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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 9 different companies have won the last 13 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 13 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 summaryA Spanish buyer is procuring a specialised transport service for cultural goods in connection with the exhibition 'Spanish Milan (1535-1706)'. The contractor must carry out the packaging of the artworks participating in the exhibition, transport them to the Prado Museum in Madrid and later return them to their owners. The service must guarantee appropriate conservation and security conditions throughout. The scope also covers organising unloading and unpacking, courier movements, insurance cover, documentation formalities and all other necessary arrangements. The contract concerns transport services for artworks to and from the museum.
Description
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- 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.
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Official source
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 €1,755,000
- €772,200 to €1.6M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 49% of their published estimate, half of them between 44% and 91%, based on 355 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 12 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €1.8M
- Median award
- €4,515
- Middle half of past awards
- €1,468 to €234,740
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Servicio de traslado y reproducción de pedestal. €3,120
- Servicios de transporte (excluido el transporte de residuos) - Servicio de transporte para obras de la exposición “Rilke y el arte español”. €406,789
- Servicios de transporte (excluido el transporte de residuos) - Servicio de transporte para obras de la exposición “Mariana de Austria”. €675,058
- Servicios de transporte (excluido el transporte de residuos) - Servicio de transporte de la exposición “Hans Baldung Grien”. €177,390
- Servicio de transporte de ida y vuelta de la Inmaculada de Alonso Cano a Valladolid para una prueba tomográfica. €770
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 profileDirección del Museo Nacional del Prado
- notices in the register
- 167
- awards
- 150
- awarded in total
- €14.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 126
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 149 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)
- 2.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 24%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europea Distribución, Comercio y Transporte EDICT, S.L. | 2 | €1.1M | Jun 2026 |
| TÉCNICA DE TRANSPORTES INTERNACIONALES, S.A.U. | 2 | €188,595 | Jun 2026 |
| SIT EXPEDICION, ARTE Y SEGURIDAD SL | 2 | €5,925 | Jun 2026 |
| EUROPEA DE DISTRIBUCION, COMERCIO Y TRANSPORTE EDICT, S.L. | 2 | €2,511 | Jun 2026 |
| SIT GRUPO EMPRESARIAL, S.L. | 1 | €656,581 | Jan 2026 |
Based on 13 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
Market context
Larger than 63% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.
- open now in Transport services
- 1,884
- median open notice
- €535,919
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Transport services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,224
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,124 of 2,166
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 921
Based on 4,727 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)
- 2.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 46%
- 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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