The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
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 summaryVarna Municipality is procuring maintenance and cleaning of stormwater drainage and domestic site sewerage. The scope covers cleaning and upkeep of rainwater inlet and inspection manholes, stormwater drains and domestic sewers, CCTV inspection with footage recorded on magnetic media, supply and installation of grates for rainwater inlets, and transport and disposal of the waste collected during the activity.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Икономически най-изгодната оферта ще бъде определена въз основа на критерия за възлагане „най-ниска цена“, съгласно чл.70, ал.2, т.1 от ЗОП.
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/611675
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 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €1,800,000
- €1.8M to €1.8M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 100%, based on 179 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 341 awards for Environment, sewage & cleaning in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €1.8M
- Median award
- €133,289
- Middle half of past awards
- €28,113 to €420,000
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 profileОБЩИНА ВАРНА
- notices in the register
- 666
- awards
- 289
- awarded in total
- €242.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 147
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 227 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)
- 2.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 26%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ХИДРОСТРОЙ АД | 1 | €379,031 | Feb 2026 |
| КОНСОРЦИУМ ''КБИ НИКМАН'' | 1 | €133,289 | Aug 2026 |
| ЗЕБРА ООД | 1 | Jan 2026 | |
| УПРАВЛЕНИЕ НА ОТПАДЪЦИ ЕООД | 1 | Dec 2025 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
14 open tenders right now
- Telecommunications services - Provision of electronic communications services via a public mobile GSM/UMTS cellular network with national coverage and connectivity for Varna Municipality and its budget-funded units 6 days left
- Construction materials and related items - 'Supply of materials for the needs of Varna Municipality and secondary budget spenders, in separate lots' 6 days left
- Air conditioners - 'Supply, installation, preliminary testing, commissioning, warranty service and maintenance of air conditioning systems for the needs of Varna Municipality and its units' 6 days left
Market context
Larger than 76% of the open notices in Environment, sewage & cleaning across Europe.
- open now in Environment, sewage & cleaning
- 4,615
- median open notice
- €499,182
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Environment, sewage & cleaning
- different companies won awards here
- 243
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 191
Based on 443 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
- 48%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
- of the tenders came from 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.
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