Finland – Child daycare services – Perusopetuksen iltapäivätoiminnan hankinta Vantaan kaupungille

The Procurement Unit of the City of Vantaa publishes a call for participation to establish a dynamic supplier register according to this procurement notice. The aim is to procure the organisation of pupils' after-school activities in accordance with the Basic Education Act. Section 48b of Chapter 8a of the Basic Education Act (628/1998) regulates the organisation and scope of morning and after-school activities. According to the first paragraph, the municipality may organise and procure this statutory morning and after-school activities. If the municipality organises or procures this statutory morning and after-school activities, it must be offered to pupils in the first and second grades of schools operating in the municipality and, for other grades, to pupils specified in paragraph 2 of section 17 in the scope determined by the municipality. The organisation of morning and after-school activities defined in Chapter 8a of the Basic Education Act (628/1998) is voluntary for municipalities. The activity can be organised as the municipality's own operation, as a purchase service or as assisted operation. The City of Vantaa organises after-school activities as assisted operation, so that the educational services area of basic education coordinates, guides and supervises after-school activities, but the actual operators are external service providers. The activity is covered annually by the state share received from the Finnish National Agency for Education and the municipal allocation as well as by customer charges collected from guardians. The City of Vantaa's funding only covers after-school activities. However, the selected service providers have the right to organise morning activities in school premises if they wish. A more detailed description of the service is provided in Appendix 2 Service Description. The contract period is fixed-term and valid for four (4) years from 1.8.2027 to 31.7.2031. The terms of the contract are described in more detail in Appendix 1 Contract Draft of the tender invitation. The contract is subject to an adapted dynamic procedure, which is described in the section "Procedure" of the tender invitation.