Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-23
Buyer: Kilpailu-ja kuluttajavirasto
Country: FI
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72261000: Software support services | 72263000: Software implementation services | 72268000: Software supply services
Submission deadline: 2022-04-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The FCCA has a need to maintain its capabilities in its case handling and is publishing this invitation to tender as part of this process. The project goes by the name “Forensic Analysis Research Tool”. The subject-matter of the procurement is described in this invitation to tender and its appendices.
The contracting authority and mainly its Competition Division has multiple cases in which the contracting authority investigates suspected competition infringements and uses a software (hereinafter also “product” and “system”) to analyze tens, if not hundreds of gigabytes worth of files as evidence. The product is used to analyze the material and at the same time maintain the integrity of it. It is vital that this work can be done simultaneously by multiple users and this requirement applies to individual cases, i.e. multiple users must be able to go through the material of the same case simultaneously, while making markings to the material. The subject-matter of this procurement is said product or system. Along with the system, the subject-matter consists of training and certain additional services.
The contracting authority and mainly its Competition Division has multiple cases in which the contracting authority investigates suspected competition infringements and uses a software (hereinafter also “product” and “system”) to analyze tens, if not hundreds of gigabytes worth of files as evidence in the whole system. The size of individual cases varies. The product is used to analyze the material and at the same time maintain the integrity of it. It is vital that this work can be done simultaneously by multiple users and this requirement applies to individual cases, i.e. multiple users must be able to go through the material of the same case simultaneously, while making markings to the material. The subject-matter of this procurement is said product or system. Along with the system, the subject-matter consists of training and certain additional services.
Most of the users of the product are either lawyers or economists, whose IT skills vary. Hence the typical user of the product is not a forensic researcher per se. Therefore, the contracting authority values and is looking for simple-to-use product, which the case handlers can effectively use to make juridical evaluations based on the material.
Many of the cases are at or are about to be processed in a court of law. During court proceedings it is vital to be able to meet critical deadlines. Because of this, the abovementioned need for simultaneous working on the same case is of utmost importance. The contracting authority foresees that cases with massive amounts of data will not decrease over time.
The contracting authority has its own operating environment (server) for the product. The contracting authority will use this operating environment. Hence the subject-matter of the procurement is not the hardware required for the operating environment. This entails that the provider of the product will not oversee the operating environment, and that the contracting authority will not grant access to its operating environment.
The contracting authority seeks an off-the-shelf product with useful features with which the case handlers can inter alia mark or tag individual files, exclude files, use efficient searches, investigate items from a relevant time period, find correlations within the material and share the workload with other case handlers.
During the contract period, the customer may order additional services from the provider. This includes, but is not limited to trainings and consultation. Further information can be found from the draft version of the contract.
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