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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 6 different companies have won the last 6 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 6 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 buyer is seeking a study called TEN-D on investments in Trans European Digital Networks, covering topology, needs, market failures and investment gaps of backbone projects of strategic European interest. The contract covers sourcing of data and evidence to support policy design and implementation of Trans European Digital Networks, complementing the Cable Projects of European Interest exercise. The study must analyse potential gaps in capacity, resilience and security of terrestrial links, taking into account expected developments in data centres and other AI facilities under the Cloud and AI Development Act. It should identify investment gaps, assess market failures and recommend interventions, including magnitude and instruments requiring EU funding under the European Competitiveness Fund.
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €400,000
- €356,000 to €400,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 96% of their published estimate, half of them between 89% and 100%, based on 55 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 6 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €400,000
- Median award
- €1.9M
- Middle half of past awards
- €1.5M to €2.5M
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - AI for Public Good Lot 1 (Health: Innovative AI-based cancer imaging solutions for breast and prostate diagnosis) and Lot 2 (Energy: Innovative AI-based solutions for electric grid optimization) €2,060,727
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - AI for Public Good Lot 1 (Health: Innovative AI-based cancer imaging solutions for breast and prostate diagnosis) and Lot 2 (Energy: Innovative AI-based solutions for electric grid optimization) €2,711,670
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - Longitudinal support contract on specific risks and harms that minors face in the EU digital environment over time €1,650,550
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - A framework for the systematic comparison between the DSA Transparency reports & the DSA Transparency Database submissions €200,050
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - Digital Transformation Accelerator Phase II €3,600,000
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 profileEuropean Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
- notices in the register
- 79
- awards
- 21
- awarded in total
- €27.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 18
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 17%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 68%
Based on 18 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
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 71%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPMI Group; LOW ASSOCIATES BRUSSELS | 1 | €3.6M | Aug 2025 |
| INESC TEC; ARETI S.P.A.; AIT; NETZ NIEDEROSTERREICH GMBH; Wiener Netze GmbH; RESEARCH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK DTU; BIP | 1 | €2.7M | Aug 2026 |
| FBG; FUNDACAO CHAMPALIMAUD; Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) | 1 | €2.1M | Sep 2026 |
| OPEN EVIDENCE; VVA MARKET RESEARCH SRL | 1 | €1.7M | Nov 2025 |
| DECISION SARL; YOLE DEVELOPPEMENT SA | 1 | €1.5M | Jun 2025 |
Based on 6 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
- Business and management consultancy and related services - Evaluation report of the ECCC required under Article 38(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/887 9 days left
- Research and development consultancy services - Supporting the AI Observatory 24 days left
- Research and development services and related consultancy services - TEN-D study - Investments in Trans European Digital Networks Study on topology, needs, market failure and investment gaps of backbone projects of strategic European Interest 27 days left
Market context
Larger than 60% of the open notices in Research & development across Europe.
- open now in Research & development
- 658
- median open notice
- €294,151
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBelgium · Research & development
- different companies won awards here
- 121
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 43
Based on 124 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)
- 6.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 10%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 59%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 73%
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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