The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 14 different companies have won the last 14 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 14 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 summaryThis tender concerns the provision of staff transport services to the Dueñas Prison Centre (Centro Penitenciario de La Moraleja), located in the municipality of Dueñas in Palencia, approximately 24 km from Palencia and 45 km from Valladolid. The contract aims to ensure the delivery of this essential public service, guaranteeing that employees travel from their places of residence to the prison centre under maximum safety conditions while safeguarding their personal integrity. The service is a special road passenger transport service for the benefit of prison staff, procured on behalf of the Secretariat General of Prison Institutions.
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.
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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) 2 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €951,546
- €399,649 to €656,566
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 45% of their published estimate, half of them between 42% and 69%, based on 300 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 14 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €951,546
- Median award
- €442,834
- Middle half of past awards
- €251,156 to €547,842
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Special road passenger transport services - Transport service to the Valencia Prison Centre €1,397,714
- Special passenger transport services by road - Staff transport service to León Prison Centre €461,200
- Servicios especiales de transporte de pasajeros por carretera - Servicio de Transporte de Personal al Centro Penitenciario de ZUERA dependiente de la Secretaría General de Instituciones Penitenciarias €1,106,636
- Servicios especiales de transporte de pasajeros por carretera - Servicio de Transporte de personal al Centro Penitenciario de Ávila, dependiente de la Secretaría General de Instituciones Penitenciarias €146,000
- Servicios especiales de transporte de pasajeros por carretera - Servicio de transporte de personal al Centro Penitenciario de Herrera de la Mancha (Manzanares), dependiente de la Secretaria General de Instituciones Penitenciarias €447,273
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 profileSubdirección General de Planificación y Gestión Económica
- notices in the register
- 173
- awards
- 117
- awarded in total
- €44.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 59
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 27%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 102 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)
- 3.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 19%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSVIA,S.L. | 1 | €1.4M | Aug 2026 |
| Avanza Movilidad Integral, S.L. | 1 | €1.1M | Feb 2026 |
| AUTOCARES ANTONIO VAZQUEZ, S. A. | 1 | €673,527 | Jun 2025 |
| Autocares Murillo S.L. | 1 | €573,154 | Jun 2025 |
| AUTOCARES ALONSO E HIJOS S.L. | 1 | €471,905 | Jun 2025 |
Based on 14 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
6 open tenders right now
- Repair and maintenance services for building equipment - Comprehensive maintenance of Madrid VII prison (Estremera), under the Secretariat General of Prison Institutions 2 days left
- Repair and maintenance services of building equipment - Integral maintenance of facilities at Madrid VI prison (Aranjuez) and the UAR hospital 12 de Octubre (6 rooms), under the Secretary General of Penitentiary Institutions 8 days left
- Special road passenger transport services - Staff transport service to Seville II Prison Centre 9 days left
Market context
Larger than 56% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.
- open now in Transport services
- 1,856
- median open notice
- €524,981
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Transport services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,204
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,106 of 2,145
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 904
Based on 4,675 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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