The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 11 different companies have won the last 13 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 13 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 subscription servicing and repair of assemblies and units of five compressed natural gas compressors (two SW160 F6 units plus SW 90 F6, B30-30 and SW 110 F6) manufactured by SAFE S.p.A of Italy. Subscription servicing includes timely expert assistance to the contracting authority in emergency breakdown situations, and preventive maintenance of the compressors carried out according to the manufacturer's technical prescriptions and requirements, depending on the equipment's operating hours. The scope also includes planned repairs of the compressor's process equipment: the contracting authority has identified 20 types of planned repairs needed to keep the equipment operating safely and without failures. All activities and requirements are described in the Technical Specification, Appendix No. 1 to the tender documents.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Обществената поръчка се възлага въз основа на икономически най-изгодната оферта, която се определя по критерия за възлагане „най-ниска цена” съгласно чл. 70, ал. 2, т. 1 от ЗОП.
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- app.eop.bg/today/603660
As the official notice states them.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €260,000
- €249,600 to €260,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 96% and 100%, based on 461 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 11 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €260,000
- Median award
- €219,856
- Middle half of past awards
- €140,605 to €403,388
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- България - Услуги по ремонт и регулиране на предавателната (скоростнатa) кутия на автомобилите - „Ремонт на автоматични предавателни кутии за автобуси по 2 обособени позиции“както следва: Обособена позиция № 1: Ремонт на автоматични предавателни кутии ZF и Обособена позиция № 2 „Ремонт на автоматични предавателни кутии VOITH“. €500,000
- България - Услуги по техническо обслужване и ремонт на превозни средства и свързаното с тях оборудване - „Ремонт на дюзи за автобуси“ €204,517
- Technical maintenance and repair services for buses - 'Warranty and service maintenance of Karsan E-JEST buses' €97,145
- България - Услуги по техническо обслужване и ремонт на превозни средства и свързаното с тях оборудване - „Ремонт на агрегати и възли за автобуси по 3 обособени позиции ”, за Обособена позиция № 1 : „Ремонт на турбокомпресори за автобуси“ и Обособена позиция № 2: „Ремонт на радиатори за автобуси“ €306,775
- България - Услуги по техническо обслужване и ремонт на превозни средства и свързаното с тях оборудване - „Ремонт и монтаж на мехове за автобуси” €562,421
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 profileСТОЛИЧЕН АВТОТРАНСПОРТ ЕАД
- notices in the register
- 143
- awards
- 63
- awarded in total
- €95.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 41
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 20%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 51 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)
- 1.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 48%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| АДИМЕКС 2000 ООД | 3 | €935,664 | Nov 2025 |
| АДИМЕКС 2000 ООД; АВТОРЕМОНТНИ ЗАВОДИ АД | 1 | €791,480 | Jul 2025 |
| АЙПАРТС ЕООД | 1 | €500,000 | Oct 2026 |
| СОФТЕЛЕКТРОНИК 1 ЕООД | 1 | €306,775 | Nov 2025 |
| АВТОРЕМОНТНИ ЗАВОДИ АД; АДИМЕКС 2000 ООД | 1 | €267,917 | Sep 2025 |
Based on 13 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 50% of the open notices in Repair & maintenance services across Europe.
- open now in Repair & maintenance services
- 4,748
- median open notice
- €249,261
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Repair & maintenance services
- different companies won awards here
- 493
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 289
Based on 902 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
- 50%
- 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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