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Based on 55 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 summaryCSIC, through its General Secretariat, is procuring a maintenance and technical support service for hardware equipment destined for the Doñana Biological Station (EBD). The contract covers upkeep and technical assistance for that hardware, and is published under reference 35225/26 with an estimated value of 33000 EUR.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 35225/26
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €33,000
- €3,960 to €7,260
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 18% of their published estimate, half of them between 12% and 22%, based on 20 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 53 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €33,000
- Median award
- €28,208
- Middle half of past awards
- €4,172 to €105,000
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Maintenance service for the Leica Thunder Imager 3D Cell Culture microscope and the Leica DFC9000GTC camera for the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SYSBIO) €20,400
- Maintenance service for a cell sorter flow cytometer for the Margarita Salas Centre for Biological Research €36,292
- Preventive and corrective maintenance service for purified water (type II) and ultrapure water (type I) production equipment for the Institute of Chemical Technology €23,864
- Maintenance service for the LECO TruSpec CHN/CHNS elemental analyser for the Institute of Chemical Research €2,624
- Servicios de reparación y mantenimiento - Servicio de mantenimiento del sistema de adquisición de sísmica multicanal digital marina, destinado a la Unidad de Tecnología Marina de la Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. €500,000
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 profileSecretaría General de la Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- notices in the register
- 621
- awards
- 324
- awarded in total
- €143.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 195
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 96%
Based on 297 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)
- 3.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 44%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 10%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN SL | 5 | €152,525 | May 2026 |
| LEICA MICROSISTEMAS S.L.U | 3 | €152,762 | Sep 2026 |
| ELECNOR SERVICIOS Y PROYECTOS, S.A.U. | 3 | €109,621 | Aug 2025 |
| COMSA SERVICE FACILITY MANAGEMENT, S.A.U. | 2 | €492,966 | Aug 2025 |
| FEI EUROPE B.V. Sucursal en España | 2 | €314,525 | May 2026 |
Based on 55 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 27% of the open notices in Repair & maintenance services across Europe.
- open now in Repair & maintenance services
- 4,816
- median open notice
- €249,131
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Repair & maintenance services
- different companies won awards here
- 8,090
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 2%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 7,508 of 7,803
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 2,705
Based on 16,533 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)
- 3.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 37%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 3%
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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