the subject of the contract are defined in more detail in the invitation to tender and its annexes. · The sub-area concerns the services of an educational and family counselling psychologist in the North Karelia welfare area. · The sub-area applies to psychologist services for children under school age in the North Karelia welfare area. · The sub-area concerns the services of a psychologist in pupil and student welfare in the North Karelia welfare area.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Mar 2027 → 28 Feb 2029
Framework agreement3 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

85 · Health & social work
CPV 85121270

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (437 awards, most recently September 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Savas-Säätiö sr.n = 437
  • The median procedure drew 7 bids (2,534 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 10 bids.n = 2,534
  • 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). 61% went to new names.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: 88%.n = 56
  • 83% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (662 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 71%.n = 662

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 30/10/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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

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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
GE Healthcare Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS262020–2026
B. Braun Medical Oy232019–2026
Berner Oy · HELSINGFORS192022–2026
Mediplast Fenno Oy182020–2026
Mediq Suomi Oy172024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

52
2020
48
2021
39
2022
36
2023
73
2024
78
2025
91
2026
417 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 — Tuesday 17 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 13 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 427 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Finland · Health & social work, 29 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,711 recorded awards) — mostly from Sweden, Germany, Poland.

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
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