Procurement Summary
Country: Finland
Summary: Procurement of Software Products and Services as Well as Mainframe Equipment, Software and Services from Ibm
Deadline: 15 Jun 2026
Posting Date: 05 Jun 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 142692016
Document Ref. No.: KELA/10637/2026
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Tender Details
The object of the procurement is the procurement of equipment, software and services for the IBM mainframe, as well as the continuation of the maintenance services for the software products of the existing IBM SSSO agreement and the additional procurement of the necessary products. the current core is based on the use of Kela's benefit systems implemented with the help of IBM mainframe hardware and software. The procurement has taken into account the needs of the Eepos development program, the scheduling and the effects on the current systems that are transferred gradually to the new Eepos environment. The procurement ensures the functionality of benefit processing and transactions also during the transition period. The procurement is a service procurement that exceeds the EU threshold. The procurement is carried out as a direct procurement, because for technical reasons the IBM mainframe and the related software and their maintenance are exclusively available only from IBM with the related special terms and conditions. The specific license terms used on the distributed side are available only through IBM and are IBM's trade secrets. Procurement is carried out as a direct procurement based on section 40, subsection 2, item 2 of the Procurement Act (1397/2016). According to the law, the procurement entity can choose direct procurement, if for technical reasons or for reasons related to the protection of exclusive rights, only certain the supplier can carry out the procurement, and the absence of competition is not due to an artificial narrowing of the procurement conditions. The object of the acquisition is protected by exclusive rights belonging to the supplier, and the acquisition involves such trade secrets and...
Published: 05/06/2026
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