How would you assess how big a risk it is that the tender will ultimately be lost?
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Just speculating based solely on the content of that story.
The reason for the complaint was that “Palmia’s offer should not have been excluded from the tender comparison on the grounds of an exceptionally low price.” From a common sense perspective, if an exceptionally low price was offered, there must have been a clear pricing error. Or else Palmia wants to disrupt the market by taking the deal with negative margins. With an “exceptionally low price,” Palmia’s concept does not allow for profitable production of those services.
So why has Palmia complained that an “exceptionally low price” was not accepted? It could just be a “tantrum” over losing the competition. Or it could be that there is a different understanding of the overall package offered, based on which Palmia believes it is “exceptionally cheap.”
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Was Palmia’s offer price like 50 percent cheaper than those other offers, at least at some point?
It’s difficult to assess this dispute, but it will likely take time before the outcome is clear. In these large public procurements, it is quite common for complaints to be made and processes to become lengthy.
For the time being, Fodbar serves Oma Häme under a temporary agreement.
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After the government program was completed, this thread discussed the opportunities that restricting the use of in-house companies would bring to Feelia in the municipal sector. Now that, despite opposition, the reform of the Public Procurement Act is progressing to Parliament in the coming weeks, what kind of effects do you see this having on Feelia and how soon? At least the previous CEO, if I recall correctly, considered the upcoming legislative reform a significant step in opening up the municipal sector to competition. The topic was also briefly touched upon in a comprehensive report.
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I see great opportunities but I’m not optimistic. Here, two worlds are now colliding, and their views are not from the same planet. In municipal newspapers, people are wondering, for example, about the 10% ownership limit, when an in-house company can then only have 10 owners 
Similarly, it’s seen as an alternative that, for example, outsourcing accounting will end if an in-house company cannot be used - ‘it will be much more expensive to hire that staff’.
There’s no understanding whatsoever that solutions can be, so to speak, reflexively put out to tender at every turn. And then stick with good, efficient operators. Change if things go sour.
We’ll see how that whole thing turns out. Fortunately, there are references like HUS.
I only have these general perceptions of the matter; those from Fodelia in this thread surely understand better if they have time to comment.
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This in HILMA on 30.11.2025?!
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One certainly gets the impression that Fodbar has secured another important victory! The value is 13 M€, but the duration of the contract is not clear from anywhere. Is that an annual value, or a total value for several years?
In any case, great progress along the strategic path!
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Unfortunately, this is already an old, won contract. It was already included in Fodelia’s press release in the autumn:
This is a 4-year contract (annual value €3.2M).
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CEO increased their ownership by 1301 shares:
Fodelia Plc - Management transactions
Fodelia Plc - Management transactions
Fodelia Plc - Management transactions
When insiders buy, then…
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It’s quite nice that they’re buying, but the sums involved are so small that I’m not really getting excited about this yet. They probably bought Christmas presents and found some change at the bottom of their pocket, but the piggy bank was full so they had to throw it somewhere 
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Tj just bought another 2000 pcs, at what point does the sum start to be sufficient? 
More is always better, of course, but no one is so foolish as to put even small sums into a bad investment…
Also, a Swedish “major investor” has added 10628 units to their already substantial holding. 
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And today he bought about 2000 more.
I would buy, but my self-imposed per-share quota is full.
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On this Finnish National Day, it’s good to peek behind the chip bags. Taffel, that praiser of Åland potatoes, apparently uses EU potatoes. Meaning, for example, Bulgarian or Polish potatoes. Oikia, on the other hand, even names the local farmer from whom the potatoes/oats come. If this could be calmly told to every Finn, the choice on the chip shelf might fall on Oikia.
Happy Independence Day! 
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The TYKS tender went to Compass Group. If I’m interpreting that at all correctly, the meal price of the winning bid is about €31.38/day.
https://www.hankintailmoitukset.fi/fi/public/procedure/17328/enotice/37893/results
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Does anyone know or can anyone estimate how many tenders are being organized this year or are currently underway?
Which figures did you use to arrive at that meal price?
The only figures I can find from those links are that the estimated value of the tender was projected to be €16.5 million, and that the value of the winning bid is €11,500… 
What am I missing or not understanding here?
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I assumed the unit price used was the cost of one person’s meals per year.
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But where do you find the figures to calculate with? As I wrote, I can’t find anything from those links other than the estimated value of the tender and the value of the winning bid, which furthermore are in different orders of magnitude.
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11,452.24 EUR / 365 days = 31.38€/day. So this would be pretty much in the ballpark of the production cost for meal services in the wellbeing services counties (breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and evening snack).
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