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Purchase of road signs and road sign accessories
Liikennemerkkien ja liikennemerkkitarvikkeiden hankinta — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 12:00 — 29 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 the traffic sign products to be priced in the invitation to tender. These products represent the vast majority of the products to be procured in this product category. The customer is mainly the Streets and Parks service area. Other units in the city can also make use of the agreement. The Contracting Entity shall have the possibility to purchase small quantities of road signs and road equipment in accordance with the Agreement from outside the Agreement if, due to availability, delivery times or other unforeseeable reasons or suitability, they cannot be purchased from within this Agreement. Other road signs and accessories may also be purchased in small quantities outside this Agreement. LIMITATIONS/INTERVENTIONS In the case of investment projects contracted by the main external contractor, marks may be included in the contract. The contract is for a fixed period until 31 December 2027, then for an indefinite period.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (11 awards, most recently August 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around December 2025. The last award went to Tehomet Oy.n = 11
- 29% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (638 awards since 2018, spread over 372 companies). That is well below the sector norm (51%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 638 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew 5 bids (401 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 401
- The award came in at a median 80% of the estimated value (16 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 98%.n = 16
- 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (638 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 638
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keski-Suomen Ilmastointihuolto Oy | 8 | 2019–2025 |
| Ilveslahden Siivous Oy | 8 | 2021–2024 |
| Are Oy | 7 | 2019–2025 |
| ESP Suomi Oy | 7 | 2019–2025 |
| Ramboll Finland Oy | 5 | 2019–2024 |
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 6 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 33 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 32 (median of 1,452 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 · Transport equipment, 44 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,977 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, Denmark.
Submission language: Finnish.
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