Invitation to market dialogue School transportation for pre-school and primary school students in Kaarina

The Kaarinan kaupunki in Finland from Europe region has released this tender for This is not a procurement notice or a request for tender but an invitation to respond to a request for information and to participate in a market dialogue with which the City of Kaarina is mapping the market for the competitive tendering of school transport for primary school students INVITATION TO MARKET DIALOGUE The purpose of this market dialogue is to map the operators in the market and collect comments from suppliers The aim is to obtain comprehensive information to support the implementation of the upcoming competitive tendering The subject and content of the procurement will be specified and defined in the final published call for tenders With this invitation we ask bidders interested in the procurement to register and participate in the dialogue regarding the procurement The purpose of the market dialogue is to discuss the plans of the City of Kaarina regarding the upcoming competitive tendering of school transport The aim is to receive feedback and possible development proposals for the tender package under preparation Participation in the market dialogue is voluntary Operators in the sector can also participate in the preparation of the procurement by responding to the request for information and submitting written comments without participating in the market dialogue event Market dialogue request for information Market dialogues will be carried out according to the preliminary schedule on Tue 20 10 2026 from 9 30 to 12 and Thu 22 10 2026 from 9 00 to 12 00 at Kaarina House Lautakunnankatu 1 Kaarina The events will be arranged one-on-one one operator at a time and approximately 40 minutes of negotiation time will be reserved for one operator The market dialogue will be carried out in Finnish No compensation will be paid for participating in the dialogue and the procurement unit will not reimburse the costs incurred for participating in the market dialogue REGISTRATION All interested industry players are invited to register for the market dialogue and or respond to the questions in the request for information by 13 10 2026 at 11 00 at the latest at https kaarina toitajapalvelu fi Further information regarding registration hankinnat kaarina fi ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE NOTICE This notice does not request offers This notice does not oblige the contracting entity to carry out the actual procurement and the contracting entity does not undertake to make the procurements in accordance with this notice The information announced about the procurement or the procurement procedure is not binding on the contracting entity in a possible subsequent procurement procedure Failure to participate in this market dialogue does not prevent participation in a possible tender and participation in the dialogue does not affect the position of the tenderer in the actual tender The information revealed in the market dialogue will remain completely confidential and will only be used for the development and planning of the possible procurement However the contracting authority is not obliged to take into account the responses received in the market dialogue when preparing the invitation to tender with tender notice no. 665520-2026 published on 07 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 27 Dec 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Non-scheduled passenger transport. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15292064.