The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 5 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 5 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 City of Bilbao, through its contracting Councillor, is procuring audiovisual coverage of the cultural activities organised by the Culture and Governance Area. The service consists of producing videos and photographs documenting these activities. No lots are indicated, and the work is carried out for the municipality of Bilbao.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 2026-058803
Original text
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- The notice is written in Spanish.
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €32,231
- €13,215 to €32,231
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 76% of their published estimate, half of them between 41% and 100%, based on 1,095 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 5 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €32,231
- Median award
- €37,190
- Middle half of past awards
- €28,800 to €47,710
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Servicio de diseño, la organización y la gestión de la Semana Europea de la Robótica €47,710
- servicio de vigilancia y seguridad en diferentes espacios y eventos durante Aste Nagusia €58,185
- Servicio de mantenimiento-dinamización de redes sociales empleados en la dirección de cultura para dar publicidad a los programas culturales. €15,444
- servicio de regidurías para los programas culturales, tanto en exterior como en interior, organizados por el Área de Cultura y Gobernanza €37,190
- servicios de comunicación para el Área de Educación €28,800
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 profileAyuntamiento de Bilbao-Concejal Delegado de Contratación
- notices in the register
- 57
- awards
- 39
- awarded in total
- €2.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 35
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 15%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 34 of 34
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 39 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. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALSE SEGURIDAD, S.A. | 1 | €58,185 | Aug 2026 |
| MEDIA ATTACK GROUP, S.L. | 1 | €47,710 | Aug 2026 |
| TXAMUSKINA TEATRO, S.L. | 1 | €37,190 | Aug 2025 |
| BIOK COMUNICACION ESTRATEGICA, S.L. | 1 | €28,800 | Aug 2024 |
| CONMUNICA MEDIATRADER, S.L.U | 1 | €15,444 | Sep 2025 |
Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
12 open tenders right now
- RESERVED CONTRACT: industrial laundry service for blankets used in premises of the Municipal Police of Bilbao for detained persons 2 days left
- Pest control services: rat extermination, disinfection and disinsection in municipal buildings of the City Council of Bilbao 2 days left
- Management and animation services for the social media channels of the Human Rights, Coexistence, Cooperation and Interculturality Area 2 days left
Market context
Larger than 23% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 4,450
- median open notice
- €220,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 13,202
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 12,747 of 12,990
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 3,265
Based on 24,638 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. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 5%
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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