REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Wallet-relying party access certificates

RFI BACKGROUND The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom works to ensure the availability of well-functioning, safe, secure and reasonably priced transport and communications connections and services in Finland. The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom will become the supervisory authority in EU digital identity wallet ecosystem for Finland. Traficom …

CPV: 64216000 Služby elektronického zpracování zpráv a dat, 72410000 Poskytovatelé služeb, 79132100 Ověřování elektronického podpisu
Místo provedení:
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Wallet-relying party access certificates
Misto zadání:
Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto
Číslo zakázky:
TRAFICOM/556752/02.03.01/2025

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Wallet-relying party access certificates
Description : RFI BACKGROUND The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom works to ensure the availability of well-functioning, safe, secure and reasonably priced transport and communications connections and services in Finland. The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom will become the supervisory authority in EU digital identity wallet ecosystem for Finland. Traficom already is the supervisory body for national electronic identification means and trust service providers under eIDAS act. In this new role, Traficom will take responsibility of registering the wallet relying parties for both private and public sector organization who will be part of the digital identity wallet ecosystem. Traficom will publish information of those available as set out in Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Traficom will create a new register for wallet-relying parties in Finland, which will be available at the end of 2026. The very first task is to find out solutions on how registered parties will get the wallet-relying party access certificate regarding CIR 2025/848 Article 7. Traficom conducts this RFI in order to ascertain certain aspects. This RFI contains questions in relation to Trust Service Providers which fulfill CIR 2025/848, ANNEX IV Requirements for wallet-relying party access certificates referred to in Article 7. The main goal is an open access to wallet-relying party data and allow a two-way communication, between the register and Certificate Authority provider. This will help private and public sector to register and get wallet-relying party access certificate in an easier way. This is also to avoid setting up a new Certificate Authority for this specific purpose and reuse existing infrastructure. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RFI The purpose of this RFI is to find market offerings concerning the wallet-relying party access certificates. The aim of the RFI is to comprehensively obtain relevant information so that the potential procurement can be carried out in an appropriate manner. Decisions on the possible launch of the procurement process will be made after the RFI process. Please note that this RFI is not a call for tenders and all the information in the RFI is only preliminary. Hence, the preliminary information presented in this documentation can change in the possible upcoming procurement. Traficom is not obliged to publish a call for tenders. The decision about starting the actual procurement process shall be made after Traficom has completed the RFI process. Answering to the RFI does not bind to submitting a tender in the actual procurement process nor is it a prerequisite for subsequent participation in the invitation to tender. Traficom does not compensate the possible costs of answering to the RFI. ANSWERING TO THE RFI Please read carefully the below-mentioned questions: 1. Do you have plans to offer the technical implementation of EUID W-RP access certificates and the issuance of certificates as a service or do you offer such services already? You may include information about your current services, plans or any references you are willing to share in the context of this RFI. 2. What should be taken into account in the implementation of a national Wallet-relying party registry to make it more compatible with your current or future service? 3. When discussing the RA activity, is it preferrable to have the certificate to be implemented solely by you (or another private entity) or could it be a Finnish authority acting on your behalf? 4. Can you present an estimate for a price for the provision of the service on an annual basis? 5. Do you have any other comments about implementing Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and CIR 2025/848 Article 7(1) in Finland. Please describe. We kindly ask you to send your answers to the questions to the following e-mail address: eidas@traficom.fi We also ask you to give the necessary contact information (contact person and e-mail) regarding your answer. You can also ask for more information about the RFI from the above-mentioned e-mail address. Give your answers by the deadline presented further in this document. Traficom has the right to present further questions to those who answer the RFI. Traficom has also the right to arrange separate meetings if needed. These questions and/or meetings may take place already during the RFI period. CONFIDENTIALITY If your RFI answers include any trade secrets, please indicate them carefully and clearly. Trade secrets shall be kept secret in accordance with the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (621/1999). If your answers include classified information and you wish to use secure email, instructions on using our secure email can be found at: https://www.traficom.fi/en/traficom/contact-details/sending-secure-email-traficom The addressee in this case is the same as above ( eidas@traficom.fi ). Please note, that our secure email is approved for the national security level IV ("RESTRICTED, KÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU") information but not for EU RESTRICTED information.
Internal identifier : TRAFICOM/556752/02.03.01/2025

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 64216000 Electronic message and information services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72410000 Provider services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79132100 Electronic signature certification services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 150 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : Notice
Corruption : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Fraud : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Money laundering or terrorist financing : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Participation in a criminal organisation : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Grave professional misconduct : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Offence concerning its professional conduct in the domain of defence procurement : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Lack of reliability to exclude risks to the security of the country : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching of obligations set under purely national exclusion grounds : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Business activities are suspended : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Bankruptcy : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Arrangement with creditors : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Insolvency : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Assets being administered by liquidator : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law : To be defined on the ESPD-form in the actual call for tenders.

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Wallet-relying party access certificates
Description : RFI BACKGROUND The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom works to ensure the availability of well-functioning, safe, secure and reasonably priced transport and communications connections and services in Finland. The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom will become the supervisory authority in EU digital identity wallet ecosystem for Finland. Traficom already is the supervisory body for national electronic identification means and trust service providers under eIDAS act. In this new role, Traficom will take responsibility of registering the wallet relying parties for both private and public sector organization who will be part of the digital identity wallet ecosystem. Traficom will publish information of those available as set out in Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Traficom will create a new register for wallet-relying parties in Finland, which will be available at the end of 2026. The very first task is to find out solutions on how registered parties will get the wallet-relying party access certificate regarding CIR 2025/848 Article 7. Traficom conducts this RFI in order to ascertain certain aspects. This RFI contains questions in relation to Trust Service Providers which fulfill CIR 2025/848, ANNEX IV Requirements for wallet-relying party access certificates referred to in Article 7. The main goal is an open access to wallet-relying party data and allow a two-way communication, between the register and Certificate Authority provider. This will help private and public sector to register and get wallet-relying party access certificate in an easier way. This is also to avoid setting up a new Certificate Authority for this specific purpose and reuse existing infrastructure. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RFI The purpose of this RFI is to find market offerings concerning the wallet-relying party access certificates. The aim of the RFI is to comprehensively obtain relevant information so that the potential procurement can be carried out in an appropriate manner. Decisions on the possible launch of the procurement process will be made after the RFI process. Please note that this RFI is not a call for tenders and all the information in the RFI is only preliminary. Hence, the preliminary information presented in this documentation can change in the possible upcoming procurement. Traficom is not obliged to publish a call for tenders. The decision about starting the actual procurement process shall be made after Traficom has completed the RFI process. Answering to the RFI does not bind to submitting a tender in the actual procurement process nor is it a prerequisite for subsequent participation in the invitation to tender. Traficom does not compensate the possible costs of answering to the RFI. ANSWERING TO THE RFI Please read carefully the below-mentioned questions: 1. Do you have plans to offer the technical implementation of EUID W-RP access certificates and the issuance of certificates as a service or do you offer such services already? You may include information about your current services, plans or any references you are willing to share in the context of this RFI. 2. What should be taken into account in the implementation of a national Wallet-relying party registry to make it more compatible with your current or future service? 3. When discussing the RA activity, is it preferrable to have the certificate to be implemented solely by you (or another private entity) or could it be a Finnish authority acting on your behalf? 4. Can you present an estimate for a price for the provision of the service on an annual basis? 5. Do you have any other comments about implementing Article 5b(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and CIR 2025/848 Article 7(1) in Finland. Please describe. We kindly ask you to send your answers to the questions to the following e-mail address: eidas@traficom.fi We also ask you to give the necessary contact information (contact person and e-mail) regarding your answer. You can also ask for more information about the RFI from the above-mentioned e-mail address. Give your answers by the deadline presented further in this document. Traficom has the right to present further questions to those who answer the RFI. Traficom has also the right to arrange separate meetings if needed. These questions and/or meetings may take place already during the RFI period. CONFIDENTIALITY If your RFI answers include any trade secrets, please indicate them carefully and clearly. Trade secrets shall be kept secret in accordance with the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (621/1999). If your answers include classified information and you wish to use secure email, instructions on using our secure email can be found at: https://www.traficom.fi/en/traficom/contact-details/sending-secure-email-traficom The addressee in this case is the same as above ( eidas@traficom.fi ). Please note, that our secure email is approved for the national security level IV ("RESTRICTED, KÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU") information but not for EU RESTRICTED information.
Internal identifier : TRAFICOM/556752/02.03.01/2025

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 64216000 Electronic message and information services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72410000 Provider services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79132100 Electronic signature certification services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Other duration : Unknown

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 150 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : To be defined in the actual call for tenders.

5.1.11 Procurement documents

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 03/09/2025 09:00 +00:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Markkinaoikeus
Information about review deadlines : To be described during the actual competitive bidding.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto
Registration number : 2924753-3
Postal address : PL 320
Town : TRAFICOM
Postcode : 00059
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Contact point : KTK Hankinnat
Telephone : +358 295345000
Internet address : http://www.traficom.fi
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Markkinaoikeus
Registration number : 3006157-6
Postal address : Radanrakentajantie 5
Town : Helsinki
Postcode : 00520
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Telephone : +358 295643300
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Hansel Oy (Hilma)
Registration number : FI09880841
Postal address : Mannerheiminaukio 1a
Town : Helsinki
Postcode : 00100
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Contact point : eSender
Telephone : 029 55 636 30
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : d161877b-588e-4761-ad76-6ec2e712d024 - 01
Form type : Planning
Notice type : Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders
Notice dispatch date : 31/07/2025 07:15 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 31/07/2025 07:20 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00506079-2025
OJ S issue number : 146/2025
Publication date : 01/08/2025