Supplying Finnish euro circulation coins and organising the selling of commemorative and collector coins

OBJECT OF PROCUREMENT Ministry of Finance invites tenders for the procurement of supplying Finnish euro circulation coins and organising the selling of commemorative and collector coins in accordance with this call for tenders and its appendices. The object of procurement is the provision of Finnish euro coins (circulation coins) or regular euro coins and commemorative coins and the organisation of the Finnish activities for coins for collector purposes as a full service, including the production, packaging, marketing and sales of Finnish collector coins, as well as receiving collector coins being returned by the public. Specifications and requirements for the procurement of supplying Finnish euro circulation coins and organising the selling of commemorative and collector coins are defined in the call for tenders and its appendices. CONTRACT PERIOD The contract is in effect first for a fixed period until 31 December 2027. The Customer shall have the right to extend the contract period two (2) times, two (2) years at a time (the option periods). SCOPE OF THE PROCUREMENT Provision of Finnish euro coins (circulation coins): The Contracting Authority estimates that the annual demand for new euro coins in the coming contract period will mainly concern only 2 euro commemorative coins (e.g. 200 000 - 300 000 pcs per year). It is not possible to determine future demand for euro coins more precisely in advance. The Contracting Authority will order the quantity of any denomination and quality of Finnish euro coins (circulation coins) or regular euro coins and commemorative coins that it needs at any given time. The information provided here regarding the quantities of euro coins to be ordered is an uncommitted estimate. The organisation of the Finnish activities for coins for collector purposes as a full service: Within the organisation of the Finnish activities for coins for collector purposes as a full service, the different types of collector coins are put up for sale as follows: - In principle, a maximum of five (5) collector coins will be issued each year on different topics. The default is three (3) different topics per year. - The number of commemorative coins is estimated to be one or two per year. - In addition, coin sets, which are collections of denominations of common Finnish euro coins, will be put on sale. The sets may include commemorative coins of the same year. Appendix 2 specifies in more detail the minimum annual production volumes of coins to be put on sale.