The Aperlena Verdict
Incumbent-lockedТЕЛЕЛИНК БИЗНЕС СЪРВИСИС ЕАД has won 4 of the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. Winning here means displacing an incumbent, so price the effort accordingly.
Based on 4 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 National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria (NSI) is procuring the renewal of VMware licences that form part of its current infrastructure environment. The contract aims to appoint a contractor with the technical capacity, experience and qualifications to carry out the activities in full compliance with the buyer's requirements. Expected results include VMware licence compliance, active licences for full use of VMware functions and services, access to new versions, updates and security patches, compatibility with current operating systems and hardware, professional VMware support and access to its knowledge bases, improved monitoring and automation, easier integration and scaling, and continuity of critical systems. On signing, the contractor must provide a guarantee covering 100% of the advance payment.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Най-ниска цена
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/610708
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?
- 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) 20 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €180,020
- €174,619 to €180,020
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 152 awards for Software & IT systems in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €180,020
- Median award
- €153,366
- Middle half of past awards
- €41,720 to €449,520
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
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 profileНАЦИОНАЛЕН СТАТИСТИЧЕСКИ ИНСТИТУТ
- notices in the register
- 40
- awards
- 19
- awarded in total
- €1.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 15
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 33%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
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
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 1.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 36%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ТЕЛЕЛИНК БИЗНЕС СЪРВИСИС ЕАД | 4 | €208,068 | Jan 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
2 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 37% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 1,818
- median open notice
- €330,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Software & IT systems
- different companies won awards here
- 85
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 21%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 73
Based on 191 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.
Similar tenders
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days left
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est. value
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€189,217
est. value
Open elsewhere in Europe
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