The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 6 different companies have won the last 8 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 8 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 summaryCorreos y Telégrafos, together with Correos Telecom, Nexea Gestión Documental and Correos Express, is setting up a dynamic purchasing system for the supply of photocopier and printer paper. The system covers four categories: DIN A4 paper, DIN A4 recycled fibre paper, DIN A3 paper and DIN A5 paper.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- IM230001
Original text
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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 1 week ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €4,160,000
- €3.0M to €4.2M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 97% of their published estimate, half of them between 73% and 100%, based on 356 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 7 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €4.2M
- Median award
- €91,735
- Middle half of past awards
- €61,056 to €245,100
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Contrato Basado X- Lote I: Adquisición de diferentes modelos de embalajes de papel para los clientes de la S.E. Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. €91,735
- Etiquetas láser apli multi-3 105x148 €25,632
- Validadores automát- contadores efectivo €175,000
- Suministro de etiquetas adhesivas €34,276
- Adq material de oficina no inventariable €87,835
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 profileConsejo de Administración-Comité de Inversiones de la Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos S.A
- notices in the register
- 264
- awards
- 178
- awarded in total
- €233.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 122
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 10%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 111 of 114
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 160 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)
- 1.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 57%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-ON SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS SLU | 2 | €490,200 | Jun 2026 |
| FORMULARIOS DEL CENTRO, S.A. | 2 | €34,276 | Sep 2026 |
| Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda. | 1 | €1.8M | Feb 2026 |
| Map Biopharma, S.L | 1 | €91,735 | Jul 2026 |
| FOLDER PAPELERIAS SA | 1 | €87,835 | May 2026 |
Based on 8 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 87% of the open notices in Office & computing machinery across Europe.
- open now in Office & computing machinery
- 2,931
- median open notice
- €150,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Office & computing machinery
- different companies won awards here
- 2,911
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,751 of 2,849
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,666
Based on 8,565 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)
- 4.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 26%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from 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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