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Textbooks and digital teaching materials
Oppikirjat ja digitaaliset opetusmateriaalit — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 14:00 — 5 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 includes printed textbooks and related materials, as well as digital teaching materials for pre-primary, primary and secondary education. In addition, services relating to the ordering and delivery of materials in connection with the procurement, in accordance with the annexes to this call for tenders. Teaching materials refer to printed and electronic textbooks, teaching materials and assignments, as well as other auxiliary materials used in teaching, such as teachers' guides and workpieces, exams, games, audiobooks and CDs/DVDs. A framework agreement shall be established on the basis of the procurement. The procurement is divided into four (4) sub-areas: 1) Pre-primary and primary printed teaching materials 2) Pre-primary and primary digital teaching materials 3) Secondary printed teaching materials 4) Secondary digital teaching materials Journalists are selected as…
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… follows: - One (1) contractor per sub-area (components 1 and 3) is selected for the printed material. - For digital teaching materials, all tenderers meeting the minimum requirements of the call for tenders will be selected per domain (components 2 and 4), with a maximum of five (5) suppliers. The aim is to ensure that the client has pedagogically suitable materials for different educational fields and age groups, as well as the opportunity to take into account existing learning material series, equipment environment and available budgets. Not all subscribers use all aspects. The target start date of the contract period is 1 January 2027. · Pre-primary and primary printed textbooks and related materials · Secondary printed textbooks and related materials · Pre-primary and primary digital teaching materials · Secondary digital teaching materials
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (8 awards, most recently May 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2025. The last award went to Prenax Ab, Suomen sivuliike.n = 8
- The median procedure drew 7 bids (2,534 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 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.n = 56
- 4% of awards went to companies from abroad (2,757 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 2,757
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.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE Healthcare Finland Oy · HELSINGFORS | 26 | 2020–2026 |
| B. Braun Medical Oy | 23 | 2019–2026 |
| Berner Oy · HELSINGFORS | 19 | 2022–2026 |
| Mediplast Fenno Oy | 18 | 2020–2026 |
| Mediq Suomi Oy | 17 | 2024–2026 |
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 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 16 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Finland, 843 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 79,284 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Sweden, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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