The Aperlena Verdict
Narrow fieldSELLIER-BELLOT; DESIGN DEFENSE SLU leads with 50% of the last 2 comparable contracts, but 2 different suppliers have won here in 5 years. Worth a serious look.
Based on 2 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 Spanish Ministry of Defence is procuring 5.56 x 45 mm small arms ammunition through a framework supply agreement divided into eight lots. Lot 1 covers standard ball cartridges and Lot 2 tracer cartridges. Lot 3 covers standard tracer cartridges in linked form. Lots 4, 5 and 6 cover blank ammunition with metallic cases, blank ammunition with plastic cases and plastic blank cartridges in linked form. Lot 7 covers non-lethal marking cartridges compatible with FX-type kits and Lot 8 covers non-lethal marking cartridges compatible with UTM-type kits. The buyer is the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the place of performance is Spain.
Description
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 5 days ago
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,967 awards for Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment in Spain.
- This notice
- €125.2M
- Median award
- €6,254
- Middle half of past awards
- €866 to €50,489
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
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 profileJunta de Contratación del Ministerio de Defensa
- notices in the register
- 24
- awards
- 13
- awarded in total
- €7.4M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERETTA BENELLI IBERICA S.A. | 1 | Jul 2026 | |
| SELLIER-BELLOT; DESIGN DEFENSE SLU | 1 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 2 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
6 open tenders right now
- Petroleum and distillates - Framework agreement for the supply of liquid fuels for the Ministry of Defence across the national territory. No deadline published
- Telecommunications services - Framework agreement for telecommunications services and infrastructures of the Integrated Defence Information Infrastructure (I3D) No deadline published
- Cartridges - Framework agreement for the supply of 9x19 mm ammunition for the Ministry of Defence No deadline published
Market context
Larger than 98% of the open notices in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment across Europe.
- open now in Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment
- 1,926
- median open notice
- €355,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Security, fire-fighting & defence equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 1,170
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,110 of 1,139
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 737
Based on 2,088 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)
- 3.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 42%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- 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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