Contract manufacturing of gaming equipment

Veikkaus Oy (hereinafter “customer” or “contracting entity” or “Veikkaus”) requests Candidates to submit a request to participate in the negotiated procedure in accordance with the contract notice published in the Hilma Notification Channel and its annexes on contract manufacturing of gaming equipment acquisition.

Electornic Gaming Machines (EGMs) designed by Veikkaus are an essential part of the services offered by Veikkaus Oy. You can find EGMs in Veikkaus retail locations and Veikkaus arcades. In total, there are about 11 000 EGMs located in about 5,000 sales outlets and arcades around Finland. Contract manufacturing involves the manufacturing, testing, and delivery of the Electronic Gaming Machines itself as well as related spare parts and peripherals. The EGMs to be manufactured may also include software or software development /parameterization. Veikkaus used a negotiation process where preliminary tenders and qualification criterias were issued and two bidders were selected to participate in the negotiation phase of the tender. The purpose of the contract notice was to find one partner to produce contract manufacturing for Veikkaus for a six years long contract period. A more detailed description of the procurement was described in the preliminary draft of call for tenders and its annexes. All of the mandatory requirements have been presented in the invitation to participate and their content can not be changed during the negotiations. Also the criteria for overall economic advantageousness are not negotiated. In other aspects the preliminary draft of call for tenders and its annexes are the views of the contracting entity and these were be clarified during the procurement process.

The estimated maximum total value for the entire duration of the framework agreement is 35 000 000 euros (without VAT).