Demo: Government Procurement Compliance

How a Finnish government agency uses Pauhu® to search EU regulations, translate legal text, and verify procurement compliance — in 15 minutes.

Prerequisites

• A Pauhu account (free tier: 3 requests/day, or any paid tier)
• An API key — generate one at staging.pauhu.eu/keys

All examples below use curl. The same endpoints are available through the Pauhu search interface with no code required.

1 Search for the procurement directive

Search by CELEX number for an exact match:

curl "https://staging.pauhu.eu/search?q=32014L0024" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..."

Or search by topic to discover related regulations:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "public procurement thresholds IT services",
    "sources": ["eurlex", "ted"],
    "lang": "en",
    "limit": 10
  }'

The search returns documents ranked by relevance, with topic annotations and cross-references:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "celex": "32014L0024",
      "title": "Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement",
      "source": "EUR-Lex",
      "relevance": 0.96,
      "topics": ["public procurement", "internal market", "public contracts"],
      "languages_available": ["bg","cs","da","de","el","en","es","et","fi","fr","ga","hr","hu","it","lt","lv","mt","nl","pl","pt","ro","sk","sl","sv"],
      "cross_references": [
        {"celex": "32014L0025", "relation": "related", "title": "Directive 2014/25/EU (utilities)"},
        {"celex": "32019R1780", "relation": "amends", "title": "Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (eForms)"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "celex": "32019R1780",
      "title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (eForms)",
      "source": "EUR-Lex",
      "relevance": 0.89,
      "topics": ["public procurement", "electronic forms", "TED notices"]
    }
  ],
  "total": 47,
  "query_time_ms": 124
}

Result: Found The procurement directive (32014L0024) and its key amendments, plus the eForms regulation that governs electronic notice submission to TED.

2 Find the EU AI Act requirements

Search for the AI Act and procurement-related provisions:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "artificial intelligence public authority procurement conformity",
    "sources": ["eurlex"],
    "lang": "en",
    "limit": 5
  }'

Key results include:

Articles 6 and 26 of the AI Act are particularly relevant for procurement officers: they define the classification of high-risk AI systems and obligations for deployers (including public authorities).

3 Translate key provisions to Finnish

Translate a specific article extract from English to Finnish:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/translate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Deployers of high-risk AI systems that are public authorities shall register in the EU database referred to in Article 71, except in cases of AI systems listed in point 2 of Annex III.",
    "source": "en",
    "target": "fi",
    "domain": "legal",
    "formality": "formal"
  }'

Response:

{
  "translated_text": "Korkean riskin teko\u00e4lyj\u00e4rjestelmi\u00e4 k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6nottavien julkisten viranomaisten on rekister\u00f6idytt\u00e4v\u00e4 71 artiklassa tarkoitettuun EU:n tietokantaan, lukuun ottamatta liitteen III 2 kohdassa lueteltuja teko\u00e4lyj\u00e4rjestelmi\u00e4.",
  "source_lang": "en",
  "target_lang": "fi",
  "confidence": 0.94,
  "terminology_applied": [
    {"source": "high-risk AI systems", "target": "korkean riskin teko\u00e4lyj\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4t", "origin": "IATE"},
    {"source": "deployers", "target": "k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6nottajat", "origin": "IATE"},
    {"source": "public authorities", "target": "julkiset viranomaiset", "origin": "IATE"}
  ],
  "cascade_stages_applied": 8,
  "quality_score": 0.91
}

The translation uses IATE terminology automatically — official EU terms like korkean riskin tekoälyjärjestelmät (high-risk AI systems) are consistent with the Finnish language version of the AI Act.

4 Check terminology with IATE

Look up key procurement terms in Finnish:

curl "https://staging.pauhu.eu/lookup?term=contracting+authority&lang=fi" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..."

Response:

{
  "query": "contracting authority",
  "found": true,
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "iate_id": 1441764,
      "source_term": "contracting authority",
      "source_lang": "en",
      "target_term": "hankintaviranomainen",
      "target_lang": "fi",
      "domain": "public procurement",
      "reliability": 4,
      "definition": "State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law."
    }
  ],
  "source": "IATE"
}

Useful terms for the procurement memo:

5 Find Finnish national transposition

Search for Finnish national transposition measures:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "32014L0024 national transposition Finland",
    "sources": ["lex"],
    "lang": "fi",
    "limit": 5
  }'

Result: the search returns Sector 7 cross-references linking the EU directive to Finnish law:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "celex": "72014L0024FIN_2016397",
      "title": "Laki julkisista hankinnoista ja k\u00e4ytt\u00f6oikeussopimuksista (1397/2016)",
      "source": "National Law (Finland)",
      "relation": "transposes",
      "parent_directive": "32014L0024",
      "language": "fi",
      "url": "https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2016/20161397"
    }
  ]
}

Now the procurement officer has the complete legal chain: EU directive → Finnish national law → applicable thresholds and procedures.

6 Search TED for comparable procurements

Search TED for recent IT procurement notices from Finnish public authorities:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "information technology artificial intelligence",
    "sources": ["ted"],
    "lang": "en",
    "filters": {
      "country": "FI",
      "notice_type": ["contract-notice", "contract-award"],
      "cpv": "72000000",
      "date_from": "2025-01-01"
    },
    "limit": 10
  }'

The cpv filter uses Common Procurement Vocabulary codes. 72000000 covers IT services; narrow further with 72260000 (software-related services) or 72322000 (data management).

Example result:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "notice_id": "2025/S 042-123456",
      "title": "AI-powered document management system",
      "buyer": "Digi- ja v\u00e4est\u00f6tietovirasto",
      "country": "FI",
      "cpv_codes": ["72260000", "72322000"],
      "estimated_value": {"amount": 850000, "currency": "EUR"},
      "notice_type": "contract-notice",
      "deadline": "2025-04-15",
      "languages": ["fi", "en"],
      "topics": ["artificial intelligence", "information technology", "public administration"],
      "eforms_version": "1.10"
    }
  ],
  "total": 23,
  "query_time_ms": 89
}

From these results a procurement officer can:

• Compare estimated values for similar IT + AI procurements across Finnish agencies
• Review technical requirements and award criteria used by other contracting authorities
• Identify framework agreements that Valtiokonttori could join or reference
• Check which suppliers have been awarded similar contracts

TED notices are available in eForms XML format via the API, or as structured JSON through the search endpoint shown above.

7 Set up a compliance monitoring recipe

Create a recipe that monitors procurement and AI Act developments:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.eu/recipes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Valtiokonttori Procurement Compliance",
    "sources": ["eurlex", "ted", "oeil", "curia", "lex"],
    "topics": ["public procurement", "artificial intelligence", "data protection"],
    "languages": ["fi", "en", "sv"],
    "countries": ["FI"],
    "alert_method": "webhook",
    "webhook_url": "https://internal.valtiokonttori.fi/pauhu-alerts",
    "frequency": "daily"
  }'

This recipe will notify the procurement team when:

• A new regulation or directive on public procurement is published in the Official Journal
• The European Parliament or Council advances a legislative proposal on AI or procurement
• The CURIA issues a ruling on public procurement interpretation
• Finland publishes a new national transposition measure
• TED publishes eForms notices relevant to the configured topics

See the Recipe Catalog for more pre-configured recipes.

8 Chat with your results

Send a question together with context from your earlier results:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.ai/v1/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "message": "Mitk\u00e4 ovat hankintaviranomaisen velvollisuudet teko\u00e4lyj\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4n k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6notossa?",
    "context": [
      {"celex": "32024R1689", "title": "EU AI Act", "articles": ["6", "26"]},
      {"celex": "32014L0024", "title": "Public Procurement Directive"},
      {"celex": "72014L0024FIN_2016397", "title": "Hankintalaki 1397/2016"}
    ],
    "domain": "law",
    "lang": "fi"
  }'

Example response (Finnish, grounded in the retrieved documents):

{
  "response": "Teko\u00e4lyasetuksen (2024/1689) 26 artiklan mukaan hankintaviranomaisen, joka ottaa k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6n korkean riskin teko\u00e4lyj\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4n, on: (1) varmistettava, ett\u00e4 j\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4\u00e4 k\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n k\u00e4ytt\u00f6ohjeiden mukaisesti, (2) nimett\u00e4v\u00e4 luonnollinen henkil\u00f6 valvomaan j\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4\u00e4, (3) tiedotettava j\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4n k\u00e4yt\u00f6st\u00e4 niille, joihin se vaikuttaa, ja (4) rekister\u00f6idytt\u00e4v\u00e4 71 artiklan mukaiseen EU:n tietokantaan. Lis\u00e4ksi hankintalain (1397/2016) mukaan hankintaviranomaisen on noudatettava hankinnan kohteen kuvausta koskevia vaatimuksia.",
  "sources_cited": ["32024R1689 Art. 26", "32014L0024 Art. 42", "72014L0024FIN_2016397"],
  "model": "SmolLM-135M",
  "grounded": true,
  "confidence": 0.88
}

The response cites specific articles from the retrieved documents and uses IATE Finnish terminology (hankintaviranomainen, korkean riskin tekoälyjärjestelmä). For higher accuracy on legal questions, use the Domain 12 (Law) specialist model in Step 9.

9 Chat with the Domain 12 (Law) specialist model

Download the specialist model from Settings > Models > Specialist Packs, then select “Law (Domain 12)”. Once downloaded, repeat the query from Step 8 with the specialist model:

curl -X POST https://staging.pauhu.ai/v1/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "message": "Mitkä ovat hankintaviranomaisen velvollisuudet tekoälyjärjestelmän käyttöönotossa?",
    "context": [
      {"celex": "32024R1689", "title": "EU AI Act", "articles": ["6", "26"]},
      {"celex": "32014L0024", "title": "Public Procurement Directive"},
      {"celex": "72014L0024FIN_2016397", "title": "Hankintalaki 1397/2016"}
    ],
    "domain": "law",
    "lang": "fi",
    "specialist": "specialist-12-law"
  }'

With the specialist model, the response improves in three ways:

1. Legal reasoning: The model understands hierarchical relationships between EU regulations, directives, and national transpositions, producing more precise citations
2. Terminology precision: Domain-specific embeddings improve IATE term matching, reducing false positives in legal terminology
3. Offline capability: The model runs in the browser via ONNX Runtime Web — the procurement officer can work on classified networks or in low-connectivity environments

Requires the Domain 12 (Law) specialist model — download via Settings > Models > Specialist Packs. The model is currently in training; this step will become fully functional when it ships.

10 Run everything sovereign (on-premises)

Deploy the sovereign containerverse on your own server (requires Docker):

# 1. Set sovereign mode
export PAUHU_SOVEREIGN=true
export MODEL_PROVIDER=onnx-local

# 2. Start the containerverse
docker compose -f docker-compose.hetzner.yml --profile with-llm up -d

# 3. Verify sovereign mode (should return {"sovereign": true})
curl http://localhost:3000/health

In sovereign mode, the system changes in three ways:

Repeat Steps 1–9 with the sovereign endpoint:

# Same search, now local
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "public procurement AI Act Finland",
    "sources": ["eurlex", "lex"],
    "lang": "fi",
    "limit": 5
  }'

# Same chat, now local (both brains on-premises)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/chat \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "message": "Mitkä ovat hankintaviranomaisen velvollisuudet?",
    "context": [
      {"celex": "32024R1689", "title": "EU AI Act"},
      {"celex": "32014L0024", "title": "Public Procurement Directive"}
    ],
    "domain": "law",
    "lang": "fi"
  }'

The sovereign deployment is ideal for:

• Classified environments: Government networks with no internet access
• Data sovereignty: Queries about sensitive procurements stay within your firewall
• Air-gapped compliance: GDPR Article 44 — no third-country data transfers
• IDE integration: Connect Claude Code or VS Code via the MCP server — sovereign MCP reference

For full FiD architecture details, see FiD Dual-Brain Architecture.

Next steps

For the procurement memo

With the data collected above, the procurement officer can now write a compliance memo covering:

1. Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU (CELEX 32014L0024) as transposed by Finnish law 1397/2016
2. AI Act obligations: If the procurement includes AI, verify classification under Regulation 2024/1689 Art. 6 and ensure the supplier provides conformity documentation per Art. 43
3. Terminology: Use official IATE Finnish terms throughout (hankintaviranomainen, vaatimustenmukaisuuden arviointi, etc.)
4. Market benchmarks: TED notices from comparable Finnish IT + AI procurements, with estimated values and CPV codes
5. Monitoring: Recipe configured to alert on regulatory changes affecting this procurement
6. Chat answers: Follow-up questions answered by grounded chat, citing specific articles and using official Finnish terminology
7. Specialist model: Domain 12 (Law) specialist for improved legal reasoning, running offline in the browser (coming soon)
8. Sovereign option: Deploy the full system on-premises for classified environments — both retrieval and generation run locally

Related demos

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Further reading

• FiD Dual-Brain Architecture — how retrieval and generation fuse across 20 data sources
• Compass Search — how the search infrastructure works, from collection to ranking
• MCP Sovereign Mode — API reference for air-gapped IDE integration
• Search Guide — full query syntax, filters, and boolean operators
• Translation Guide — 24 languages, batch translation, formality levels
• IATE API Reference — all 11 terminology endpoints
• Recipe Catalog — 6 pre-configured monitoring recipes
• Full API Reference — all endpoints, authentication, rate limits

Questions?

Contact support@pauhu.eu or your Pauhu account manager.