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'.

Palkeet suspended the procurement procedure concerning the sanctions list screening service with a decision dated 15th October 2024. The Finnish Government Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR (“Palkeet”) published a contract notice at www.hankintailmoitukset.fi concerning the procurement of Sanctions list screening service on 22nd August 2024. By the deadline for the tenders 25th September 2024, a total of three tenderers submitted tenders. After excluding two tenders from the tender competition Palkeet had only one tender left. With only one tender proceeding to the comparison of tenders, Palkeet was not able to take advantage of existing competitive conditions. Based on the above, Palkeet considered that it had a real and legitimate reason to suspend the procurement procedure concerning the Sanctions list screening service.