Laundry services

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Original title: Pesulapalvelut

Kotkan kaupunki

Published: Sep 22, 2026

Updated: Sep 25, 2026

Source: Hilma Finland

This tender has been awarded

Awarded to SJT Tvätteri Ab (3015046-4)

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About This Opportunity

This is a services contract in the education and training and trade and industry sectors, with a focus on Early Childhood and Textiles. Located in Finland, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums, with an estimated budget of EUR 220,000.

Published through Hilma Finland, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the education and training sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This contract has already been awarded. The information is published for transparency and market intelligence purposes.

Description

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Laundry services Kotka City (contracting entity, client) has requested offers for laundry services for its owned work clothes, linens, mattresses, carpets, and other textiles in accordance with the tender request and its appendices. Uniforms for parking enforcement officers are excluded from the procurement. Laundry services will be procured according to the client's needs for use by different responsibility areas. The largest volume clients are early childhood education (linens and other textiles and mattresses for kindergartens) and technical services (work and warning clothes). If necessary, laundry services will also be ordered for washing and maintenance of work clothes for other sectors and other textiles such as curtains and tablecloths. Cleaning of these textiles may require partial fine washing. The client decides to what extent they will use rental textiles and to what extent their own textiles and the laundry services included in this procurement during the contract period. The client's units also partially perform laundry services for their own textiles themselves. The laundry service provider must offer a comprehensive service that includes picking up laundry from the client's various locations, washing, treatment, stain removal, finishing, packaging, protection, and delivery back to the service client at the agreed time. Laundry will be picked up from indoors and returned to the units' indoors according to separately agreed schedules. A more detailed service description is in the draft contract attached to the tender request. Additionally, the appendix "Delivery Sites Kotka" contains the current delivery points and their estimated laundry volumes and washing cycles. The contract will be for a fixed term of one (1) year, after which it will continue as an indefinite-term contract with a mutual notice period of six (6) months, unless the contracting entity terminates the contract during the fixed-term contract period to end at the end of the fixed-term contract period. The contract period will start no later than 1.12.2026. Negotiations with the winner may also include an earlier start date. The contracting entity does not commit to specific procurement volumes during the contract period.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from Hilma Finland and was originally published on September 22, 2026. Last refreshed 41 days ago. Original language: fi. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Kotkan kaupunki

Kotkan kaupunki has issued 85 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 7 currently open and 37 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in General Supplies & Services, Architecture & Engineering Services, and Transport & Logistics. All notices are published for Finland. Notices are distributed via Hilma Finland and TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (EU). Most recent publication: October 29, 2026.

Frequently asked questions about this tender

Where will the contract be performed?

The contract is for delivery in Finland. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.

How can I submit a bid?

Visit Hilma Finland to access the full notice, required documents, and submission instructions provided by the contracting authority.

Is this tender still open?

No — the contract has already been awarded to SJT Tvätteri Ab (3015046-4). The award notice is archived on BidsFactory for transparency and market intelligence.

Who is the contracting authority?

This notice was issued by Kotkan kaupunki in Finland. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.

What type of contract is this?

This is a Services contract in the Education & Training sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

What is the estimated budget?

The estimated contract value is Up to €220,000. Bidders should ensure their proposals are consistent with this range and account for any local taxes and contract execution costs.