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The direct award concerns the extension of the contract period of the Testipalvelu.fi system, which is the responsibility of the Legal Register Centre. The Prime Minister's Office has launched a competitive tendering process to renew the advisory service, and the agreement on this is expected to be signed in late 2025. The aim of the reform is to introduce a system to replace the advisory service. However, the procurement of the replacement consultancy service has been delayed due to changes that the contracting entities could not have foreseen. As a result, it is necessary to extend the contract period for a limited period until a replacement system has been put in place. Due to the technical exclusivity of the current supplier, it is not possible to obtain services from other suppliers during the transitional period. It is not possible for technical or economic reasons to change the contractor for this period, as in practice this would mean tendering out the entire Opinion Service due to the supplier's intellectual property rights agreed in the current contract. This is not appropriate in view of the fact that Neuvopalvelu.fi will be transferred from the administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice in its entirety to the Prime Minister's Office by the end of 2026. There are no other reasonable alternatives or substitutes and the conditions of the procurement have not been artificially reduced. It is not sensible to reopen the temporary system completely at the same time as the OpinionService.fi reform. The acquisition is therefore justified under the Procurement Act (1397/2016). The procurement of the consultancy service will continue within the terms of the agreement, at the most until a competitive solution has been implemented and the responsibility for the service has been transferred to the Prime Minister's Office. It is not intended to extend the acquisition beyond what is necessary. The contracting entity's estimate of the value of the procurement until the replacement system has been implemented is approximately EUR 150,000. The estimated value in accordance with Section 30.1(2) of the Procurement Act for a period of four (4) years excluding VAT is approximately EUR 330 000 (0% VAT). Text automatically translated in your browsing language Automatically translated

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