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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected final price vs the published estimate
- -14.1%
Based on 5 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 summaryThe Water Services Corporation of Malta is procuring an upgrade of the existing SCADA system at the Ta' Barkat Sewage Treatment Plant in Xgħajra, Malta. The contract covers the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of all necessary hardware and software components, including servers, workstations, supervisory software and programmable logic controllers (PLCs), required to fully restore SCADA functionality to at least the current operational level. The scope includes all works needed to ensure a seamless transition to the new system with minimal disruption to plant operations, as well as training for WSC employees before handover. This is a supplies tender, reference WSC/T/004/2025.
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 5 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €1.1M
- Median award
- €427,813
- Middle half of past awards
- €335,000 to €569,945
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Centrifugal pumps and liquid elevators - WSC/T/122/2024 - SUPPLIES - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF VERTICAL TURBINE FOR THE REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION €912,688
- Desalination apparatus - (ACCELERATED) WSC/T/104/2025 - SUPPLIES - DESIGN AND BUILD, TEST AND COMMISSION OF A PACKAGED SEA WATER REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION €335,000
- Centrifugal pumps and liquid elevators - WSC/T/062/2025 - SUPPLIES - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF HIGH-PRESSURE PUMPS AND MOTORS TO THE RO PLANTS OF THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION €427,813
- Centrifugal pumps and liquid elevators - WSC/T/063/2025 - SUPPLIES - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF VERTICAL TURBINE PUMP TO THE REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS OF THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION €127,260
- Scrapers - (OPEN ACCELERATED) WSC/T/087/2025- SUPPLIES - SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF A DAF PILOT PLANT FOR TREATMENT OF CATERING WASTEWATERS FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION €569,945
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 profileWater Services Corporation
- notices in the register
- 118
- awards
- 45
- awarded in total
- €96.3M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 25
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 26%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 31 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)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 9%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 16%
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.
This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Industrial machinery - Malta
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Equipment Co. (UNEC) Ltd. | 2 | €2.6M | Oct 2025 |
| Watermation Ltd. | 2 | €762,813 | Apr 2026 |
| Smart Effects Limited | 2 | €361,376 | May 2026 |
| Digitarca S.rl.s. | 1 | €2.1M | Dec 2025 |
| J.P. Baldacchino and Co. Limited; Joseph Cachia and Son Limited | 1 | €912,688 | Jul 2025 |
Based on 21 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.
10 open tenders right now
- Repair and maintenance services - WSC/T/051/2026 - SERVICES - FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (PERIOD CONTRACT) FOR THE PROVISION OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION 3 days left
- Construction work for water projects - WSC/T/064/2026 - WORKS - DESIGN, BUILD, COMMISSIONING AND TRANSFER OF NEW PLANT B AT GHAR LAPSI REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT USING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MEASURES AND FIDIC CONDITIONS FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION 10 days left
- Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases - WSC/T/057/2026 - SUPPLIES - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE WATER SERVICES CORPORATION 13 days left
Market context
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- open now in Industrial machinery
- 2,912
- median open notice
- €250,000
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