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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 6 different companies have won the last 7 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 7 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 summaryAdif, the Spanish railway infrastructure manager, is procuring the supply of fibre optic cables to meet its needs. The contract covers telecommunications equipment and materials, specifically fibre optic cables to be delivered for Adif's operational requirements. The notice describes the supply of these cables for the buyer's needs.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Price
- Small firms
- The buyer marks this procedure as suitable for small and medium-sized firms.
- Tenders go to
- elicitadores.adif.es
As the official notice states them.
Bid or no-bid?
Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.
Can I bid?
- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Spanish.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 1 hour ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €990,000
- €752,400 to €990,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 90% of their published estimate, half of them between 76% and 100%, based on 221 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
- €990,000
- Median award
- €2.0M
- Middle half of past awards
- €1.3M to €2.8M
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Equipo y material para telecomunicaciones - Suministro e instalación de equipos de telefonía de explotación para los centros de control de tráfico centralizado. 4 lotes €1,528,139
- Equipo y material para telecomunicaciones - Suministro e instalación de equipos de telecomunicaciones de redes ip (internet protocol) y sdh (synchronous digital hierarchy) /pdh (plesiochronous digital hierarchy) para los centros de control de tráfico centralizado. 4 lotes €2,033,651
- Equipo y material para telecomunicaciones - Suministro y montaje de equipos de medida global system for mobile railways (GSM-R) en cuatro trenes de auscultación, actualización del servidor central del laboratorio y mantenimiento. €5,700,494
- Equipo y material para telecomunicaciones - Suministro de equipamiento para la renovación de nodos de nivel 2 Cisco de la red de datos €1,000,000
- Equipo y material para telecomunicaciones - SUMINISTRO E INSTALACIÓN DE EQUIPOS DICOM+ EN LOS CENTROS DE CONTROL DE TRÁFICO CENTRALIZADO Y PUESTOS DE MANDO CORRESPONDIENTES A LAS SUBDIRECCIONES DE OPERACIÓN CENTRO, SUR, NORESTE, NORTE Y NOROESTE DE ADIF €3,636,064
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 profileAdministrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias
- notices in the register
- 921
- awards
- 418
- awarded in total
- €5.7B
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 288
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 6%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 361 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)
- 5.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 12%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMFICA SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES .SA; COLWAY 08 INDUSTRIAL S.L | 2 | €4.1M | Aug 2026 |
| VIAVI SOLUTIONS SPAIN S.L. | 1 | €5.7M | Aug 2026 |
| INDRA SISTEMAS SA | 1 | €3.6M | Jun 2026 |
| Ena Tecnologia SL | 1 | €1.5M | Aug 2026 |
| COMFICA SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES, S.A. | 1 | €1.0M | Jun 2026 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
33 open tenders right now
- Engineering services - Consultancy and technical assistance services for the supervision and control of the construction works of the security and communications installations project for the adaptation to the third track and extension to 750 metres of the La Encina-Alicante section. 1 day left
- Telecommunications equipment and material - Supply and installation of equipment for the relocation of the A Coruña communications room 2 days left
- Substation equipment - Supply of circuit breakers with delivery through Adif warehouses 2 days left
Market context
Larger than 73% of the open notices in Radio, TV & communication equipment across Europe.
- open now in Radio, TV & communication equipment
- 1,289
- median open notice
- €305,532
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Radio, TV & communication equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 1,566
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,467 of 1,521
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 965
Based on 3,257 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)
- 2.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 39%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- 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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Matched by meaning across languages, from the notices' own words: the same kind of contract, open now in another country.
Awarded before
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