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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 63 different companies have won the last 80 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 80 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 summaryRenfe Viajeros is procuring an alternative road transport service for rail passengers between the A Coruña - Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña - Betanzos Infesta stations, providing bus replacement travel when the railway line is closed. The contract also covers assistance and information services for passengers in the framework of the alternative transport service, helping travellers during the disruption.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 2026-03931
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Source: PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público
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Last verified against PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público 1 week ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €327,627
- €147,432 to €294,864
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 50% of their published estimate, half of them between 45% and 90%, based on 361 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 75 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €327,627
- Median award
- €22,900
- Middle half of past awards
- €13,602 to €75,032
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Servicio especial de autobus durante el corte de la linea c9 entre cercedilla y cotos €123,920
- servicio alternativo de transporte por carretera entre las estaciones de barcelona sant andreu, mollet sant fost y granolle €41,040
- Servicio de desplazamiento de personal operativo almería €13,792
- Servicio de desplazamiento entre las estaciones de a coruña y santiago de compostela y a coruña y betanzos infesta €13,827
- Transport service for operational staff in Granada €20,732
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 profileDirección General de Renfe Viajeros Sociedad Mercantil Estatal, S.A.
- notices in the register
- 441
- awards
- 316
- awarded in total
- €286.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 207
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 8%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 81%
Based on 284 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)
- 1.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 43%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSPORTES TERRESTRES CANTABROS, S.A. | 4 | €133,586 | Sep 2026 |
| ANTEQUERA TAXI SERVICE S.L. | 4 | €49,882 | Sep 2026 |
| EUGENIO DIEZ S.A. | 3 | €142,012 | Jul 2026 |
| TAXI BIDASOA S.COOP. | 3 | €39,130 | Jul 2026 |
| AUTOCARES IZARO, S.A | 2 | €3.3M | Jul 2026 |
Based on 80 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 36% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.
- open now in Transport services
- 1,075
- median open notice
- €697,745
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Transport services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,194
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 6%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,093 of 2,137
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 931
Based on 4,783 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)
- 2.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 46%
- 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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