The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 7 different companies have won the last 7 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 7 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 summaryThis procurement is a public supply contract for a subscription licence giving the right to use MATHCAD software. The contract covers the supply of the licence subscription only, as defined in the tender description. No further scope details, quantities or locations are described in the notice itself.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Catalan.
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Official source
Source: PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya
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Last verified against PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya 6 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €1,686
- €1,146 to €1,686
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 87% of their published estimate, half of them between 68% and 100%, based on 279 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 7 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €1,686
- Median award
- €484,955
- Middle half of past awards
- €51,638 to €1.1M
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- SUBSCRIPCIÓ AL PROGRAMARI DE SIMULACIÓ I BESSO DIGITAL D’INSTAL·LACIONS DE TRACTAMENT DE RESIDUS €50,000
- Contracte administratiu de subministrament consistent en l’adquisició per subscripció de llicències de programari ENVI-met €14,999
- Paquetes de software y sistemas de información - suministro para la suscripción de licencias de productos de la plataforma de ciberseguridad SOPHOS. €620,000
- Paquetes de software y sistemas de información - suministro consistente en la adquisición del nuevo gestor de expedientes. €2,610,300
- Paquetes de software y sistemas de información - 902082/25 Suministro consistente en la suscripción de un producto de ciberseguridad sobre el tráfico de red informática, NDR, basado en inteligencia artificial para la monitorización, detección, análisis y respuesta en tiempo real a incidentes de seguridad, así como de los servicios de soporte SOC asociados. €484,955
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 profileAREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA
- notices in the register
- 259
- awards
- 134
- awarded in total
- €772.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 119
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 87%
Based on 125 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)
- 4.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 33%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTE ACCENTURE, SLU - SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES, S.L. | 1 | €2.6M | Dec 2025 |
| Abast Systems & Solutions, S.L. | 1 | €1.5M | Sep 2025 |
| BRAIN2STORE SL | 1 | €620,000 | Mar 2026 |
| Altia Consultores S.A | 1 | €484,955 | Jun 2026 |
| ASAC COMUNICACIONES, SL | 1 | €53,277 | Mar 2026 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 1% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 3,212
- median open notice
- €531,444
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Software & IT systems
- different companies won awards here
- 1,933
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,779 of 1,875
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,160
Based on 4,533 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)
- 2.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 44%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 3%
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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