The contracting authority in this procurement, which is accomplished according to the Act on Public Contracts in the Fields of Defence and Security, is Caruna Oy (Business ID 1618314-7), hereinafter referred to as "Caruna" or Buyer.

Caruna´s current electricity meters are close to the end of their technical lifecycle. New metering acts and sunset of 2G network drive us to renew the meter and infrastructure around it. With the new meters, customers have access to real-time meter data through the new physical interface.

The scope of this procurement includes 2nd generation new smart meters for Caruna customers, metering service and telecommunications. Scope also includes meters for fault repair and for new construction projects. Meters in scope of this procurement includes direct single-phase or three-phase electricity meters, as well as current transformer-connected and current and voltage transformer-connected electricity meters.

The installation of the smart meters will be tendered separately in 2025 in the separate tendering process.

The aim of the procurement is to select a single supplier to produce services that are described in the Annex 1 Service Description. The description of the service is preliminary and subject to change during the negotiations.