Acquisitions

The city of Imatra buys products, services and construction contracts annually for around 44 million euros. About 19 million of the amount will be used for services and products purchased on the free market. The remaining purchases are made from the city's subsidiaries or other affiliated units.

The ongoing tenders can be found requests for tenders. Planned future tenders can be found from the competition calendar.

Decisions made on procurement are either office holder decisions or institutional decisions depending on where the purchase was decided.

The Procurement Act defines threshold values ​​for procurement. All purchases exceeding the threshold values ​​must be tendered in the manner prescribed by the Procurement Act. The up-to-date threshold values ​​can be found on the hankinnat.fi website from this link.

The small procurement limit confirmed by the Imatra city government is 20 euros. An official decision is not made on a procurement below the small procurement limit. Procurements that fall below the threshold values ​​are also attempted to be tendered in accordance with the procurement legislation, at least so-called with light competition.

Key procurement principles

The city of Imatra's procurements are carried out in accordance with procurement legislation and the city's internal procurement guidelines. 

All the city's purchases are made economically and appropriately. The following principles are taken into account in procurement:

• Equal treatment of bidders and candidates in all stages of procurement.
• Effective use of competitive conditions.
• Openness and transparency.
• Proportionality: The bidding procedure and the requirements set in the request for tender are proportional to the procurement and the desired end result.
• Taking into account the goals of sustainable development.
• Papromotion of sustainable entrepreneurship within the framework enabled by the Procurement Act.

Sustainable development and social aspects are also taken into account

When possible, procurements must take into account, among other things, social aspects, business effects and the principles of sustainable development with the help of an impact assessment form.

The environmental effects of products and services must be taken into account at least at the level required by the current legislation. When evaluating the effects, the entire life cycle of the product or service must be taken into account: manufacturing, transportation, packaging, storage, use, recycling and waste treatment. A typical environmental aspect is, for example, the energy demand of a product or service.

When planning acquisitions, social aspects are also taken into account. The acquisitions must aim to support, for example, the employment goals of the population with limited functional capacity.

In addition, procurement must also take into account the fight against the gray economy, price cartels or other unhealthy economic phenomena.

If you are interested in working as a supplier for the city of Imatra, we are interested in different options and will answer inquiries about, for example, participating in the city's tenders.