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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 summaryThe contract covers the administrative management of correspondence addressed to people registered as having no fixed address. The service guarantees delivery and handling of this mail through four social services centres: Gòtic, Cotxeres de Sants, Porta-Vilapicina-Torre Llobeta and Besòs. The contract incorporates sustainable public procurement measures, meaning environmental and social criteria apply to the performance of the service.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
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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 2 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €34,994
- €12,248 to €32,895
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 58% of their published estimate, half of them between 35% and 94%, based on 749 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 4 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €34,994
- Median award
- €14,705
- Middle half of past awards
- €14,125 to €14,921
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Prestació del servei d'impartició de la formació especialitzada sobre la Guia d'orientació: diagnòstic i tractament del context relacional, les dinàmiques i els patrons familiars en què es dona el maltractament a persones grans, adreçada als professionals dels Centres de Serveis Socials de l’Institut Municipal de Serveis Socials €13,000
- Documentació per commemoració 50 aniversari CUESB €14,500
- Contracte de serveis de consultoria en comunicació interna €14,950
- Gestió de la correspondència SDF CSS Gòtic €14,911
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 profileInstitut Municipal de Serveis Socials
- notices in the register
- 90
- awards
- 60
- awarded in total
- €639.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 52
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 10%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 80%
Based on 60 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)
- 3.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 44%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSTAZA MOSTAZA | 1 | €14,950 | Mar 2026 |
| FORMACIÓ I TREBALL EMPRESA D’INSERCIÓ, SLU | 1 | €14,911 | Jan 2026 |
| UMA OCA VAL | 1 | €14,500 | Mar 2026 |
| FUNDACIO BLANQUERNA | 1 | €13,000 | Mar 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
3 open tenders right now
- Social welfare services for the elderly - Integrated management contract for the Pau Casals supervised apartments for older people and the shared meal service, with sustainable public procurement measures 7 days left
- Social services - Social services contract for intervention in the field of homelessness, with sustainable public procurement measures and split into two lots 8 days left
Market context
Larger than 14% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,317
- median open notice
- €354,296
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 12,922
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 12,499 of 12,708
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 3,166
Based on 23,114 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)
- 4.6
- 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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