Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-07-07
Buyer: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
Country: FI
Region: FI1B1
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31000000 | 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35613000
Estimated value: 225000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-08-22
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The economic operator is in any analogous situation like bankruptcy arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations.
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 is in arrangement with creditors.
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 has entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition.

Eligibility requirements: The Tender shall include a list of reference sites
from five (5) different clients where the Tenderer has, within the past three (3) years, successfully delivered and commissioned a corresponding device to full operational status.


The Tenderer shall upload Annex 2 Company Reference, indicating that they have completed a reference delivery of similar contracts.
Quality is based on additional requirements.
The object of the tender process is the procurement of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system capable of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), suitable for environmental monitoring and aerial surveillance (hereinafter referred to as "the Device" or "the drone"). 

The device complies with mandatory technical and other requirements specified in detail in the call for tenders. It includes all necessary equipment, software, and documentation for both the aerial vehicle and the Ground Control Station (GCS). The device incorporates a GCS solution as part of the system and is designed to comply with SAIL III (Specific Assurance and Integrity Level III) standards. It is equipped with an integrated LiDAR sensor, object tracking capabilities, and support for Points of Interest (POI) functionality. The device enables quick and straightforward unpacking and immediate commencement of operation. It is also configurable for different use cases and payload configurations.

The device shall be a reliable aerial vehicle suitable which has been factory test prior to client's acceptance of the delivery. Therefore, it must be a commercial product. To ensure the maturity of the drone model offered, the tenderer shall provide details of five (5) completed reference deliveries of similar contracts. The major components of these drones shall be identical.

Maintenance checks and possible calibrations of equipment shall be available, if needed, from the Supplier also after the warranty period has ended. The Supplier shall guarantee the availability of spare parts also after the warranty period (2 years) has ended.

The object of the tender process is described in more detail in the invitation to tender documents.

As a result of the competitive bidding VTT reserves the right to select a primary and a backup supplier. The backup supplier shall be used in case the primary supplier fails to deliver the device in time.