VR-Group: Invitation to participate, Media agency services

The object of the procurement is media agency services for VR Group in Finland and Sweden. The procurement covers media agency services in Finland and Sweden, including strategic media planning, media buying and optimisation, analytics and measurement, customer and market insight, and the use of marketing technologies and AI. The preliminary scope and content of the procurement are described in more detail in Appendix 1. The procurement will be carried out by means of a negotiated procedure. The Finnish Act on Procurements and Concession Contracts of Entities Operating in the Water and Energy Supply, Transport and Postal Services Sector (1398/2016, hereinafter the “Act on Public Contracts in the Utilities Sector”) applies to this procurement. A candidate must fulfil all suitability requirements set out in the contract notice and its appendices in order to be selected for the procurement procedure. If the number of candidates fulfilling the suitability requirements exceeds the maximum number of candidates to be selected, the candidates will be ranked on the basis of the selection criteria set out in the procurement documents. A maximum of four (4) candidates will be selected for the negotiations. The scope and requirements of the procurement will be further specified during the procurement procedure. All the contractual terms and conditions will be defined during the procurement procedure. The final requirements will be set out in the final invitation to tender. More detailed information regarding the content and schedules of the negotiations will be provided to the selected candidates. The contract period is planned to commence in September 2027. The initial contract period is three (3) years, after which the contract may be extended by three (3) separate one-year option periods (3+1+1+1 years). The maximum overall duration of the contract, including all option periods, is six (6) years.

CPV-Code

79340000

The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of the best price-quality ratio. The preliminary weighting ranges for price and quality are described in more detail in the section “Grounds for decision-making” of the Invitation to Participate.

Losbezug: LOT-0000

The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of the best price-quality ratio. The preliminary weighting ranges for price and quality are described in more detail in the section “Grounds for decision-making” of the Invitation to Participate.

Losbezug: LOT-0000

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for corruption, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for fraud, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for money laundering or terrorist financing, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for participation in a criminal organisation, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable.

The economic operator has breached its obligations in the field of environmental law.

The economic operator has breached its obligations in the field of labour law.

The economic operator has breached its obligations in the field of social law.

The economic operator has entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition.

The economic operator is guilty of grave professional misconduct.

The economic operator can confirm that: a) It has been guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria, b) It has withheld such information, c) It has not been able, without delay, to submit the supporting documents required by a contracting authority or contracting entity, and d) It has undertaken to unduly influence the decision making process of the contracting authority or contracting entity, to obtain confidential information that may confer upon it undue advantages in the procurement procedure or to negligently provide misleading information that may have a material influence on decisions concerning exclusion, selection or award.

The economic operator is aware of any conflict of interest, as indicated in national law, the relevant notice or the procurement documents due to its participation in the procurement procedure.

The economic operator or an undertaking related to it has advised the contracting authority or contracting entity or otherwise been involved in the preparation of the procurement procedure.

The economic operator has experienced that a prior public contract, a prior contract with a contracting entity or a prior concession contract was terminated early, or that damages or other comparable sanctions were imposed in connection with that prior contract.

The tenderer itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has breached the following obligations defined in the Finnish criminal code: aggravated accounting offence, work safety offence, work hour offence, work discrimination, extortion in working life, aggravated extortion in working life, violation of the right to organise, the use of unauthorised foreign labour, aggravated degradation of the environment or aggravated nature conservation offence.

The economic operator has breached its obligations relating to the payment social security contributions, both in the country in which it is established and in Member State of the contracting authority or contracting entity if other than the country of establishment.

The economic operator has breached its obligations relating to the payment of taxes, both in the country in which it is established and in Member State of the contracting authority or contracting entity if other than the country of establishment.

The business activities of the economic operator are suspended.

The economic operator is bankrupt.

The economic operator is in arrangement with creditors.

The economic operator is the subject of insolvency or winding-up.

The assets of the economic operator are being administered by a liquidator or by the court.

The economic operator is in any analogous situation like bankruptcy arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations.