Kilpailutetun

Kilpailutetun is the genitive singular form of the Finnish past participle kilpailutettu, which comes from the verb kilpailuttaa meaning to place something out to bid or to invite competition among bidders. The participle describes something that has undergone a competitive bidding process and is thus associated with tendering and procurement. In usage, kilpailutetun functions as an adjective or modifier within noun phrases, typically preceding a noun in genitive or possessive contexts.

Common contexts for the term are procurement and administrative texts, where it is used to indicate that a contract, project, or purchase was carried out through competition. For example, kilpailutetun hankinnan voittanut tarjoaja refers to the bidder that won the procurement that was carried out by competitive bidding, and kilpailutetun hankinnan ehdot refers to the terms of the procurement that was put out to bid.

Related terms include kilpailutus (the act of placing a purchase out to bid), tarjouskilpailu (tender competition or bidding contest), and julkinen hankinta (public procurement). The form is not a standalone noun but a grammatical inflection of kilpailutettu; its meaning is determined by the accompanying noun.

In formal Finnish texts, the phrase often appears to emphasize that a contract, project, or purchase was achieved through competition. The English equivalents depend on context, commonly rendered as “competitive” or “put to tender,” as in “the terms of the competitively bid procurement” or “the winner of the competitive tender.”