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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 31 different companies have won the last 34 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 34 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 Port of Barcelona is procuring a service for generating content for its innovation blog, Piernext. The contract covers the creation of written content for the blog, which communicates the port's innovation activity. The services are to be performed for the Port of Barcelona, the contracting authority named in the notice. No lots, quantities or specific duration are described in the notice text beyond the content generation service itself. The tender is published in Spain and concerns advertising and marketing services.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Price: 40 points; Quality: 60 points
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €299,765
- €119,906 to €296,767
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 73% of their published estimate, half of them between 40% and 99%, based on 1,017 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 34 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €299,765
- Median award
- €48,970
- Middle half of past awards
- €10,518 to €97,825
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Contrato de patrocinio publicitario con motivo de participación en la Nit de l´ empresa 2026. Clave de Expediente: 2026P020023. Ref. Servicio de Contratación: 2026-00392. €10,000
- Prórroga extraordinaria del Servicio de mantenimiento, renovación de licencias y adquisición de nuevos equipos del sistema de impresión. €75,630
- Contrato basado en el Acuerdo Marco para la realización de Estudios Organizativos para la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona: Estudio organizativo de la Subdirección de Servicios Jurídicos y Contratación de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona. €23,171
- Diseño, construcción, montaje y desmontaje y transporte de materiales del stand del Port de Barcelona en la feria Fruit Attraction de Madrid 2026. €39,433
- Acuerdo anual de publicidad 2026 entre la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona y La Vanguardia (GODÓ STRATEGIES, S.L.U). Clave del expediente: 2026P050027 €35,500
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 profilePresidencia del Consejo de Administración de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona (PORT DE BARCELONA)
- notices in the register
- 403
- awards
- 296
- awarded in total
- €291.3M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 152
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 16%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 267 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)
- 1.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 70%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grup Mediapro, S.L.U. | 2 | €434,520 | Aug 2026 |
| Xerox España S.A.U. | 2 | €206,470 | Oct 2026 |
| BUSINESS PEOPLE RESEARCH, S.L. | 2 | €115,971 | Sep 2026 |
| UTE BARNA PORTERS SEGURETAT-BARNA PORTERS, PORT DE BARCELONA, UNIÓN TEMPORAL DE EMPRESA | 1 | €711,791 | Jan 2026 |
| INTEGRA MGSI CET CATALUNYA, S.L. | 1 | €327,479 | May 2026 |
Based on 34 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 55% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 4,373
- median open notice
- €210,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 13,120
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 12,670 of 12,911
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 3,250
Based on 24,425 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)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 5%
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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