The Aperlena Verdict
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 summaryThe contract covers the reception, removal and processing of waste paper and cardboard (OPK) from households in the municipality of Groningen and from commercial parties. The estimated annual volume is approximately 8,300 tonnes. The services include collection, transport and processing of the collected material.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,800,000
- €2.8M to €2.8M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 100% and 100%, based on 246 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 524 awards for Environment, sewage & cleaning in Netherlands.
- This notice
- €2.8M
- Median award
- €519,500
- Middle half of past awards
- €241,658 to €1.8M
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 profileGemeente Groningen
- notices in the register
- 98
- awards
- 31
- awarded in total
- €25.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 24
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 69%
Based on 24 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)
- 3.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 9%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau Waardenburg B.V. (h.o.d.n. Waardenburg Ecology) | 1 | Dec 2025 | |
| Matras Recycling EU Nederland B.V. | 1 | Feb 2026 | |
| Noctua GmbH | 1 | Feb 2026 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
19 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 80% of the open notices in Environment, sewage & cleaning across Europe.
- open now in Environment, sewage & cleaning
- 6,210
- median open notice
- €356,026
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersNetherlands · Environment, sewage & cleaning
- different companies won awards here
- 418
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 440
Based on 771 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)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 16%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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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