The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 5 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 contract covers the supply of up to 35 units of a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher through a framework agreement. The product is an automatic weapon designed to destroy personnel in light field-type shelters and trenches, to engage lightly armoured vehicles, and to allow indirect fire from concealed firing positions. The composition and description of the product, together with the tactical and technical requirements, are set out in detail in Technical Specification TS B 53.4925.25 - VO, an annex to the tender documentation. The framework agreement will be concluded with one entity: the participant ranked first, appointed as contractor under Article 82(1) of the Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority will conclude specific contracts by applying those terms.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Обществената поръчка се възлага въз основа на „икономически най-изгодната оферта”. Икономически най- изгодната оферта се определя по критерий за възлагане “най-ниска цена” по чл. 70, ал. 2, т. 1 от ЗО
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/588469
As the official notice states them.
Bid or no-bid?
Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.
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 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) 1 day ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,982,560
- €2.6M to €3.0M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 98% of their published estimate, half of them between 86% and 100%, based on 33 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 market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 51 awards for Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €3.0M
- Median award
- €117,287
- Middle half of past awards
- €25,094 to €317,430
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 profileМинистерство на отбраната
- notices in the register
- 200
- awards
- 120
- awarded in total
- €98.7M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 59
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 22%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 106 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
- 27%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| НИКМАР - ДОНАТИМ; НИКМАР 9900 ЕООД; ДОНАТИМ ТИДЖАРЕТ - ТЕОМАН ТЮРККАН | 2 | Sep 2026 | |
| ЛОМИНИ ООД | 1 | €28,142 | Oct 2022 |
| АйЕсДи БГ ЕООД | 1 | Jul 2025 | |
| МАРС АРМОР ООД | 1 | Aug 2023 | |
| СПЕШЪЛ ТАКТИКЪЛ СЪПЛАЙС ЕООД | 1 | Aug 2023 |
Based on 6 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
8 open tenders right now
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- Accident insurance - Covering military and civilian staff of the Ministry of Defence, structures directly subordinated to the Minister of Defence and the Bulgarian Army - separate positions 14 days left
Market context
Larger than 83% of the open notices in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment across Europe.
- open now in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment
- 974
- median open notice
- €272,727
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 62
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 33
Based on 83 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)
- 2.2
- of those lots received a single tender
- 23%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 6%
- 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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