The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 31 different companies have won the last 35 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
- Expected wait for the award decision
- 140 days
- from 4 past awards
Based on 35 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 summaryTRAGSA is purchasing material for a dynamic barrier for slopes at the Cuevas del Almanzora and Benínar dams in the province of Almería, Spain. The supply covers the goods needed to install this rockfall protection system at both dam sites. The contract value is 130,170 EUR and the notice is published.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- TSA0084157
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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 €130,170
- €98,929 to €111,946
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 77% of their published estimate, half of them between 76% and 86%, based on 13 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 32 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €130,170
- Median award
- €111,569
- Middle half of past awards
- €42,844 to €258,109
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Contrato derivado del Acuerdo Marco de Alquiler de Maquinaria y Equipos Auxiliares para las Actuaciones en las Gerencias de la UT5 de Tragsa (Andalucía, Ceuta, Melilla y Extremadura). Incluidas Obras Financiadas con Fondos Procedentes del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (PRTR). €8,464
- Supply of ecological anchors for the technical project to install mooring buoys in the Tabarca Reserve (Alicante) €59,977
- Supply of on-site signage (informational, directional, preventive and thematic) for the works on the old Palazuelo-Astorga railway route as a natural path €45,358
- UT2 Suministro e instalación de vallado perimetral del dispositivo migrantes Ibiza en Marina Botafoc. €60,477
- Suministro de líneas de fondeo para proyecto técnico de instalación de boyas de amarre en la reserva de Tabarca (Alicante). €100,793
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 profileEmpresa de Transformación Agraria S.A.,S.M.E., M.P., (TRAGSA)
- notices in the register
- 4,523
- awards
- 3,778
- awarded in total
- €508.5M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 1,514
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,427 of 1,455
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 2,795 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)
- 4.6
- of those lots received a single tender
- 31%
- of the awards went to companies based in 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLVO GROUP ESPAÑA SAU | 2 | €1.8M | Nov 2025 |
| MAQUINAS OPEIN SLU | 2 | €289,300 | May 2026 |
| Recreativos Acuáticos Horadada S.L. | 2 | €160,770 | Oct 2026 |
| Estampaciones casado SL | 2 | €50,959 | Jul 2026 |
| NORTHGATE RENTING FLEXIBLE, S.A. | 1 | €3.0M | Jul 2025 |
Based on 35 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 40% of the open notices in Transport equipment & vehicles across Europe.
- open now in Transport equipment & vehicles
- 4,489
- median open notice
- €230,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Transport equipment & vehicles
- different companies won awards here
- 3,222
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 2,965 of 3,098
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,833
Based on 7,305 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
- 31%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- 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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