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Procurement of Dry Food

Upphandling av Torra Livsmedel — original title

FIFinland · Mariehamn

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 26 November at 01:00 — 25 days left.
  2. You submit on Hilma — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Offer and evidence in: Swedish.
  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

Upphandlingen omfattar leverans av Torra livsmedel till Ålands hälso- och sjukvårds centralkök. Samarbetsparter är Ålands gymnasiemyndighet med verksamhet vid tre skolor. Ålands lyceum, Ålands yrkesgymnasium samt Ålands folkhögskola.

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€590,000
Published26 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2031
Framework agreement35 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

15 · Food & beverages
CPV 15610000 · 15620000 · 15821200 · 15830000 · 15850000 · 15870000 · 15980000 · 15899000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 20% of awards went to companies from abroad (121 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 121
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (112 procedures with a bid count); 11% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 112
  • 34% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (121 awards since 2018, spread over 67 companies). 66% went to new names.n = 121 awards since 2018
  • The award came in at a median 110% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too low here.n = 15

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

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 Swedish.

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
OneMed Oy62024–2026
Mediplast Fenno Oy52024–2026
Steripolar Oy · ESBO52024–2026
Mediq Suomi Oy42024–2026
Mölnlycke Health Care Oy42024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

1
2021
2
2022
1
2023
3
2025
5
2026
12 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 26 November at 01:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 31 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 · Food & beverages, 5 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 585 recorded awards).

Submission language: Swedish.

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 Swedish
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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