Why refurbishment is priced differently from new build
Refurbishment carries a risk new construction does not: nobody knows exactly what is behind the wall. Tender documents in this category are built around that uncertainty. Buyers commission condition and hazardous materials surveys before going to market and issue them with the bid pack, and bidders are normally required to attend a site visit that is a condition of admissibility rather than an option. A price submitted without the site visit is usually rejected, and a price submitted without reading the survey is usually regretted.
The pricing mechanism reflects the same uncertainty. Provisional sums and contingency allowances are written into the bill for work that can be foreseen but not quantified -- structural repair once finishes are stripped, asbestos removal, services that turn out not to match the record drawings. Those sums are expended against instruction and measured at agreed rates, so the rates a bidder offers for opening up and making good can matter more to the final account than the headline tender figure.
The constraint that most often drives cost is occupation. Much of this work happens in buildings that stay in use: schools during term, offices during business hours, wards that cannot close. That produces phased possession, temporary decant space, out-of-hours and weekend working, dust and noise limits, fire and escape route management around a live population, and separate security vetting for operatives. Heritage or listed status adds consents, specified materials and specialist trades on top. Bidders who price the work and not the phasing are the ones who claim for disruption later.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys renovation rehabilitation in Finland?
GlobalGov holds 26 renovation rehabilitation records from 17 distinct buying organisations in Finland. The most frequent publishers are International buyer (7 records); Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus (2 records); Savon Voima Verkko Oy (2 records); Asikkalan seurakunta (1 record); Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskusten sekä työ- ja elinkeinotoimistojen kehittämis- ja hallintokeskus (1 record); Folkpensionsanstalten (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 54% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| International buyer | 7 | 27% |
| Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus | 2 | 7.7% |
| Savon Voima Verkko Oy | 2 | 7.7% |
| Asikkalan seurakunta | 1 | 3.8% |
| Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskusten sekä työ- ja elinkeinotoimistojen kehittämis- ja hallintokeskus | 1 | 3.8% |
| Folkpensionsanstalten | 1 | 3.8% |
What are renovation rehabilitation contracts worth in Finland?
9 of the 26 records publish a contract value. The median is $4.9M and the largest single published value is $10.8M. By size, 1 under $100k, 1 between $100k and $1M, 6 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $10M. The remaining 17 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 1 | 11% |
| between $100k and $1M | 1 | 11% |
| between $1M and $10M | 6 | 67% |
| above $10M | 1 | 11% |
How long do bidders get to respond to renovation rehabilitation tenders in Finland?
Across the 5 Finland renovation rehabilitation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 29 days. A quarter of them allowed 19 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 32. 1 of them (20%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are renovation rehabilitation tenders published in Finland?
Finland published 7 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 11, spread across 21 separate months of activity since 30 August 2021. February is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Finland compare with other renovation rehabilitation markets?
Among the 44 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable renovation rehabilitation market, Finland ranks 41st by number of records. The largest is Kenya (4,730 records against 26 here). Within Finland itself, renovation rehabilitation is the 44th largest of the 45 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Finland renovation rehabilitation records on this page come from?
These 26 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (26). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Open Renovation Rehabilitation tenders in Finland
Showing 2 of the 2 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the Finland market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
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