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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 274 different companies have won the last 328 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 328 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryProcurement of tax advisory services and assistance for compliance with the tax obligations of the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona's culture institute. The contract covers professional support in fiscal and tax matters to help the institution meet its tax duties. The buyer is the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Catalan.
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Official source
Source: PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya
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Last verified against PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya 4 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €173,126
- €67,519 to €169,664
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 70% of their published estimate, half of them between 39% and 98%, based on 938 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 326 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €173,126
- Median award
- €1,835
- Middle half of past awards
- €413 to €7,165
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Mobility assistants for the La Mercè Festival 2026 €65,941
- Communication campaign for the 2026 Biennal de Pensament €47,935
- Contract for event stewards services for the Festes de la Mercè 2026 in Barcelona, with sustainable public procurement measures €74,117
- Servei de vigilància i seguretat, sense arma per als Actes Tradicionals de les Festes de la Mercè de Barcelona 2026 €77,058
- Servei de vigilància i seguretat, sense arma per als actes d’Arts de Carrer de les Festes de la Mercè de Barcelona 2026 €78,898
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileInstitut de Cultura de Barcelona
- notices in the register
- 1,498
- awards
- 1,433
- awarded in total
- €47.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 1,035
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 64%
Based on 1,430 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 2.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 24%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORDESTE SERVICIOS INTEGRALES 2003 SLU | 7 | €176,218 | Sep 2026 |
| G.S. LLEM, SL | 4 | €656,443 | May 2026 |
| GONBER CONTROL, S.L. | 4 | €39,729 | Feb 2026 |
| EUROTOMB BARCELONA, SL | 4 | €2,784 | Jun 2026 |
| BMS ELIT SEGUR, S.L. | 3 | €184,240 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 328 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 38% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,511
- median open notice
- €325,413
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 13,232
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 12,790 of 13,012
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 3,222
Based on 23,867 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 5%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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