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Based on 10 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 summaryThe Palencia Healthcare Management is procuring a supply of urinary incontinence absorbent products for adults and children. The goods are intended to cover the needs of the various services of this healthcare organisation. The contracted products are absorbent pads and related incontinence supplies, delivered to serve patient care across the organisation's different departments.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- 2020016804
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 €148,266
- €66,720 to €148,266
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 90% of their published estimate, half of them between 45% and 100%, based on 1,694 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 5 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €148,266
- Median award
- €146,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €132,962 to €259,840
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Supply of immobilisation devices for radiotherapy €132,962
- Suministro bolsas colectoras de orina €12,615
- Suministro de Diez Sillones Dentales con destino a la Unidad de Salud Bucodental de la Gerencia de Asistencia Sanitaria de Palencia €146,000
- Material médico fungible - material de celulosa y proteccion €259,840
- Productos consumibles médicos no químicos desechables y productos consumibles hematológicos - Suministro Consumibles DA VINCI. €1,099,811
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 profileGerencia de Asistencia Sanitaria de Palencia
- notices in the register
- 68
- awards
- 46
- awarded in total
- €7.7M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 34
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 28%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 46 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEX EXCELENCIA ROBÓTICA, S.L. | 1 | €1.1M | Jul 2025 |
| PAPEL AUTOMATIC, S.A.; PRODUCTOS FAVESAN, S.A; LABORATORIOS INDAS, S.A.U. | 1 | €259,840 | Aug 2025 |
| TECNOLOGICALINE SERVICE,S.L.U | 1 | €146,000 | May 2026 |
| PALEX MEDICAL, S.A. | 1 | €132,962 | Sep 2026 |
| B. BRAUN MEDICAL, S.A. | 1 | €12,615 | Jun 2026 |
Based on 10 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
5 open tenders right now
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- Maintenance service for the Agfa X-ray equipment (24590) 7 days left
- Full maintenance service for the Spectra Optia apheresis system (24165) 7 days left
Market context
Larger than 37% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 8,192
- median open notice
- €303,562
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- different companies won awards here
- 4,067
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 3,540 of 3,793
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,014
Based on 15,691 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)
- 3.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 41%
- 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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Open elsewhere in Europe
Matched by meaning across languages, from the notices' own words: the same kind of contract, open now in another country.
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