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Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe Área Metropolitana de Barcelona is procuring a service for the design and conceptualisation of its new Invest in Barcelona Metropolis portal. The contract covers creative and design work to define and conceptualise the structure, content and visual approach of the portal, which promotes the Barcelona metropolitan area as an investment destination. The buyer is the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- The notice is written in Catalan.
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Official source
Source: PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya
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Last verified against PSCP - Plataforma de Serveis de Contractacio Publica de Catalunya 1 week ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €30,000
- €12,600 to €27,900
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 65% of their published estimate, half of them between 42% and 93%, based on 815 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 buyer has paid before
Based on 11 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €30,000
- Median award
- €145,094
- Middle half of past awards
- €33,068 to €237,162
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Adhesió de l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona a l’Acord marc de subministrament de sistemes de videoactes, equips de gravació i transmissió d’actes i el seu manteniment amb destinació a les entitats locals de Catalunya (exp. núm. 2024.03) €213,212
- Serveis de geolocalització i millora de les ofertes del cercador immobiliari per a empreses (ubicaempresa) de l'Agència Metropolitana de desenvolupament econòmic d'AMB. €29,250
- Contractació d’una plataforma informàtica pel sistema integrat de gestió de la qualitat i mediambiental (SIGQMA) de l’Àrea metropolitana de Barcelona. €122,004
- Contracte administratiu de serveis per a la contractació d’una plataforma informàtica de traçabilitat de residus en obres d’edificació i urbanització per a la direcció de serveis de l’Espai Públic de l’Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona €13,870
- Contracte administratiu de serveis consistent en el manteniment de les aplicacions Firmadoc, Firmadoc Web, Firmadoc Mobile, Sicalwin, Accede RES, AytosFactura, GPA, Portal Tributari i Wingt €166,335
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 profileAREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA
- notices in the register
- 259
- awards
- 135
- awarded in total
- €772.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 122
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 87%
Based on 128 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)
- 4.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 33%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECONOCOM SERVICIOS, S.A. | 1 | €2.0M | May 2026 |
| Consultoria Técnica Nexus Geografics SL | 1 | €264,600 | Jan 2026 |
| Centro de Observación y Teledetección Espacial, S.A.U. | 1 | €261,113 | Oct 2025 |
| ECITYCLIC ESPUBLICO S.L | 1 | €213,212 | Sep 2026 |
| BL España Software, S.L.U | 1 | €166,335 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 10 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
11 open tenders right now
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Market context
Larger than 9% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.
- open now in IT services
- 3,199
- median open notice
- €539,280
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · IT services
- different companies won awards here
- 3,524
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 5%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 3,121 of 3,345
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 2,025
Based on 7,789 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. New: no award from the same buyer or market in the two years before.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 3.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 31%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 2%
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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