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Finland - Construction work - KA23 Kangasala substation Static Var Compensator (SVC)

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Fingrid Oyj plans to renew the existing Static Var Compensator (SVC) system at Kangasala substation in western Finland under a turnkey contract. The works cover partial modernisation, including refurbishment of control and protection systems, converter valves and valve cooling, plus demolition and new installations. Delivery runs from November 2026 to October 2028, with installation, testing and energization between April and September 2028 during an outage. No estimated value is stated. Procurement follows Finnish energy-sector public procurement law (1398/2016) using a negotiated procedure: contractors first apply for prequalification announced in the EU Official Journal, selected candidates are invited to tender, and qualifying tenderers proceed to negotiations and final tenders.

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Fingrid Oyj is planning to renew the existing Static Var Compensator (SVC) system at Kangasala substation under a turnkey contract. The substation is located in Kangasala in western Finland. The SVC project concerns the partial modernisation of the current SVC installation, including refurbishment of existing control and protection systems, converter valves and valve cooling system and including all demolition work and new installations. All other existing SVC components and subsystems shall either remain or be upgraded by the Client. The existing SVC installation consists of +240(cap)…-200 (ind) Mvar dynamic compensation capacity with the TCRs, TSCs and filter banks connected to 20 kV system and with a step-up transformer connected to 400 kV system, illustrated in the attached SLD and layout drawings. Intended project delivery time for Kangasala SVC renewal is from November 2026 to October 2028. The installations, testing and energization shall be carried out during the period from April 2028 to September 2028, when the Kangasala SVC substation is in an outage. Procurement will be done according to Finnish legislation concerning public procurements in energy sector (in particular, the Act on Public Procurement concerning Units Operating within the field of Water and Energy Service as well as Traffic and Postal Service (1398/2016)). The procurement method is a negotiating method. Fingrid will announce a notice in the EU Official paper for public procurement declaring prequalification stage opened and requesting interested contractors to apply for prequalification. After receiving these applications from interested companies Fingrid will select the candidates based on the selection criteria set out and invite accepted companies to submit the tenders. The Tenderers that have sent the tenders meeting the set minimum criteria will be invited to negotiations and to submit final tenders. The invitation to submit tenders will include more detailed information on the scope and contents of the contract, specifications, requirements, award criteria etc. and it will be sent only to the qualified tenderers, tentatively in May 2025. Fingrid reserves the right to reject all the tenders.

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Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

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LEONHARD WEISS OÜ 2 €66.8M Jun 2026
Caverion Suomi Oy 2 €29.5M Mar 2026
Eltel Networks Oy 1 €34.1M Jun 2026
Infratek Finland Oy 1 €10.7M Aug 2026
Siemens Energy Oy 1 €8.0M Dec 2025

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