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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 summaryThis procurement covers periodic and post-repair accuracy verification of cold and hot water meters operated by Water Supply and Sewerage EAD, Burgas, in line with Table 1 of the technical specification. Bidders must submit an offer covering all water meters listed in the table. The estimated quantity of verifications for the contract term is given in the technical specification. The verifications must be carried out in the contractor's laboratory, with the contractor transporting the water meters according to a schedule agreed with the contracting authority. The contractor must use certified standards, auxiliary equipment and laboratory facilities for performing the verifications.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Bulgarian.
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Official source
Source: CAIS EOP - Bulgarian national e-procurement (Public Procurement Agency)
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Last verified against CAIS EOP - Bulgarian national e-procurement (Public Procurement Agency) 3 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €400,000
- €264,000 to €400,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 94% of their published estimate, half of them between 66% and 100%, based on 712 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 market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,598 awards for Architecture & engineering services in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €400,000
- Median award
- €8,433
- Middle half of past awards
- €2,693 to €31,799
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
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 profileВОДОСНАБДЯВАНЕ И КАНАЛИЗАЦИЯ ЕАД
- notices in the register
- 126
- awards
- 61
- awarded in total
- €393.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 27
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 30%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 43 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)
- 2.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 57%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ИСТОРИЧЕСКИ МУЗЕЙ-ПОМОРИЕ | 1 | Jan 2026 | |
| МУЗЕЙ "СТАРИНЕН НЕСЕБЪР" | 1 | Dec 2025 | |
| НАЦИОНАЛЕН АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИ ИНСТИТУТ С МУЗЕЙ НА БАН | 1 | Dec 2025 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
Market context
Larger than 55% of the open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.
- open now in Architecture & engineering services
- 8,036
- median open notice
- €300,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Architecture & engineering services
- different companies won awards here
- 621
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 263
Based on 2,168 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)
- 3.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 29%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 1%
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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