Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-12-16
Buyer: Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command (FDF LOGCOM)
Country: FI
Region: FI1B1
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 50210000: Repair and maintenance of aircraft
Estimated value: 3600000 EUR
Award criteria: cost

Technical requirements: The competitive bidding shall be conducted as a restricted EU procurement procedure in accordance with the Act on Public Procurement in the Fields of Defence and Security (1531/2011 later referred to as the Act).

The procurement is conducted under an accelerated procedure because certain unforeseen technical reasons.

A contract notice has been published on the electronic noticeboard HILMA at www.hankintailmoitukset.fi and in the Official Journal of the European Union and the TED database. 

The procurement can be divided into parts. The decision will be made aircraft by aircraft.

Alternative tenders are not allowed. 

Parallel tenders are not allowed. 

No remuneration shall be paid to Candidates for making, submitting, or presenting a participation application or subsequent tender, or participating in the procedure in any other way. The Candidate shall cover itself any and all costs incurred by participating in the competitive bidding.

The Contracting Entity verifies whether the Candidates meet the suitability requirements set in this participation application reguest. Any Candidate which does not satisfy the suitability requirements or which is subject to any of the exclusion criteria provided in Section 47 of the Act shall be excluded from the competitive bidding. Any Candidate which is subject to any of the exclusion criteria mentioned in Section 48 of the Act may also be excluded from the competitive bidding. Translation of Sections 47 and 48 is in the appendix 2.


The phases of procurement are as follows: 

1. Contract notice on HILMA and in the Official Journal of the European Union 

2. Candidate inquiries 

3. Contracting entity’s answers to the inquiries  

4. Submitting participation applications 

5. Processing participation applications 

a. Opening participation applications 

b. Verifying the suitability of Candidates 

c. Possible reduction of the number 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 

a. Opening tenders 

b. Verifying the conformity of the tender with the request for quotation 

c. Comparison of tenders 

12. Procurement decision and notification of the decision 

13. Signing a procurement contract
Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command (later on FDFLOGCOM or contracting entity) is procuring Scheduled maintenance, modifications and repairs for Finnish Defence Forces PC-12/47E fleet. The purpose of this procurement is to make a frame work agreement for years 2025–2028 including an options for 2+2 years. 

Framework agreement is mainly used for annual maintenance of Finnish Air force PC-12/47E aircrafts. It is estimated that for the years 2026 and 2027 annual maintenance for five (5) aircraft is required per year. Each maintenance is estimated to contain the following tasks: 

* 300 FH inspection package 

* 300 FH/12M inspection package 

* 600 FH inspection package 

* 600 FH/12M inspection package 

* 1200 FH/12M inspection package 

* 2400 FH/24M inspection package 

* time limited inspection tasks as necessary 

* Engine MINOR and ROUTINE tasks 

* SB implementations as necessary
To limit risks and costs related to extended ferry flights, the Tenderer shall perform the requested work in EEA including Switzerland and UK. 

The maintenance facility shall be located within a straight line distance of 2 000 km from EFTP (Finland, Tampere Pirkkala).
The selection criterion may be the most economically advantageous.
Further information regarding possibility to appeal will be given with the decision regarding this procurement.


Winner: PILATUS Aircraft Ltd.
Award value: 175342
Number of bids: 2