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Swimming pool Katariina's structural, structural and fire engineering design

Uimala Katariinan pohjarakenne-, rakenne- ja palotekninen suunnittelu — original title

FIFinland · Kotka

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 30 November at 12:00 — 29 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 City of Kotka (contracting entity, client) invites tenders for the design of the floor structure, structure and fire safety of Uimala Katariina in accordance with the invitation to tender and its annexes. In spring 2026, the main design and architectural design, including yard, acoustics and interior design as well as BIM coordination, were put out to tender for the design of the new building of the Katariina swimming pool and the outdoor swimming pool. Architectural office Arktes Oy is responsible for the architectural and main design of the site. The architect works as the main designer of the site. The project plan includes a target price estimate prepared by the client. The target price estimate will be reviewed as the planning progresses in the different phases of the project by the client. The client requires the design team to use design solutions that maintain the target price estimate.

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated valuevalue not published
Published28 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Place of performanceKotka
Reserved for SMEs

Type of service

71 · Architecture & engineering
CPV 71000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 9 months (25 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around June 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Rakennuttajatoimisto HTJ Oy.n = 25
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (134 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 8 bids.n = 134
  • 25% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (184 awards since 2017, spread over 118 companies). That is well below the sector norm (39%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 184 awards since 2017
  • 11% of awards went to companies from abroad (184 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 184
  • The award came in at a median 84% of the estimated value (19 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 79%.n = 19

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.

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

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

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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
Oy Rakennuspartio52018–2025
PIL Paloilmoitinliike Consulting Oy42022–2026
Quattroservices Kaakkois-Suomi Oy42018–2022
Haminan Vesijohtoliike Penttilä Oy42022–2025
Haveputki Oy32018–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

7
2020
6
2021
6
2022
10
2023
4
2024
4
2025
17
2026
54 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 — Monday 30 November at 12:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 8 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 22 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

In Finland · Architecture & engineering, 33 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 5,206 recorded awards) — mostly from Sweden, Poland, Italy.

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
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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