Alternative policy instruments for strengthening the relative competitiveness of industry VN/4522/2026

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The purpose of this study is to identify the most relevant and applicable policy measures, that Finland could consider, to further improve the country’s prerequisites for economic growth and foster the relative competitiveness of Finnish industries. The study focuses on energy and/or raw material intensive sectors, covering both existing and new industries such as data centres, Power-to-X, and raw materials and refining (chemicals, mining & metals, forest industries). The findings of the study will be used as a background information for national policy planning.

The study scope is defined in four steps as follows (for full scope, please see Appendix 1) :

1. Current characteristics of Finnish industries in brief

2. International policy frameworks as relevant for the context of Finnish policy design

3. Industrial policy measures in selected countries

4. Applicability of selected policy measures for Finland




Further details on the background and description of the procurement are set out in Appendix 1

Lisätietoja

Content of tender

The tender must include the following:

General presentation of the tenderer

Research plan (incl. schedule, milestones, deliverables, methods, breakdown of working hours per project phase, budgeted hours per expert). Pl. note that project phases 3 and 4 are considered as the most important for the project and this should be reflected also on the project scheduling and budget.

CVs of the manager responsible for the research project and key experts involved in the project

References of previous similar assignments

Further information is set out in Appendix 1 and the other annexes to the invitation to tender

Menettelyn tärkeimmät piirteet

The Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (1397/2016; hereafter referred to as the Act on Public Procurement) will apply to this procurement. The procurement exceeds the national threshold values, as referred to in section 25 of the Act on Public Procurement, and the European Union threshold values laid down in section 26 of the Act on Public Procurement.

Open procedure will be used as the procurement procedure. In open procedure, the contracting entity publishes a contract notice and makes the call for tenders available so that all prospective suppliers may submit tenders.

The main stages in the procurement procedure are as follows:

1. Publication of the call for tenders and the contract notice
2. Reception and opening of the tenders
3. Checking the suitability of the tenderers
4. Checking compliance with the call for tenders
5. Comparing the tenders using the comparison criteria laid out in the call for tenders
6. Making the procurement decision and announcing the winner
7. Drafting the procurement contract with the winning tenderer.

The procurement contract only becomes effective after the parties have signed the written contract.

The procurement contract may be concluded no sooner than 14 days after the candidate or tenderer has received or is deemed to have received notice of the decision as well as the instructions for appeal and rectification.

The Contracting Entity may suspend the procurement procedure if the tenders received are not in accordance with the call for tenders in the manner required by the Contracting Entity. The Contracting Entity may also suspend the procurement if the circumstances during the competitive tendering change so that the Contracting Entity is unable to use the results of the competitive tendering or if there are other justified grounds for suspending the procurement.

Under the Act on Public Procurement, the Contracting Entity may exclude from the competitive tendering a tenderer that does not meet the suitability requirements laid out in the call for tenders or that has provided deficient or incorrect information with regard to the selection of the tenderer and the tender. The Contracting Entity may reject tenders that are incomplete or do not correspond to the call for tenders. The Contracting Entity will request any supplementary information for the tenders separately in writing.

Sopimuksen täytäntöönpanoehdot

The procurement contract will be prepared in accordance with the Contracting Entity's template document appended to this call
for tenders as Annex 2 Draft Contract.
The General Terms of Public Procurement in Service Contracts (JYSE 2025 SERVICES) will apply to this procurement contract
unless otherwise specified in this call for tenders or the documents appended to it. The contractual terms applicable to the procurement are detailed in the draft contract appended to this document. The tenderer
must accept the terms laid out in the Appendix. The contractual terms are absolute requirements and they may not be changed.

Tenderers may not include their own contractual terms in the tenders.

Lisätietoja

Content of tender

The tender must include the following:

General presentation of the tenderer

Research plan (incl. schedule, milestones, deliverables, methods, breakdown of working hours per project phase, budgeted hours per expert). Pl. note that project phases 3 and 4 are considered as the most important for the project and this should be reflected also on the project scheduling and budget.

CVs of the manager responsible for the research project and key experts involved in the project

References of previous similar assignments

Further information is set out in Appendix 1 and the other annexes to the invitation to tender

Tarkat tiedot uudelleentarkastelumenettelyjen määräajasta (määräajoista)

I INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECTIFICATION
Under sections 133–135 of the Public Procurement Act, anyone who is unhappy with a decision of the Contracting Entity or some other decision made as part of a procurement procedure may file a written claim for rectification of procurement with the Contracting Entity. A claim for rectification of procurement may be filed by a tenderer who participated in a competitive tendering process or a candidate who submitted a request to participate; in other words, a party whose rights, obligations or interests are directly affected by the decision (a concerned party).
Deadline for filing a claim for rectification of procurement
A concerned party should file a claim for rectification of procurement no later than 14 days after receiving notice of the decision made by the Contracting Entity or some other decision that is part of the procurement procedure. The claim must be submitted no later than the last day of the time limit before the end of the workday (16.15).
When electronic means are used, candidates and tenderers are deemed to have received notice of the decision and its attachments on the day when the electronic document concerning the case became available to the recipients of the message on their reception devices in a form in which the electronic message can be processed. Such a time shall be considered the date of dispatching the message, in the absence of a reliable explanation of an electronic communications failure or other corresponding factor that caused the electronic message to reach the recipient at a later time.

If the notice is served by means of a letter sent by post, the recipient will be deemed to have received notice of the decision on the seventh day following its dispatch, unless the recipient shows that service of process was effected at a later time. When the notice is served in a verifiable manner, the recipient shall be deemed to have been notified on the day shown in the proof of delivery or advice of receipt.
Contents of a claim for rectification of procurement
A claim for rectification of procurement should include the claims and their justifications. The claim should indicate the name of the party filing the claim and the contact details required to deal with the matter.
The documents to which the party filing the claim wishes to make appeal should be attached to the claim, unless they already are in the Contracting Entity's possession.
Address
A claim for rectification of procurement should be submitted to the Contracting Entity.
Contracting Entity contact details:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
P.O. BOX 32
00023 Valtioneuvosto, Finland
kirjaamo.tem@gov.fi

II INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPEALING TO THE MARKET COURT
Subject of review and restrictions
An appeal may be filed before the Market Court against a decision made by the Contracting Entity or some other decision made by the Contracting Entity as part of the procurement procedure referred to in the Act on Public Procurement that may influence the status of a candidate or a tenderer.

No appeal may be filed with the Market Court in respect of a decision made by the Contracting Entity that concerns:
1) solely the preparation of a procurement procedure;
2) a failure to divide a procurement contract into lots pursuant to section 75; or
3) use of the lowest price or costs alone as the criterion for determining the most economically advantageous tender referred to in section 93.
A procurement based on a framework agreement referred to in section 42 of the Act on Public Procurement or a resolution of a contracting entity concerning approval of a dynamic purchasing system referred to in section 51 shall not be open to review by appeal unless the Market Court grants leave to hear the case.
Leave shall be granted if:
1) a hearing of the case is important for application of the law in other similar cases; or
2) there is some pressing reason for doing so, related to the procedure of the Contracting Entity.
Appeal period
Unless otherwise provided, an appeal shall be submitted in writing within 14 days of the date on which the concerned party received notice of the procurement decision together with the instructions for appeal.
If, following the procurement decision, a contracting entity has made a procurement agreement or concession contract pursuant to point 1 or 3 of section 130 without observing the standstill period, then the appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the date when the tenderer received notice of the decision.
An appeal shall be submitted no later than six months after the procurement decision is made in the event that the candidate or tenderer has received notice of the procurement decision together with the instructions for appeal and the procurement decision or the instructions for appeal were essentially defective.
If a Contracting Entity has submitted a notice for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union concerning a direct procurement referred to in section 131 or a contractual amendment referred to in point 9 of subsection 1 of section 58, then the appeal shall be filed within 14 days of the date of publishing the notice.
If this notice has not been published, then an appeal concerning a direct procurement shall be filed:
1) within 30 days of the date when a contract award notice concerning the direct procurement was published in the Official Journal of the European Union; or
2) within six months of the date of concluding the procurement contract.

Submitting the appeal
The appeal should be submitted to the Market Court. The appeal should reach the Market Court by the last day of the appeal period during office hours. The opening hours of the Market Court Registry are 8.00 –16.15. The actual day of notice will not be included in this period.