Suomi.fi Messages and competitive tendering processes

If you are putting your future software out to tender and would like to ensure it has the functionalities you will need for using Suomi.fi Messages, it is advisable to address this issue in the tender requirements, ensuring that you will be able to use the features you need.

At the tendering stage, the organisation must assess its processes and use cases: how does it intend to use Suomi.fi Messages in its system? This way, you can ensure that the service will meet your key needs and support your organisation’s goals. You must also ensure that your use case does not breach the requirements of the service's terms of use. Well thought-out use of Suomi.fi Messages can significantly improve the efficiency of an organisation’s services and cut costs.

For assistance at the use case planning stage, see the instructions for administrative deployment and client stories of Suomi.fi Messages. You can also contact experts at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (viestit-kayttoonotot@dvv.fi) to check if the use case you are planning is possible.

Why should Suomi.fi Messages be addressed already during the tendering process?

Requirements that are set correctly in the tendering phase and adapted to the organisation’s processes and needs will eliminate the need for costly adaptations and compatibility problems later. When the functionalities of Suomi.fi Messages meet the employees' needs, the activation and daily use will be considerably smoother and clients will also be happy.

In the tendering phase, it is advisable to pay attention to not only technical requirements but also usability, which can be included in the criteria for comparing tenders, for example as a usability assessment. In this case, using Suomi.fi Messages could well be part of other use cases of the system.

The document below (in finnish) contains an example of the functionalities we recommend that you should take into account in the context of Suomi.fi Messages as requirements for the purchased software. The texts describe functionalities and the requirements associated with them. As the example does not cover all situations and use cases, your organisation must edit the document to meet the requirements applicable to your use case.

Julkisten hankintojen tueksi Suomi.fi-viestien vaatimukset (PDF, 153.89 kB)Opens in a new window. (in finnish).