Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-04-04
Buyer: Puolustusvoimat
Country: FI
Region: FI197
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35330000: Ammunition
Submission deadline: 2025-05-30
Award criteria: price

Technical requirements: The Defence Forces Logistics Command requests a participation application regarding Point Detonating Fuzes and Multi-Option Fuzes in accordance with this request for application and its Annexes, which shall be requested from Contracting Entity's e-mail address: purhase3.fdflogcom@mil.fi. Please mention "Reference 2402/2025 Point Detonating Fuze (PD) and Multi-Option Fuze (MOF)"  in the e-mail's headline.

The procurement shall be conducted as a restricted EU procurement procedure in accordance with the Act. Procurement relates to the Common military list of the European Union C/2024/1945 (1.3.2024) section ML 3 b. subsection b. A contract notice number 2025-021805 has been published on the electronic noticeboard Hilma (www.hankintailmoitukset.fi) and in the Official Journal of the European Union and the TED database. The procurement shall not be divided between different Tenderers. Alternative tenders are not allowed. Parallel tenders are allowed. No remuneration shall be paid to Candidates for making, submitting, or presenting an application or participating in the procedure in any other way. The Candidate shall itself cover any and all costs incurred by participating in the procurement. In its application the Candidate shall declare that it has taken into account the obligations relating to taxation, environmental protection, employment protection and provisions on working conditions as stipulated in Section 43 of the Act on Public Procurement in the Fields of Defence and Security ("Laki julkisista puolustus- ja turvallisuushankinnoista 1531/2011”, hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

The estimated phases of the procurement and schedule are as follows:
1.Contract notice on HILMA and in the Official Journal of the European Union
2.Candidate inquiries by 30th of April 2025
3.Contracting entity’s answers to the inquiries by 12th of May 2025
4.Submitting participation applications by 30th of May 2025
5.Processing participation applications. Opening participation applications. Verifying the suitability of Candidates
6.Selection of Tenderers out of the Candidates that have submitted a participation application and notifying participants of the decision.  
7.Sending of the request for quotation 
8.Tenderer inquiries 
9.Contracting entity’s answers to the inquiries 
10.Submitting tenders 
11.Processing tenders. Opening tenders. Verifying the conformity of the tender with the request for quotation. Comparison of tenders
12.Procurement decision and notification of the decision 
13.Signing a procurement contract by the end of the year 2025
Finnish Defence Forces is procuring Point Detonating Fuzes (“The PD”) and Multi-Option Fuzes ( “The MOF”), which are used with the Finnish artillery guns (155 K9FIN, 155 K 98 and 155 K 83-97).  

Approximated requested amount of Point Detonating Fuzes is 120.000 pcs and Multi-Option Fuzes 30.000 pcs during years 2026 - 2028. 

Procurement includes options.

Few critical technical requirements regarding the product as following:
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with the gun specified according to Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMoU) specifications.   
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with the K9FIN weapon system and its subsystems such as loading device, ammunition stowage.
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with NATO standard 2” fuze cavity according to STANAG 2916 Ed. 3 and AOP-68 Ed. A Ver. 1 (Figure 1).
The PD and the MOF shall be able to be used in climatic conditions C1, A3 according to AECTP-230.
The PD and the MOF shall be able to be stored, maintained, transported in climatic conditions C2, A3 according to AECTP-230.
During the life cycle the PD and the MOF shall be safe to store, transport and handle and remain workable in field conditions.
The PD and the MOF shall be usable and operable in all weather and visibility conditions including high relative humidity, rain, dust and snowfall without any special arrangements.
The PD and the MOF shall be settable manually.
The PD and the MOF shall be safe to use and be functional after the drop of 1.5 meters if no visible damage.
Explosives used in ammunition shall be qualified in accordance with STANAG 4170.
All materials used in PD and the MOF shall be chemically compatible with each other.
The life cycle of PD and the MOF shall be at least 10 years from the purchase order date.
The packages shall fulfill the international regulations of transporting dangerous goods ADR, RID, IATA and IMDG-C.
The hazard classification of the PD and the MOF shall be tested and determined according to Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria given by UN.
The product shall meet REACH-requirements.

More exact technical requirements will be published later in the Request for Quotation.
More info in the annexes, which shall be required from the e-mail address: purchase3.fdflogcom@mil.fi by writing "Reference 2402/2025 Point Detonating Fuze (PD) and Multi-Option Fuze (MOF)"  in the headline.
This notice concerns the Participation Application Request. More exact info regarding the Contract will follow in the Request for Quotation phase.
Not applicable in this phase. 
More info in the Request for Quotation phase.

Eligibility requirements: More info in the annexes, which shall be required from the e-mail address: purchase3.fdflogcom@mil.fi by writing "Reference 2402/2025 Point Detonating Fuze (PD) and Multi-Option Fuze (MOF)"  in the headline.
More info in the annexes.
This notice concerns the Participation Application Request. More exact info regarding the Contract will follow in the Request for Quotation phase.
Not applicable in this phase. 
More info in the Request for Quotation phase.
Finnish Defence Forces is procuring Point Detonating Fuzes (“The PD”) and Multi-Option Fuzes ( “The MOF”), which are used with the Finnish artillery guns (155 K9FIN, 155 K 98 and 155 K 83-97).  

Approximated requested amount of Point Detonating Fuzes is 120.000 pcs and Multi-Option Fuzes 30.000 pcs during years 2026 - 2028. 

Procurement includes options.

Few critical technical requirements regarding the product as following:
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with the gun specified according to Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMoU) specifications.   
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with the K9FIN weapon system and its subsystems such as loading device, ammunition stowage.
The PD and the MOF shall be compatible with NATO standard 2” fuze cavity according to STANAG 2916 Ed. 3 and AOP-68 Ed. A Ver. 1 (Figure 1).
The PD and the MOF shall be able to be used in climatic conditions C1, A3 according to AECTP-230.
The PD and the MOF shall be able to be stored, maintained, transported in climatic conditions C2, A3 according to AECTP-230.
During the life cycle the PD and the MOF shall be safe to store, transport and handle and remain workable in field conditions.
The PD and the MOF shall be usable and operable in all weather and visibility conditions including high relative humidity, rain, dust and snowfall without any special arrangements.
The PD and the MOF shall be settable manually.
The PD and the MOF shall be safe to use and be functional after the drop of 1.5 meters if no visible damage.
Explosives used in ammunition shall be qualified in accordance with STANAG 4170.
All materials used in PD and the MOF shall be chemically compatible with each other.
The life cycle of PD and the MOF shall be at least 10 years from the purchase order date.
The packages shall fulfill the international regulations of transporting dangerous goods ADR, RID, IATA and IMDG-C.
The hazard classification of the PD and the MOF shall be tested and determined according to Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria given by UN.
The product shall meet REACH-requirements.

More exact technical requirements will be published later in the Request for Quotation.
Options shall be redeemed not later than 31st December, 2027.