Sanction list verification service

The object of the procurement is a sanction list screening service which central government accounting units, agencies and off-budget entities can use to screen their partners and contracting parties as required under Council of the European Union decisions and regulations. In addition to the sanction list of the European Union the sanction list screening service includes sanction lists of OFAC, United Nations and United Kingdom. The State Treasury's goal is to find a trustworthy supplier who can provide a reliable and high-quality sanction list screening service.

Council decisions and regulations contain provisions on so-called autonomous restrictive measures, or sanctions. Council regulations are directly applicable legal acts in all Member States which are binding on both the authorities and individual operators in these countries. The Member States also have an obligation to take national measures to implement any sanctions laid down exclusively in Council decisions. A regularly updated list of persons, groups and entities on the EU sanction list can be downloaded on the EU’s website (https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions?locale=en). Using the sanction list screening service, central government accounting units, agencies and off-budget entities can screen their partners and contracting parties as required under Council of the European Union decisions and regulations. In addition to the sanction list of the European Union the sanction list screening service includes sanction lists of OFAC, United Nations and United Kingdom. SCREENING OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S PARTNERS AND PARTNER CANDIDATES The service includes a sanction screening mechanism for the use of the central government, that finds out the owners as well as ultimate beneficial owners of companies screened, and monitors if these persons or companies are listed in the sanction lists of the European Union, OFAC, United Nations or United Kingdom.

This prior information notice replaces the previously published prior information notice of sanction list verification service (2022/S 116-325913). Suppliers interested in the procurement who have registered on the basis of the previous prior information notice do not have to register again. This prior information notice is an information request. Its purpose is not to request tenders, nor does it oblige the contracting authority to carry through the actual procurement. The information request comes with an invitation to participate in market dialogue. The purpose of the market dialogue is to obtain information about solutions available on the market. The market dialogue will not oblige suppliers interested in the procurement to participate in any tender competition to be organised later. By this information request, we would like to invite operators to engage in market dialogue. Market dialogues, in which registered operators may answer to contracting authority's questions and comment on the invitation to tender documents (drafts), is planned to be organised by e-mail between June 2023 and November 2023. The contracting authority reserves the possibility to arrange supplier-specific remote meetings as part of the market dialogue. Operators interested in market dialogue may register their interest in this upcoming procurement by sending the name and contact details of their contact person to maksuliike@valtiokonttori.fi with the heading: “Sanction list screening service - registration.” The description given in the prior information notice is intended as preliminary and indicative advance information.