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Malta - Hire of boats with crew - SPD3/2026/024 - FRAMEWORK CONTRACT FOR THE HIRING OF A COMMERCIAL BOAT INCLUDING SKIPPER SERVICE TO TRANSFER WASTE FROM COMINO TO GOZO TOGETHER WITH THE LEASING OF A WASTE COLLECTION DOUBLE CAB PICK-UP TRUCK WITH DRIVER

Open Malta Malta Transport services

Buyer Sectoral Procurement Directorate

40 days left

Key facts

Closes
08:30 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€570,000
Competition
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  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 40 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

40 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (Malta, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 33 days, half of them between 28 and 37 days, based on 1,573 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 33 days (median of its last 319 calls for tender).

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The Aperlena Verdict

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Peter Paul Said leads with 50% of the last 4 comparable contracts, but 3 different suppliers have won here in 5 years. Worth a serious look.

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.

Description

The subject of this tender is: Lot 1 - The hiring of a manned commercial boat, holding with a valid commercial vessel certificate, to transport waste generated on the Islands of Comino - including, but not limited to, the Blue Lagoon, Santa Marija Bay and Cominotto (packed in plastic bags or other containers) - to Gozo. This also includes the transportation of personnel, materials or tools to and from Comino and any other locations at Mgarr Harbour in Gozo, as required and directed by the Contracting Authority. Lot 2: The leasing of a double cab waste collection pickup truck with driver, to transport waste from any location in Comino - including, but not limited to, the Blue Lagoon and Santa Marija Bay - to the berthed vessel.

2 lots

Lot 1
Commercial Boat estimated €570,000 · 24 months
Lot 2
Double cab Pick-up truck estimated €570,000 · 24 months
Tenders go to
etenders.gov.mt/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=14183242

As the official notice states them.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

    Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €570,000.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Transport services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    40 days left, 29 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €38,970 and €595,486.

  6. Check this first:

    Do we know this buyer?

    One supplier won 2 of the last 4 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
  • 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) 4 hours ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 18 awards for Transport services in Malta.

This notice
€570,000
Median award
€270,800
Middle half of past awards
€38,970 to €595,486

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

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 profile

Sectoral Procurement Directorate

Malta

notices in the register
609
awards
289
awarded in total
€27.5M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
185
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
6%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 228 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)
1,102.3
of those lots received a single tender
13%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
6%

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
Peter Paul Said 2 Sep 2026
JG Drive Services Ltd 1 €110,880 Dec 2025
eCABS Co Ltd 1 Oct 2025

Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

20 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 49% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.

open now in Transport services
1,104
median open notice
€570,000

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