Summary
Machine-generated summaryThis tender covers the supply, installation, integration, configuration and commissioning of a comprehensive artificial intelligence system, together with maintenance of the new and existing infrastructure of DANS, the Bulgarian state security agency. The system must provide a high-performance, secure and resilient environment for processing and analysing structured and unstructured data, using and fine-tuning AI models including large language models, and automating analysis, risk assessment and threat prevention processes. Hardware and software components must be integrated into a single technological solution compatible with existing infrastructure. The contract is structured into four activities, detailed in a technical specification classified as 'Secret'.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- "Най-ниска цена"
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/602472
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?
- Restricted procedure: suppliers first ask to take part, and only those the buyer selects are invited to 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 €8,027,282
- €7.8M to €8.0M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 99% of their published estimate, half of them between 97% and 100%, based on 116 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 153 awards for Software & IT systems in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €8.0M
- Median award
- €153,388
- Middle half of past awards
- €41,875 to €450,716
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 profileДържавна агенция "Национална сигурност"
- notices in the register
- 33
- awards
- 17
- awarded in total
- €6.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 14
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 21%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 14 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)
- 2.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 17%
- 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.
This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Software & IT systems - Bulgaria
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| ТЕЛЕЛИНК БИЗНЕС СЪРВИСИС ЕАД | 18 | €2.0M | Oct 2026 |
| СИЕНСИС АД | 13 | €15.0M | Sep 2026 |
| ИФЕЛОУС ООД | 9 | €8.6M | Sep 2026 |
| ФЮЧЪР СТАНДАРТС ЕООД | 9 | €1.0M | May 2026 |
| ПАРАФЛОУ КОМУНИКЕЙШЪНС ЕООД | 8 | €20.6M | Sep 2026 |
Based on 192 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.
2 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 90% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 1,835
- median open notice
- €328,926
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Software & IT systems
- different companies won awards here
- 86
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 21%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 73
Based on 192 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)
- 2.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 35%
- 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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