The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 4 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 buyer, a French departmental council, is procuring tree pruning and maintenance services for trees along departmental roads (in rows or isolated) and trees on properties owned by the department, such as colleges, medico-social centres and museums. The work is divided into five lots corresponding to the technical maintenance areas of Barcelonnette, Castellane, Digne les Bains, Forcalquier and Sisteron. The tender description is in French and is published under an open call for tender procedure.
Description
5 lots
- Lot 1
- Entretien des arbres sur le territoire de la Maison Technique de Barcelonnette estimated €160,000 · 48 months
- Lot 2
- Entretien des arbres sur le territoire de la Maison Technique de Castellane estimated €320,000 · 48 months
- Lot 3
- Entretien des arbres sur le territoire de la Maison Technique de Digne les Bains estimated €440,000 · 48 months
- Lot 4
- Entretien des arbres sur le territoire de la Maison Technique de Forcalquier estimated €800,000 · 48 months
- Lot 5
- Entretien des arbres sur le territoire de la Maison Technique de Sisteron estimated €400,000 · 48 months
- How tenders are scored
- Quality: 30 percent; Quality: 10 percent; Price: 60 percent
As the official notice states them.
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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 French.
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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 €2,120,000
- €720,800 to €2.1M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 92% of their published estimate, half of them between 34% and 100%, based on 20 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 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €2.1M
- Median award
- €76,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €68,000 to €80,000
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Entretien des espaces verts sur le territoire de la MT de Forcalquier - Lot 2 €60,000
- Entretien des espaces verts sur les bâtiments centraux Digne les Bains - Lot 4 €84,000
- Ensemencement par projection hydraulique - Lot no1 Barcelonnette - Sister €76,000
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 profileDépartement des Alpes de Haute Provence
- notices in the register
- 183
- awards
- 100
- awarded in total
- €70.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 82
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 40 of 43
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 98 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)
- 4.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 30%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASS DIGNOISE D INSERTION PAR LE TRAVAIL | 1 | €84,000 | May 2026 |
| ALPES AZUR ENVIRONNEMENT | 1 | €76,000 | Oct 2023 |
| BERNARD MAURIN | 1 | €60,000 | May 2026 |
| SOCIETE ALPINE DES BOIS; CLM ENVIRONNEMENT; ELAG JARDIN; ENTREPRISE MACAGNO; EL FORESTIER; SLP BOIS | 1 | Sep 2025 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 80% of the open notices in Agricultural & forestry services across Europe.
- open now in Agricultural & forestry services
- 1,113
- median open notice
- €389,032
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersFrance · Agricultural & forestry services
- different companies won awards here
- 1,319
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 984 of 1,054
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,173
Based on 1,717 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)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 20%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
- 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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ENTRETIEN DU PATRIMOINE ARBORICOLE €210,000
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