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Based on 3 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 Network Operations Directorate Varna of ESC plc, part of the Bulgarian electricity grid operator, is procuring technical supervision of lifting equipment used in the Varna and Dobrich provinces. Under the Bulgarian ordinance on safe operation and technical supervision of lifting equipment, the contractor must carry out supervision of 19 lifting installations and 40 load-attaching devices that are not part of an installation. The contract runs for 2 years from its entry into force, but no earlier than 16 November 2026.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Икономически най-изгодна оферта по критерий за възлагане „най-ниска цена”, съгласно чл. 70, ал. 2, т. 1 от ЗОП.
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/607699
As the official notice states them.
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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.
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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) 19 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €1,700
- €1,122 to €1,700
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 94% of their published estimate, half of them between 66% and 100%, based on 717 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 1,603 awards for Architecture & engineering services in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €1,700
- Median award
- €8,400
- Middle half of past awards
- €2,710 to €31,642
The estimate is smaller 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 profileМРЕЖОВИ ЕКСПЛОАТАЦИОНЕН РАЙОН-ВАРНА
- notices in the register
- 50
- awards
- 23
- awarded in total
- €1.2M
Who wins its contracts
Moderately concentrated- different companies won its awards
- 12
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 47%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 19 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
- 19%
- 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.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| АКВА ТЕРА КОНСУЛТ ЕООД | 1 | €7,998 | Aug 2026 |
| ЕЛИТ ООД | 1 | €6,000 | Aug 2026 |
| СТИВ - 88 ЕООД | 1 | Feb 2026 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
5 open tenders right now
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- Construction and installation works - Renovation of the command and administrative building and the 20 kV switchgear building at the 'Lazur' substation 14 days left
- България - Услуги по ремонт и поддържане на товароподемни кранове - Техническо обслужване и ремонт, включително доставка на материали за повдигателни съоръжения на Управление МЕР Варна 34 days left
Market context
Among the smallest open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.
- open now in Architecture & engineering services
- 7,693
- median open notice
- €300,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Architecture & engineering services
- different companies won awards here
- 622
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 264
Based on 2,177 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)
- 3.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 29%
- 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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