The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 14 different companies have won the last 15 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 15 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 summaryMadrid City Council, through its Culture, Tourism and Sport Department, is procuring a service for managing subscriptions to and delivery of periodical publications. The service covers the public library network and cultural institutions under the Directorate General of Libraries, Archives and Museums of the City of Madrid.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 300/2026/00779
Original text
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
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Official source
Source: PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público
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Last verified against PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público 6 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €182,793
- €71,289 to €179,137
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 70% of their published estimate, half of them between 39% and 98%, based on 938 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 14 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €182,793
- Median award
- €31,611
- Middle half of past awards
- €9,993 to €148,750
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Patrocinio para el evento de pádel I Copa de España de Ligas Autonómicas Plata-HEAD. €14,876
- Visitas guiadas y visitas taller de los programas Madrid es Paisaje, Madrid, un libro abierto y Abierto por restauración €9,375
- Contrato menor de servicios para el diseño, montaje y desmontaje de la exposición temporal en el Palacio del Capricho. €7,280
- Gestión de la suscripción, entrega y atención al cliente de publicaciones periódicas en formato papel con destino a las nuevas bibliotecas Victoria Prego y Benjamín Palencia, dependientes de la Dirección General de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid. €1,840
- Contrato privado de patrocinio del Open de España de Golf €3,000,000
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 profileÁrea de Gobierno de Cultura, Turismo y Deporte
- notices in the register
- 138
- awards
- 114
- awarded in total
- €13.3M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 85
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 111 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)
- 10.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 38%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVERSA ARQUEOLOGÍA CONSULTORÍA Y GESTIÓN DE PATRIMONIO CULTURAL, S.L. | 2 | €21,220 | Sep 2026 |
| DYNAMIC SPORT MANAGEMENT & CONSULTANCY, SL | 1 | €3.0M | Sep 2026 |
| MEDELAND EVENTS S.L. | 1 | €967,385 | Aug 2025 |
| SIT PROYECTOS, DISEÑO Y CONSERVACIÓN SL | 1 | €283,237 | Aug 2026 |
| Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva SLU | 1 | €165,000 | Jul 2026 |
Based on 15 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
- Supply contract for the manufacture of a specialised comb for the warehouse of the Contemporary Art Museum of Madrid 12 days left
- Contrato de Servicios de Restauración de Carteles custodiados en el Archivo de Villa de Madrid 18 days left
- Supply of work clothing for staff at sports facilities under the Sports Delegate Area. Lot 12 'Work clothing. Work suits' No deadline published
Market context
Larger than 39% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 7,496
- median open notice
- €329,960
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 13,232
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 12,790 of 13,012
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 3,222
Based on 23,867 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)
- 4.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 21%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from 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.
Similar tenders
Open now
5
days left
€96,065
est. value
Open elsewhere in Europe
20
days left
€120,000
est. value
4
days left
€216,000
est. value
Matched by meaning across languages, from the notices' own words: the same kind of contract, open now in another country.
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