Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-04-02
Buyer: Finnvera Plc
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72212442

Technical requirements: This document is not a contract notice or an invitation to tender and the purpose of the publication of the document is not to start a tendering process. Participating to a potential future tendering process does not require giving information to this request. This document is an invitation to participate in a technical dialogue on how Finnvera could renew a major part of its operative systems. The objective of the dialogue is to improve our understanding of market offering that would serve this purpose. Specifically, Finnvera wants to understand:
(c) capabilities of vendors, products and platforms in relation to the Finnvera vision and described needs,
The objective of this system renewal project is to replace aging customized core applications with a shared business platform (preferably COTS) that will support current and upcoming Finnvera services across business areas. Hence, the coming solution will need to be able to cater to the needs of Finnvera’s and Finnish Export Credit’s entire product portfolio and through different stages of the product lifecycle. By renewing core applications Finnvera aims to:
(b) increase agility in business development and product launches (through the use of a widely configurable COTS),
Finnvera is a specialized financing company, owned by the State of Finland, and supplements the financing services provided by the private sector. Finnvera and its subsidiary Finnish Export Credit Ltd (FEC) have an official Export Credit Agency (ECA) status. Finnvera has 360 employees and has commitments totaling over 20 000 000 000 EUR. Finnvera’s role is to, by means of financing, promote the growth, internationalisation and exports of Finnish enterprises, as well as to contribute to the realization of the government’s goals regarding regional development in Finland. The pillars of Finnvera’s strategy are customer experience, competent personnel, partner network, digitalisation and self-sustainability. Finnvera aims to produce an excellent customer experience with industry expertise and agile operating practices. To secure self-sustainability we seek to ensure the efficiency of our processes and risk management. Finnvera provides financing for the start, growth and internationalisation of enterprises and guarantees against risks arising from exports. Finnvera strengthens the operating potential and competitiveness of Finnish enterprises by offering loans and domestic guarantees for SMEs, as well as export credit guarantees and other services associated with the financing of exports. The risks included in financing are shared between Finnvera and other providers of financing. Finnish Export Credit Ltd provides interest equalization and financing of export credits. It should be noted that Finnvera’s prime objective with this technical dialogue is to learn about available alternatives and market offerings in order to finalize the scope of the renewal and launch the sourcing process. The objective is not to evaluate solutions against a detailed set of requirements or compare vendors against each other. Detailed description of the system renewal project, as well as guidelines for answering this request for information are available by email from hankinnat@finnvera.fi. Companies interested in the matter are requested to send descriptions of solutions that would match the renewal scope and requirements as well as other information that will increase Finnvera’s understanding of market offering and alternative approaches to the renewal as described in the answering guidelines. Please send your answer to hankinnat@finnvera.fi by 21.4.2019, 04:00 pm. Any questions concerning this request for information should be sent by email to: hankinnat@finnvera.fi. Mark the message as “Question: Technical dialogue regarding renewal of core operative systems”. The questions must be submitted by 8.4.2019. Finnvera will respond to the questions on a best effort basis by 15.4.2019. The questions and answers may be submitted in Finnish or English.