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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 57 different companies have won the last 61 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 61 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 Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Bulgaria is procuring the periodic delivery of specific medical devices for traumatology and neurosurgery. The supplier must deliver and unload the goods at the buyer's warehouses in Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Pleven and Sliven. The scope includes osteosynthesis devices (665 units), traumatology and neurosurgery devices (1291 units), orthopaedic and trauma surgery devices (516 units), endovascular surgery devices (23 units) and spinal neurosurgery devices (295 units), all detailed in Technical Specification Annex 1.
Description
5 lots
- Lot 1
- Остеосинтезни медицински изделия estimated €802,915 · 24 months
- Lot 2
- Mедицински изделия зa травматология и неврохирургия медицински изделия estimated €603,615 · 24 months
- Lot 3
- Медицински изделия за ортопедични и травматологични операции estimated €595,780 · 24 months
- Lot 4
- Mедицински изделия зa ендоваскуларни хирургия estimated €33,375 · 24 months
- Lot 5
- Mедицински изделия зa гръбначна неврохирургия estimated €424,862 · 24 months
- How tenders are scored
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- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/604111
As the official notice states them.
Bid or no-bid?
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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) 2 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,460,547
- €2.5M to €2.6M
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 107%, based on 39 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 51 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €2.5M
- Median award
- €1.9M
- Middle half of past awards
- €682,575 to €2.3M
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Supply, installation, commissioning, training and warranty service of an ultrasound system for vascular surgery €50,880
- България - Медицинско оборудване - Доставка, монтаж, въвеждане в експлоатация, обучение и гаранционен сервиз на медицинска апаратура по обособени позиции €3,793,600
- Medical consumables - Recurrent supply of specialised and general medical devices and consumables for the needs of the Military Medical Academy and its subordinate structures €2,251,883
- Medical consumables - "Periodic delivery of medical devices for orthopaedics and neurosurgery for the needs of the Military Medical Academy and its subordinate structures - Part 1 A" €1,470,328
- Recording systems and research equipment - Supply, installation, commissioning, training and warranty service of medical equipment in separate lots €2,298,297
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 profileВоенномедицинска академия
- notices in the register
- 276
- awards
- 110
- awarded in total
- €172.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 79
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 94 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)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 61%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| СОЛОМЕД ЕООД | 2 | €3.2M | Nov 2025 |
| ДЪЧМЕД ИНТЕРНЕШАНЪЛ ЕООД | 2 | €1.3M | Nov 2025 |
| ПАРАМЕДИКА ООД | 2 | €1.2M | Aug 2026 |
| Топ Хоспитал Сървис ЕАД | 2 | €920,325 | Mar 2026 |
| ЕКОФАРМ ЕООД; ДАНСОН ТРЕЙДИНГ ООД; МЕДЕКС ООД; ФЬОНИКС Фарма ЕООД; СОФАРМА ТРЕЙДИНГ АД; РОШ БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕООД; ФАРМИМПОРТ АД; АЛТА ФАРМАСЮТИКЪЛС ООД | 1 | €13.4M | Jun 2026 |
Based on 61 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
10 open tenders right now
- Medical consumables - Periodic delivery of medical devices and consumables for highly specialised tests and procedures for the Military Medical Academy and its subordinate structures 3 days left
- Professional liability insurance for medical staff and motor vehicle insurance of the Military Medical Academy, split into separate positions 15 days left
- Various types of computer hardware - Periodic supply of spare parts for computer and communication equipment 28 days left
Market context
Larger than 80% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 8,119
- median open notice
- €311,053
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- different companies won awards here
- 1,076
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 16%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 188
Based on 4,245 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)
- 2.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 38%
- 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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