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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 8 different companies have won the last 12 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 12 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 summaryViK EOOD, the water supply and sewerage operator of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, is procuring water pipe fittings, shaped parts and materials for emergency needs, split into two separate lots. One lot covers pipe connections made of different materials and with various external diameters. Supplies will be delivered on the basis of periodic orders placed by the buyer as needs arise and depending on its financial capacity, with each order specifying the exact item type and quantity. Orders may be delivered in person against signature, by post with return receipt, by fax or email. Delivery with the contractor's own transport to the buyer's warehouse in Stara Zagora is required within five working days of an order, with handover confirmed by a signed protocol. The contract runs for 12 months.
Description
2 lots
- Lot 1
- „Доставка на връзки за тръби от различен материал и с различен външен диаметър“ estimated €350,000 · 12 months
- Lot 2
- „Доставка на полиетиленови фитинги – висока плътност (PEHD): фитинги за механична връзка; фитинги за челна заварка; електродифузни връзки” estimated €450,000 · 12 months
- How tenders are scored
- „най-ниска цена“
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/602950
As the official notice states them.
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Can I bid?
- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Bulgarian.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
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) 4 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €800,000
- €656,000 to €800,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 82% and 100%, based on 143 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 8 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €800,000
- Median award
- €417,500
- Middle half of past awards
- €99,507 to €594,489
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Supply of flange adapters and coupling adapters for the operating needs of Water Supply and Sewage EOOD - Blagoevgrad €91,252
- Supply of HDPE pipes, polyethylene fittings and shaped parts for quick mechanical couplings, butt welding and electrofusion €385,000
- България - Тръби - "Доставка на тръби от полиетилен за питейно водоснабдяване, канализационни тръби от ПВЦ, канализационни двуслойни гофрирани тръби ПП и ПЕ, за нуждите на „Водоснабдяване и Канализация” ЕООД - гр. Хасково” €587,986
- България - Нефтопроводи, тръбопроводни системи, тръбопроводи, изолация на тръбопроводи, тръбни инсталации и свързани с тях изделия - „Доставка за нуждите на „ВиК” ЕООД - Пловдив на тръби за питейно-битово водоснабдяване и за канализация и частите за тях, по обособени позиции” €10,000,000
- България - Фитинги - “Доставка на поцинковани фитинги за нуждите на „ВиК” ЕООД - Пловдив” €450,000
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 profileВОДОСНАБДЯВАНЕ И КАНАЛИЗАЦИЯ ЕООД
- notices in the register
- 325
- awards
- 176
- awarded in total
- €357.7M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 100
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 14%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 160 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)
- 3.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 34%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Хидротийм ЕООД | 3 | €476,252 | Sep 2026 |
| МУЛТИКОМ ООД | 2 | €450,000 | Apr 2026 |
| СКАНИНЖЕНЕРИНГ ЕООД | 2 | €102,258 | Feb 2026 |
| ДЗЗД ВМС ПЛОВДИВ; Ви Ен Ви Тех ЕООД | 1 | €10.0M | Jul 2026 |
| АКВА-ТЕХ ЕООД | 1 | €614,000 | Apr 2026 |
Based on 12 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
7 open tenders right now
- Provision of services related to the analysis of radiological and chemical indicators of drinking, groundwater and surface water for the needs of 'ViK' EOOD - Plovdiv, in separate lots 2 days left
- Supply of shut-off valves in two separate lots 8 days left
- Pumps - 'Supply of pumps for the needs of ViK EOOD, Stara Zagora, in three separate lots' 12 days left
Market context
Larger than 80% of the open notices in Construction materials across Europe.
- open now in Construction materials
- 3,717
- median open notice
- €86,210
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Construction materials
- different companies won awards here
- 179
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 125
Based on 335 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)
- 2.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 27%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 1%
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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