Request for information/market dialogue general translations

The Valtioneuvoston kanslia in Finland from Europe region has released this tender for The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is responsible for the joint administrative and service tasks of the Government and its ministries. The PMO is responsible for the translation and language services of all ministries, both for national languages ​​and for other languages. In addition, PMO is partly responsible for the translation and language services required by the Office of the Chancellor of Justice. The PMO is preparing the procurement of framework arrangements for multilingual translation services for the Government and its ministries, which will complement the framework arrangements for the Government's Swedish and English translation services (VN/33137/2023) and the translation services required by the Office of the Chancellor of Justice (excluding the Swedish translation services of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice). The translations may concern any matter falling within the ministries' areas of responsibility, see Government Regulation 262/2003, §§ 10–24, http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030262. Further information on the ministries' areas of activity is also available on the ministries' websites, see https://valtioneuvosto.fi/ministeriot. Typical texts to be translated may include: • ministers' answers to written questions posed by members of parliament • collective agreements • reports and reports and their summaries • website texts • PowerPoint presentations The estimated value of the procurement is approximately 475,000 euros per year in all languages, and two-year fixed-term framework agreements will be concluded with the selected suppliers, which reserve the possibility of using two option years (1+1). The procurement unit asks bidders interested in the procurement to respond to this request for information and participate in the market dialogue. Drafts of the procurement documents prepared by the procurement unit and questions regarding the procurement have been published as an attachment to this notice on the Tarjouspalvelu.fi portal (link on the Participation and Contact tab, requires login), to which we hope to receive comments and answers from bidders. The following draft documents are available for bidders to comment on: - Key requirements of the invitation to tender, including questions for bidders - Annex 1 Service description - Annex X Agreement - Annex X Expert list - Annex X Price list_translations - Annex X Quality assurance process evaluation criteria - Annex X Information security requirements The procurement unit requests that answers to the questions and comments on the draft documents be submitted by 16:15 on XX.10.2026 by email to kirjaamo.vnk@gov.fi. The subject line of the message should be marked "VN/26580/2026 response to request for information". If your answer contains business and professional secrets or other confidential information, we ask that you clearly identify and mark the relevant information. The procurement unit reserves the right to send other procurement-related material to bidders who have registered for the market dialogue by email for comment and follow-up questions related to the preparation.In connection with the responses and comments, we ask that you provide an email address to which the procurement entity can send any additional questions and materials to be commented on. The information and draft requirements presented during the market dialogue are the procurement entity's preliminary assessment of the implementation of the tendering process, and the matters presented during it may change during the preparation of the procurement. Those who respond to the request for information will not be paid compensation for responding to the request for information or participating in a possible market dialogue. Responding to the request for information does not oblige the supplier to participate in a possible tendering process later, and is also not a prerequisite for participating in the tendering process. Responding to the request for information or not responding to it does not affect the tenderer's position in the actual tendering process. ATTENTION: This document is not a procurement notice or a request for tender, but a detailed market survey, i.e. a request for information. The decision to launch a possible procurement process will be made after the market survey. with tender notice no. 688609-2026 published on 07 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 04 Jan 2027. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Translation services. 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 15295868.