FinnhEMS Oy is a special mission company 100% owned by the Finnish State. FinnhEMS produces emergency medical aviation service for emergency care centers in university medical circuits. The main task of FinnHEMS, in conjunction with the medical circuits, is to bring a high level of specialist medical services to the most critical emergency patients. FinnhEMS reaches 70% of the Finnish population within 30 minutes of the alert issued by the emergency services. Operations are based on on-call bases operated by FinnHEMS, located in Vantaa, Turku, Pirkkala Tampere, Kuopio, Oulu and Rovaniemi. Activities are carried out by helicopters and alert vehicles (doctor cars).
Medical helicopter operations in Vantaa, Turku and Pirkkala are operated by FinnHEMS Airline Services Oy with four (4) Airbus EC135P2+ helicopters. Operational operations at the Kuopio, Oulu and Rovaniemi bases are operated by Babcock Scandinavian Airambulance Ab (BSAA). The agreement between FinnHEMS and BSAA expires in February 2022, when the operation will be fully transferred to FinnHEMS's own production in accordance with the government-owned policy policy policy. In line with the state alignment, FinnhEMS will also establish new bases in Ostrobothnia and southeastern Finland.
Four (4) Airbus EC135P2+ helicopters operated by FinnhEMS Air Services Ltd have been acquired under a financial leasing arrangement in 2012. The purpose of this acquisition is the organization of the financial leasing service of the four helicopters in question for the next five (5) year time period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026.
The acquisition is subject to four (4) Airbus EC135P2+ operated by FinnHEMS Airline Services Ltd.
helicopter financing leasing services for the next five (5) year period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026 in accordance with the contractual terms set out in this procurement procedure. All four (4) helicopters have been commissioned in 2012. The equipment and technology of helicopters are identical.
The financial leasing service consists of the following starting points:
Helicopter, funding need, residual value
(acquisition price)
1 January 2022, 31 December 2026
OH-HMF EC135 P2+, 2 225 250 EUR,
EUR 1,500,000
OH-HMQ EC135 P2+, 2 225 250 EUR,
EUR 1,500,000
OH-HMX EC135 P2+, 2 225 250 EUR,
EUR 1,500,000
OH-HMY EC135 P2+, 2 225 250 EUR,
EUR 1,500,000
A total of EUR 8 901 000.
The Financial Lease Service Provider presents:
— The reference rate to which the rent of the financial leasing service is tied
— Interest margin
— The monthly rent for each helicopter by the value and interest margin at the time of tender, calculated based on the procurement price and residual value presented. The service provider may use the annuity method or equalization method in the calculation. The contract shall be drawn up in accordance with the selected depreciation method.
— Arrangement fee charged by the bidder for arranging the financial leasing service for each helicopter (one-off compensation)
— Any monthly management fee or billing fee for each helicopter.
On the basis of the offer, the contracting entity (FinnhEMS) calculates the total cost for each helicopter over the entire lease period of five (5) years based on the sum of the sixty (60) monthly rental installments calculated at the beginning of the contract period, on a one-off basis the plan fee and the amount of the monthly management/billing fee of sixty (60). The acquisition is based on the lowest-cost offer calculated over the entire lease period of five (5) years, with the most favourable offer winning the competition.
For the sake of clarity, it is stated that the rent will be revised during the lease in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the contract and the reference rate chosen, even though the benchmark price of the competition is calculated by the value of the reference rate chosen by the bidder at the time of the tender.