Procurement of aircraft for the Finnish Aviation Academy

The Finnish Aviation Academy (also “FINAA”) requests the suppliers to submit its request to participate in the tender competition, in which the Finnish Aviation Academy procures aircraft to replace its current Cessna fleet (11 planes). Current Cessna fleet used by the FINAA is at the end of its life cycle in terms of FINAA operations, although their airworthiness can be maintained for years to come. The plan is to modernize the current Cessna fleet with no more than 10 EASA type certified aircraft designed to improve flight training quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability. The replacement aircraft (later just “aircraft”) are suitable for flight training use and are fixed wing propeller aircraft with at least four seats, which are more technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and operationally more capable than current Cessnas. The aircraft must meet the requirements and expectations of modern aviation, enable flying in all weather conditions, and provide better and safer conditions for flight training in an environmentally friendly manner. It is planned to divide the orders into two batches: first, 5 aircraft will be ordered, and later, after a maximum of one year, 4-5 aircraft, depending on the experience gained in operating the first batch aircraft. The procurement can involve spare parts and training for maintenance staff if the contracting authority finds it economically beneficial to include these in the agreement. The procurement shall not include a minimum purchase obligation and does not grant the supplier exclusive rights to provide goods or services to the contracting authority. The agreement shall remain in force until the FINAA has acquired the maximum number of aircraft to be procured specified in the agreement and the parties have fulfilled their obligations. Preliminiary requirements and mandatory requirements as further defined in Annex II-1.1.2 and 1.1.3. The Annexes of contract notice in Part II represent preliminary views of the contracting authority. All mandatory requirements not negotiated by the contracting authority are indicated in yellow in Annex II-1.1.3 "Mandatory requirements". The documents in other parts, including agreement (Annex II-1.1) are subjects to change during negotiations and shall be amended and clarified during the negotiation process. The contracting authority requests final tenders only from those who have been selected to the negotiations. Requirements for the suitability of the candidate are set out on the ESPD form. Candidates shall be compared if there are more than four (4) suitable candidates as described below in this contract notice.

Assessment of candidate/tender suitability: This procurement shall apply mandatory exclusion criteria under the Procurement Act (Section 80). Because of this, from the candidate who seems to be selected to negotiations, will be before the procurement decision or, at the latest, before the conclusion of the contract, to request under the Procurement Act criminal records as referred to by the Criminal Records Act. The candidate/tenderer should therefore be prepared to submit, on request, the provision of the provisions referred to in Sections 6 (8) and 6b of the Criminal Records Act (770/1993) extracts from the members of the candidate/tenderer and its administrative, management and supervisory body, and persons exercising the powers of representation, decision and control. A candidate/tenderer may be excluded from the procurement process if a candidate/tenderer or the subcontractor is subject to any of the grounds for exclusion of Article 81 of the Procurement Act. Candidate will be excluded from the procurement process if the candidate/tenderer or the candidates/tenderer's subcontractors do not qualify minimum suitability (eligibility) requirements set by the procurement entity. The candidate/tenderer must be prepared to submit all said certificates and explanations within two (2) weeks of their request. The requested regulatory certificates and explanations shall not exceed three (3) months old. Criminal records are allowed to be up to 12 months old.