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Expert services in the field of State aid law

Valtiontukioikeudelliset asiantuntijapalvelut — original title

FIFinland · Lahti

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 November at 12:00 — 24 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

We would like to invite you to tender for state aid expert services for the City of Lahti, consisting of legal and expert services related to state aid assessments, such as market economy operator principle (MEOP) assessments, market-conformity assessments and other state aid studies, opinions and expert assessments, with the aim of providing reliable, independent and expert assessment information for the City of Lahti's corporate governance and other decision-making from the point of view of state aid regulation, with the aim of establishing a framework agreement 3+1y from 1 January 2027, with a total value of approximately EUR 200 000. The customer does not commit to any specific purchase volumes during the contract period.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published22 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreementReserved for SMEs

Type of service

79 · Business services
CPV 79111000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 7 months (11 awards, most recently September 2024) — by that rhythm the next award was due around March 2025. The last award went to Punamusta Oy.n = 11
  • The award came in at a median 68% of the estimated value (34 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 34
  • 32% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (318 awards since 2017, spread over 184 companies). 68% went to new names.n = 318 awards since 2017
  • 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (318 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 2%.n = 318
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (252 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 252

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
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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
Lehtimäen Liikenne Oy92020–2024
Lehtimäen Liikenne Oy (0151275-3)//Koiviston Auto Oy62020–2026
RTK-Palvelu Oy52021–2026
MT Metsätyöt TMI42021–2024
Vihervarikko Oy (1524630-2)//Vihervarikko Oy · LAHTI42020–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

6
2020
5
2021
7
2022
10
2023
15
2024
3
2025
5
2026
51 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 24 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 6 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 9 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 1,452 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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.

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.
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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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