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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 16 different companies have won the last 33 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 33 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 Social Security Institute of Bulgaria is procuring licences granting rights of use together with support for Red Hat software, namely 5 licences of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (Bare Metal Node), Standard (1-2 Sockets), valid until 15 November 2029. Bidders must be duly authorised by the software producer or by an official representative thereof to distribute or deliver the offered software products in the Republic of Bulgaria. Authorisation must be proven with an authorisation letter or an equivalent document issued by the producer or its official representative, in Bulgarian or accompanied by a Bulgarian translation, included in the technical proposal. Technical requirements are set out in the contracting authority's technical specification, Appendix No 1.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Икономически най-изгодната оферта се определя въз основа на критерия за възлагане „най-ниска цена“
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/609676
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) 3 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €292,380
- €274,837 to €292,380
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 99% of their published estimate, half of them between 94% and 100%, based on 31 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 31 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €292,380
- Median award
- €89,134
- Middle half of past awards
- €22,217 to €354,936
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- България - Софтуерни пакети и информационни системи - „Осигуряване на лицензи SAP Secure Login Service for SAP GUI за нуждите на Министерство на финансите (МФ)“ €89,134
- България - Софтуерни пакети и информационни системи - „Доставка на хардуерни и софтуерни продукти по 2 (две) обособени позиции“ €208,867
- България - Софтуерни пакети и информационни системи - „Осигуряване на решение за управление на мрежови устройства” €53,460
- България - Софтуерни пакети и информационни системи - „Продължаване правото на ползване и поддръжка на лицензи за софтуер за архивиране Veeam за нуждите на Национален осигурителен институт (НОИ)“ €44,950
- България - Софтуерни пакети за информационни технологии (ИТ) - „Осигуряване на допълнителни лицензи за система за управление на информационния център (ИЦ) за нуждите на Национална агенция за приходите (НАП)” €15,962
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 profileИНФОРМАЦИОННО ОБСЛУЖВАНЕ АД
- notices in the register
- 346
- awards
- 188
- awarded in total
- €59.7M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 56
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 28%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 150 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)
- 1.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 40%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ИФЕЛОУС ООД | 8 | €506,295 | Sep 2026 |
| СИЕНСИС АД | 4 | €5.0M | Mar 2026 |
| ПАРАФЛОУ КОМУНИКЕЙШЪНС ЕООД | 3 | €9.1M | Jun 2026 |
| КОНТРАКС АД | 3 | €194,473 | Sep 2026 |
| АЙ БИ ЕС - БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕООД | 2 | €973,499 | Nov 2025 |
Based on 33 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
11 open tenders right now
- Headset-type headphones (over-the-head) - 'Supply of headsets for the needs of the National Social Security Institute (NSSI)' 1 day left
- Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) - 'Supply of 1 disk array and 20 tapes for an archiving device for the needs of the Ministry of Finance' 2 days left
- Network equipment - 'Supply of equipment under 3 separate lots' 6 days left
Market context
Larger than 48% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 1,866
- median open notice
- €320,000
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
- 34%
- 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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