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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 12 different companies have won the last 19 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 19 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 summaryICFO, the Institute of Photonic Sciences, is procuring the supply, installation and commissioning of a Pull and Shear Tester. The equipment will be purchased for ICFO and the procurement is financed by the FEDER Catalunya 2021-2027 programme. The contract covers delivery of the instrument together with its installation and start-up so that it is ready for operation.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Catalan.
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Official source
Source: PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya
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Last verified against PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya 6 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €68,000
- €60,520 to €68,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 99% of their published estimate, half of them between 89% and 100%, based on 237 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 19 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €68,000
- Median award
- €198,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €20,200 to €512,985
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- ICFO-2026-044 Supply, installation and commissioning of a 'Nanoxerography Scanning Probe system' for the PIXEurope Pilot Line at ICFO €199,900
- Subministrament d’un Simulador Solar €20,400
- Subministrament d’un Simulador Solar €20,400
- ICFO-2026-047 Subministrament d’un “NARROW LINEWIDTH HIGH POWER CW LASER AT 813 nm FOR EXPERIMENTS WITH ULTRACOLD STRONTIUM ATOMS” per a l’ICFO €194,400
- ICFO-2026-034 Subministrament, instal·lació i posada en funcionament d’un ‘high precision cutting and polishing system for electron microscopy’ per al Pilot Line PIXEurope de l’ICFO. €198,000
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 profileICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
- notices in the register
- 60
- awards
- 39
- awarded in total
- €7.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 26
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 21%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 33%
Based on 39 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMEA ELECTRO SOLUTIONS SL | 3 | €1.3M | Sep 2026 |
| IRIDA IBERICA S.L. | 2 | €1.2M | Sep 2026 |
| Milexia Iberica | 2 | €398,000 | Sep 2026 |
| MT BRANDAO ESPAÑA, S.L. | 2 | €40,800 | Aug 2026 |
| Northwest Nanotechnology Ltd | 2 | €38,117 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 19 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
3 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 21% of the open notices in Laboratory & precision equipment across Europe.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 2,364
- median open notice
- €238,959
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 1,425
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 705
Based on 2,525 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)
- 1.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 53%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 10%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 8%
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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