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Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe contract covers a territorial study producing territorial evidence and actionable policy recommendations. The study aims to strengthen the role of secondary cities and towns in Estonia as drivers of economic development within their wider functional regions, supporting balanced regional development. The buyer is located in Luxembourg under the ESPON programme.
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 14 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €80,000
- Median award
- €238,895
- Middle half of past awards
- €153,600 to €684,886
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Legal advisory and representation services - Legal services support €130,000
- Social research services - Small Places Matter and the Right to Stay: New Perspectives €95,000
- Economic research services - ESPON - New perspectives on Functional Cross-Border Areas in the Czech Republic (CROSS-CZ) €70,000
- Social research services - ESPON - Metropolitan Territories: Land Take Reduction and Net Zero Development (METROLAND) €224,400
- Social research services - "Rethinking Territories within Planetary Boundaries [TERRBOUND]" €779,000
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 profileESPON EGTC
- notices in the register
- 68
- awards
- 19
- awarded in total
- €7.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 18
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 21%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 19 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)
- 5.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 7%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 88%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netcompany - Intrasoft S.A. | 1 | €1.0M | Dec 2023 |
| Suomen ympäristökeskus Syke (Finnish Environment Institute) | 1 | €779,000 | Dec 2025 |
| M-Five GmbH | 1 | €748,213 | Dec 2025 |
| Cambridge Econometrics BV | 1 | €711,400 | Aug 2025 |
| ÖIR GmbH | 1 | €605,345 | Oct 2025 |
Based on 14 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
6 open tenders right now
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Market context
Larger than 33% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 4,614
- median open notice
- €220,817
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersLuxembourg · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 98
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 45
Based on 106 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)
- 4.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 9%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 53%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 72%
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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