Sanctions list screening service

GENERAL INFORMATION The Finnish Government Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR (known as "Palkeet") is procuring a sanctions list screening service. The procurement was previously planned by The State Treasury of Finland ("Valtiokonttori") and a prior information notice was published (2023/S 116-364442, https://www.hankintailmoitukset.fi/en/public/procurement/89741/notice/131096). At the beginning of 2024 the responsibility for the procurement was transferred from State Treasury to Palkeet. More about Palkeet: https://palkeet.fi/en/home/ SCOPE OF THE PROCUREMENT The scope of the procurement is a service that must enable screenings of persons and legal entities and their owners and ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) against the EU sanctions lists. In addition the service should also comprehensively include other major sanctions lists, for example US OFAC, UN and UK sanctions lists and also other viable sanctions lists. The service must include both one-time searches and also monitoring of entities. The procurement includes: - access and use of the service - support and maintenance - deployment project - other optional professional services and additional services The service will be used by Palkeet and its customers. The scope of the procurement is further defined in the annexes of this call for tenders, especially in annex 1 'Description of the procurement object'. CONTRACT PERIOD The Agreement enters into force once it has been signed by both Contracting Parties and remains in force for the initial fixed period of 2 years. After the fixed period, the Agreement shall be valid until further notice. Check section 5 of the annex A 'Agreement'.

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