Finland – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO INFLUENCE THE PROCUREMENT DURING THE MARKET CONSULTATION PHASE! The main applicant and administrator of the project is the Urban Environment Division of the City of Lappeenranta. In addition to the City of Lappeenranta, the project includes the cities of Turku, Vaasa, Kouvola, Oulu, Espoo, Kokkola, Tampere, Järvenpää and Helsinki. For the planning of this AI project, the municipalities have invited the Ministry of the Environment, Senate Properties, the Association of Finnish Cities and Municipalities (AFCM), universities, and other Finnish, European and international public organisations to participate in stakeholder cooperation. The main driving force behind the need for a new AI service is the national need for the use of data analysis models arising from the reform of the Building Act and Decree. In Finland, the new Building Act was adopted by the Parliament in February 2023. With this market survey, the Municipalities AI development project is identifying markets and potential suppliers to identify an AI service for automatic inspection and building control use cases for buildings, built environment and Geographic information. For a more detailed description of the requirements of the solution sought, please refer to the 'Description of the Acquisition' section of this notice. This notice does not call for tenders or requests for participation. Company-specific interviews via teams will be held via Teams during October – November 2026. The organizer reserves the right to record the event if needed. For companies who are interested in participating in the interviews and market dialogue please provide your answers to given pre-questions by latest by October 07, 2026. The contracting entity reserves the possibility of inviting the companies that have expressed interest to present their products or solutions at company-specific events and to send a possible draft invitation to tender for comments to interested companies before the possible...