Hansel Ltd. is a publicly owned non-profit company which operates as the central procurement unit of the Finnish Government.

The objective of the operations of the company is to produce savings for the Finnish Government by putting framework agreements for goods and services out to tender.

Hansel Ltd's customers consist of the ministries, their subordinate bureaus and other government agencies in Finland.

The company is an expert organisation that employs 74 professionals from various fields and that emphasises responsibility in its operations.

Similar organisations can be found in most western European countries, for instance the Crown Commercial Service in the United Kingdom, SKI - National Procurement Ltd. in Denmark and Consip in Italy.