The Aperlena Verdict
Narrow fieldSCAN, d.o.o., Preddvor leads with 66.7% of the last 3 comparable contracts, but 2 different suppliers have won here in 5 years. Worth a serious look.
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 summaryA Croatian buyer is procuring and delivering equipment for a vivarium, in accordance with technical specifications, a bill of quantities and other conditions set out in the procurement documentation. The procurement is divided into five lots: Group 1 covers systems for housing and breeding laboratory animals; Group 2 covers equipment for local ventilation and user protection; Group 3 covers a tabletop digestor and laboratory table; Group 4 covers UV-C disinfection lamps; Group 5 covers bioexclusion cage systems for gnotobiotics. Deliveries include transport, assembly where applicable, commissioning, validation and training where applicable. All contracted goods and equipment must be new, unused and in factory packaging. The procedure is financed from the buyer's own funds under a programme agreement, development component.
Description
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Can I bid?
- 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 Croatian.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
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) 3 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €450,000
- €364,500 to €450,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 96% of their published estimate, half of them between 81% and 100%, based on 53 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
- €450,000
- Median award
- €840,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €690,910 to €840,000
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Hrvatska - Transmisijski elektronski mikroskopi - Transmisijski elektronski mikroskop (TEM) €840,000
- Hrvatska - Transmisijski elektronski mikroskopi - Transmisijski elektronski mikroskop (TEM) €840,000
- Cytometers - Cell labelling and detection devices (cell counter, cell sorter and fluorescent flow cytometer) €541,821
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 profileSveučilište u Zagrebu Medicinski fakultet
- notices in the register
- 18
- awards
- 11
- awarded in total
- €3.5M
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 13.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 11%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN, d.o.o., Preddvor | 2 | €1.7M | May 2026 |
| BIOSISTEMI d.o.o.; GOREA PLUS d.o.o. | 1 | €541,821 | Oct 2025 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
2 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 63% of the open notices in Laboratory & precision equipment across Europe.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 2,396
- median open notice
- €236,062
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersCroatia · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 87
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 14%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 50
Based on 131 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)
- 1.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 55%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 8%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 14%
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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