The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 3 different companies have won the last 3 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 3 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 summaryThe Brussels public transport operator STIB (MIVB) is setting up a framework agreement for the supply of spare parts used to maintain and repair the heating systems of its bus fleet. The parts cover current bus types including Bluebus, Mercedes Citaro and Ecitaro, Iveco Urbanway hybrid, Solaris Urbino electric, Van Hool (including a hydrogen prototype) and Volvo 7900 hybrid vehicles. The contract may later be extended with additional items not listed in the initial article list, with contractors invited to quote for those additions. The estimated value is between 5,600,000 and 6,600,000 EUR over 96 months (8 years). Two contractors per lot or article are envisaged, with the second-ranked bidder serving as back-up.
Description
Terms of the procedure
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Can I bid?
- Negotiated procedure: the buyer negotiates the terms with the suppliers it admits. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in French.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 2 days ago
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 150 awards for Transport equipment & vehicles in Belgium.
- This notice
- €6.0M
- Median award
- €340,227
- Middle half of past awards
- €232,800 to €963,423
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
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 profileSociété des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
- notices in the register
- 20
- awards
- 9
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA | 1 | Sep 2025 | |
| Faiveley Transport | 1 | Sep 2025 | |
| Rail Line Components | 1 | Sep 2025 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 91% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.
- open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
- 4,450
- median open notice
- €250,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBelgium · Transport equipment & vehicles
- different companies won awards here
- 229
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 6%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 170
Based on 300 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)
- 2.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 23%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 16%
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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