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Replacement mat and hand towel service
Vaihtomatto- ja käsipyyhepalvelu — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 23 November at 12:00 — 22 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 procurement services of the City of Savonlinna request offers for the exchange carpet and hand towel service to the City of Savonlinna. The contract is for a fixed term of two years + 1 option year. In the procurement, sub-tenders are accepted by sub-area. A more detailed description of the contract can be found in the tender documents. In addition, the service must comply with the directly binding acts of the European Union, the laws and regulations of Finland and the regulations issued by the authorities. The offer is binding and must be drafted in Finnish. The entire procurement process is in Finnish. · The service refers to the replacement carpet service needed by the subscribers, which is described in more detail in Annex 5 with the service description of the replacement carpet service. · The service refers to the cotton hand towel service needed by the subscribers, which is described in more detail in Annex 7, the service description of the hand towel service.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 24% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (187 awards since 2017, spread over 118 companies). That is well below the sector norm (40%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 187 awards since 2017
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (146 procedures with a bid count); 18% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 146
- 2% of awards went to companies from abroad (187 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 187
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Savonlinja Oy | 13 | 2020–2025 |
| Linja-autoliike S.Kosonen Oy | 7 | 2018–2026 |
| Sioma Oy | 5 | 2021–2025 |
| Opinsys Oy | 4 | 2022–2024 |
| Savonlinnan LVI-Palvelu Oy | 4 | 2021–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 2,262 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 34 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,471 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
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.
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