Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) invites you to submit your Tender on the service of hydrographic surveys in Finnish lake areas on Lake Saimaa. The goal for this procurement process is to finalise a contract between the Finnish Transport Agency and the winning tenderer.

FTA is the government agency primarily responsible for providing infrastructural services in the form of safe and accessible fairways to meet the needs of shipping in territorial as well as in EEZ waters.

The purpose of the project is to perform hydrographic surveys based on the specifications and drawings included in this document and appendices.

The work includes also establishment and levelling a water-level station to Puruvesi area to an agreed location, tied to Finnish national height system N2000.

The hydrographic surveys are to be performed according to the IHO S-44 ed.5 standards and FTA and SMA's common implementation of it, named FSIS-44. The results of these hydrographic surveys will be used in updating nautical charts and associated navigational publications.

A comprehensive MBES survey of the areas specified herein is critical for the efficient routing and safe navigation of all types of shipping.