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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 3 different companies have won the last 3 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 3 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 Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) is procuring postal services for the delivery of metropolitan transport cards, known as social titles. The services include delivery of the metropolitan cards by a certified letter service to the municipality of Barcelona, and delivery by certified letter to the remaining municipalities of the AMB. The contract also covers printing, handling, enveloping and delivery of ordinary letters linked to the card management process, as well as printing, handling, enveloping and certified delivery of letters related to that same process. Deliveries must be made in all municipalities of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
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Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- Median award
- €587,212
- Middle half of past awards
- €304,350 to €705,655
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Most recent awards
- Prestació dels serveis de missatgeria els quals inclouen: transport, recollida, custòdia, distribució i lliurament de documentació, paqueteria i mostres, així com el seu retorn quan no sigui possible el lliurament als seus destinataris, de l’àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona €21,489
- Servicios postales relacionados con cartas - Servicio postal de entrega de notificaciones administrativas del AMB y entes que la conforman que tenga la presunción de veracidad y la forma fehaciente. €824,099
- Servicios postales relacionados con cartas - 900893/25 €587,212
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 profileAREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA
- notices in the register
- 257
- awards
- 132
- awarded in total
- €772.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 119
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 87%
Based on 125 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)
- 4.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 33%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA | 1 | €824,099 | Jun 2025 |
| SMS 91 SL | 1 | €587,212 | Oct 2025 |
| DIR MENSAJERIA Y TRANSPORTES, SL | 1 | €21,489 | May 2026 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Postal & telecommunications services
- 1,178
- median open notice
- €1.4M
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Postal & telecommunications services
- different companies won awards here
- 552
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 19%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 505 of 529
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 723
Based on 1,609 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)
- 2.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 38%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
- of the tenders came from 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.
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