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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 8 different companies have won the last 8 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 8 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 contracting authority, represented by the Intendente de San Fernando, is procuring the supply of spare parts for the Klein 3900, Klein 4900 and Klein 4000 side-scan sonar oceanographic equipment. The contract covers spare parts only, intended to keep this sonar equipment operational. The estimated value of the procurement is 20000 EUR and the tender has been published as reference 2026/AR43U/00002440E with status PUB.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 2026/AR43U/00002440E
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Source: PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público
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Last verified against PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público 6 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €20,000
- €15,000 to €19,800
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 91% of their published estimate, half of them between 75% and 99%, based on 820 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
- €20,000
- Median award
- €15,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €14,005 to €103,231
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Suministro de contenedores de almacenaje y transporte para la Brigada de Infantería de Marina Tercio de Armada "TEAR" €11,893
- Supply of an industrial sweeper for the roads of the Naval Base of La Carraca €13,011
- Ambulancias - REP26-2018AR007R-012 - PAN3 - Suministro de dos (2.-) Ambulancias de SVA con Tracción 4x4 para el TEAR y TERSUR €185,800
- SERDIZ TERCER CCBB AM Repuesto Buques Lote 4 Repuestos Embarcaciones Menores Y Balsas Salvavidas (Expediente 2024/Ar43u/00001317) €15,000
- 2018AYM2041S - SERDIZ 2026 - SEGUNDO CCBB AM - Lote 4: Repuestos embarcaciones menores y balsas salvavidas - Expediente Padre: 2024/AR43U/00001311 (LOTE 4 2024/AR43U/00001317) €15,000
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 profileIntendente de San Fernando
- notices in the register
- 304
- awards
- 244
- awarded in total
- €19.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 129
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 121 of 125
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 98%
Based on 243 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)
- 3.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 25%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLVO BUS CORPORATION SAU | 1 | €263,600 | Jun 2025 |
| ITURRI S.A. | 1 | €185,800 | Aug 2026 |
| RECAMBIOS RM E HIJOS, S.L. | 1 | €20,661 | Oct 2025 |
| Suyfa Defence, S. | 1 | €15,000 | May 2026 |
| Suyfa Defence, S.L. | 1 | €15,000 | Aug 2026 |
Based on 8 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
16 open tenders right now
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Market context
Larger than 11% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.
- open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
- 6,275
- median open notice
- €330,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Transport equipment & vehicles
- different companies won awards here
- 3,191
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,938 of 3,069
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,811
Based on 7,211 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
- 32%
- 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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