Kansallisten hankintojen suorahankintailmoitus: Laboratory-scale biogas pilot plant

This procurement concerns a laboratory-scale biogas pilot plant that will be manufactured solely for research and educational purposes within a university setting in Zambia. The plant is a unique, custom-designed unit, not available as a standard commercial product, and will not be used for mass production or commercial deployment. The procurement is undertaken within the project SF-BioVac (“Sustainable Futures - Biogas Value Chain for Circular Economy Competence Growth for Zambia”), with financing from the Higher Education Partnership (HEP) Programme under the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education. As the main coordinator of the project, Novia University of Applied Sciences coordinates the procurement process on behalf of the project team, representing the buyer University of Zambia.

Justification for direct/ single source procurement Reference 2: Section 40 Direct procurement (5): In accordance with Section 40, subsection 2, point 5 of the Finnish Act on Public Procurement and Concession Contracts (1379/2016), direct procurement is permitted when: "the goods to be procured are manufactured only for research, testing, product development or scientific purposes, and the procurement does not concern mass production to ensure the financial viability of goods manufacturing or to cover the costs of research and development." This procurement fulfills these criteria, as the biogas plant will be fabricated as a single unit for scientific and educational use, with no connection to mass production or the supplier’s commercial interests. This procurement concerns a laboratory-scale biogas pilot plant that will be manufactured solely for research and educational purposes within a university setting in Zambia. The plant is a unique, custom-designed unit, not available as a standard commercial product, and will not be used for mass production or commercial deployment.