The Aperlena Verdict
Narrow fieldБУЛАВТО БЪЛГАРИЯ АД leads with 60% of the last 5 comparable contracts, but 3 different suppliers have won here in 5 years. Worth a serious look.
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 contracting authorities request the supply of 2,175 new and unused wheeled plastic containers of 120 litres for garden and biodegradable waste. The delivery concerns four partner municipalities of the Levski Region (Nikopol): 1,065 containers for Svishtov Municipality, 623 for Pavlikeni Municipality, 377 for Belene Municipality and 110 for Nikopol Municipality. The containers will support separate collection of all garden and food bio-waste currently part of the mixed household waste stream through municipal systems. The procurement is carried out within the second call of the project BG16FFPR002-2.004 on building and extending municipal and regional systems for separate collection and recycling of biodegradable waste, funded by the Environment Programme 2021-2027, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. Full technical requirements are set out in the technical specification, an integral part of the documentation.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Bulgarian.
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Official source
Source: CAIS EOP - Bulgarian national e-procurement (Public Procurement Agency)
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Last verified against CAIS EOP - Bulgarian national e-procurement (Public Procurement Agency) 1 week ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €43,926
- €40,852 to €43,926
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 93% and 100%, based on 458 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 636 awards for Transport equipment & vehicles in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €43,926
- Median award
- €58,912
- Middle half of past awards
- €28,761 to €175,581
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
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 profileОБЩИНА НИКОПОЛ
- notices in the register
- 32
- awards
- 22
- awarded in total
- €1.6M
Who wins its contracts
Moderately concentrated- different companies won its awards
- 9
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 56%
Based on 16 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)
- 2.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| БУЛАВТО БЪЛГАРИЯ АД | 3 | Dec 2025 | |
| ЕКОСОЛ БЪЛГАРИЯ АД | 1 | €129,900 | Aug 2026 |
| ГАФУРОВ СЕРВИЗ ЕООД | 1 | €106,185 | Nov 2025 |
Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
- Openwork fence, visitor centre with parking, reception building and stage, and landscaping of the archaeological site of the 'Nikopol Fortress', Nikopol 13 days left
- Delivery of a new cherry-picker truck for the needs of Nikopol Municipality 16 days left
- Stock exchange transaction via an exchange intermediary for the purchase of heating fuel, delivered to Nikopol Municipality and its budget-funded units No deadline published
Market context
Larger than 22% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.
- open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
- 4,328
- median open notice
- €265,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Transport equipment & vehicles
- different companies won awards here
- 357
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 276
Based on 905 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)
- 1.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 42%
- 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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