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title: "Direct notification of national procurements"
canonical: "https://support.mercell.com/space/MKB/196280322385/Direct%20notification%20of%20national%20procurements"
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**Procurement unit contact information**

- Mandatory fields

- Fill in the purchasing unit's contact information

 

The contact information comes automatically pre-filled according to the information stored in the system and can be modified if necessary.

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**Organization's NUTS code (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics)**

- Select the organization (NUTS code) from the window that opens from the button
  - Select the code by ticking the checkbox
  - Open the sublevels of the codes with the arrow button
  - The code added to the form can be deleted by clicking the red trash can icon

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**Internet address(es)**

- The internet address of the organization will be entered in the Internet address field

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**The nature of the procurement entity**

- Mandatory fields

- Select the nature of the procurement unit
- By selecting "Other", a field opens where the desired text can be entered

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**Object of acquisition**

- Mandatory fields

- Enter a name for the purchase*
- The system automatically assigns an identification number. The tag can be modified if necessary.
- You can choose the purchase description from the pre-saved texts or by entering the description text in the text field.

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**The main destination**

- Mandatory fields

- Click "Select CPV code", a dialog box will open
  - Select a code by browsing or using the search function
    - Open the sublevels of the codes with the arrow button
    - Select the code by ticking the checkbox
    - The "CPV supplementary nomenclature" is selected in the same way
  - With the Add line function, you can add a new additional item

 

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**Type of procurement**

- Mandatory fields

- Select Procurement Type
  - Goods purchases
  - Services
  - Training services as joint procurement
  - Construction contract
  - Design competition

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**The total value of the contract**

- Mandatory fields

- Enter an exact value or price range
- Take a stand on whether the stated value includes VAT
  - Default is "No"

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**The main place of execution of the procurement**

- Select the main place of execution of the acquisition with the "Add line" button (NUTS code-Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics)
  - Select the code by ticking the checkbox
  - Open the sublevels of the codes with the arrow button
  - The code added to the form can be deleted by clicking the red trash can icon

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**The name and address of the supplier to be chosen as a contractual partner**

- Press the "Add" button
  - The supplier's contact information can be added by pressing the pencil button on the blue background

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- Enter the supplier's contact information
- Select the NUTS code
- Enter the supplier's Internet address, if any

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**Procurement procedure**

- Mandatory fields

- Select the procurement procedure
  - Direct procurement
    - Enter the reasons for direct procurement in the field that opens
    - The acquisition does not fall under the scope of the Act on Public Procurement and License Agreements
      - In the field that opens, enter the reasons why the procurement does not fall within the scope of the Procurement Act
  - Enter any additional information

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**Appeal information**

*mandatory information

- Fill in the opening address information
- When selecting "Restore the contact information of the Market Court", the system automatically fills in the address field with the information of the Finnish Market Court

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In the Preview and publication section, you can view the announcement information by section.

- By clicking on the name of the section, the information entered in the section opens for viewing
  - If all the mandatory information of the section has been entered, there is a green mark at the end of the line
  - If the section is missing mandatory information, the section says "mandatory information is missing"
    - By clicking on the name of the section, the entered information opens and the sections that lack mandatory information are marked in red
    - By clicking on the red "mandatory information" text, you can go directly to the section where information must be entered

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**Preview**

- Click "Preview the Hilma announcement"
  - You can see the HILMA announcement in its entirety in the preview view

*NOTE! The HILMA notification preview can only be selected when the organization has HILMA integration and the environment is in production mode (HILMA integration is activated).*

 

**Print/Save**

- You can print the notice with your own printer
- You can save the announcement in PDF format
- You can send an announcement for preview and ask for comments on it (see also commenting)

 

**Publish/send (Select publication items)**

 

- Select the publication destination of the announcement
  - Offer service
  - Hilma
  - Send by email
- When the necessary selections have been made, press "OK, publish"

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