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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 17 different companies have won the last 19 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 19 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 summaryEPFL, in close collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE), plans to purchase a state-of-the-art sputter deposition system designed specifically for producing high-quality superconducting thin films. The system will be installed and operated at the EPFL Center of MicroNanotechnology (EPFL CMi), a centralised micro- and nanofabrication facility serving all EPFL faculties and open to external universities and local industry partners, with over 600 active users per year. It will support leading research on single-photon detectors, aiming to bridge the gap between laboratory fabrication and industrial production by enabling deposition on 200 mm wafers. Particular emphasis is placed on film quality and superconducting properties, reproducibility and uniformity, ease of use, fast training of new users, flexible process control in an R&D environment, integration with existing infrastructures, and responsive supplier technical and process support.
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 19 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- Median award
- €434,646
- Middle half of past awards
- €321,476 to €608,263
simap.ch - Swiss public procurement platform publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Most recent awards
- Suisse - Équipements de laboratoire, d'optique et de précision (excepté les lunettes) - Un instrument de Résonance Plasmon de Surface (SPR) €571,526
- Suisse - Équipements de laboratoire, d'optique et de précision (excepté les lunettes) - Traitement thermique de deux tronçons d'environ 100 m de long d'un prototype de câble supraconducteur €159,616
- Switzerland - Laboratory, optical and precision equipment (excluding glasses) - A high-throughput automated whole-slide imaging platform €254,666
- Switzerland - Laboratory, optical and precision equipment (excluding glasses) - Two cryogen-free dilution refrigerators €975,848
- Switzerland - Laboratory, optical and precision equipment (excluding glasses) - A state-of-the-art single-crystal X-ray diffractometer equipped with two X-ray sources €645,000
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 profileEPFL-Scientific Equipment
- notices in the register
- 68
- awards
- 31
- awarded in total
- €9.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 17
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 26%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 0%
Based on 19 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)
- 2.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 35%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 63%
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.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR_Hi-Tech Electronic Components B.V. | 2 | €736,976 | Oct 2025 |
| FR_Siegert Wafer GmbH | 2 | €484,000 | Jul 2026 |
| FR_Abberior Instruments GmbH | 1 | €1.1M | Sep 2025 |
| FR_Bluefors Oy | 1 | €975,848 | Sep 2026 |
| FR_Bruker Switzerland AG | 1 | €852,836 | Aug 2026 |
Based on 19 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
simap.ch - Swiss public procurement platform publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 1,673
- median open notice
- €200,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSwitzerland · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 68
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 17%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 35
Based on 95 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)
- 2.2
- of those lots received a single tender
- 36%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 31%
- of the tenders came from 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.
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