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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 37 different companies have won the last 44 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 44 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 Zaragoza 3 health sector management authority is procuring the supply and installation of a storage system for operating theatres at the Hospital Clínico Universitario 'Lozano Blesa' in Zaragoza. The contract, identified as SAS_Z3_2026_INV_003, covers delivery and fitting of the storage system within the hospital's surgical areas.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- SAS_Z3_2026_INV_003
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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 3 days ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €38,000
- €11,780 to €38,000
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 95% of their published estimate, half of them between 31% and 100%, based on 16 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 42 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €38,000
- Median award
- €154,107
- Middle half of past awards
- €84,965 to €254,358
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Terminales electrodos para ablación €70,980
- Suministro, respetuoso con el medio ambiente, de salas de radiología para varias comunidades autónomas, centros del INGESA en Ceuta y Melilla y organismos de la Administración del Estado €139,900
- Acuerdo Marco para el Suministro, respetuoso con el medio ambiente, de equipos de ecografía para varias comunidades autónomas, centros del INGESA en Ceuta y Melilla y organismos de la Administración del Estado €68,000
- Acuerdo Marco para el suministro, respetuoso con el medio ambiente, de equipos de arcos quirúrgicos, para varias comunidades autónomas, centros del INGESA y organismos de la Administración del Estado €256,500
- Suministro, respetuoso con el medio ambiente, de equipos mamografía para varias comunidades autónomas, centros del INGESA en Ceuta y Melilla y organismos de la Administración del Estado €180,000
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 profileGerencia Sector Sanitario de Zaragoza 3
- notices in the register
- 157
- awards
- 98
- awarded in total
- €20.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 54
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 61 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)
- 3.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 50%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A. | 3 | €480,500 | Oct 2026 |
| MEDTRONIC IBÉRICA, S.A. | 2 | €1.7M | Dec 2025 |
| Diagnostica Longwood S.L. | 2 | €761,900 | Mar 2026 |
| Werfen España, S.A.U. | 2 | €427,234 | Sep 2025 |
| KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPIA IBERICA, S.A. | 2 | €313,274 | Jun 2026 |
Based on 44 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
- Supply and commissioning of a modular multiparametric solid-state digital multimeter for the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital 10 days left
- Disposable medical supplies - Supply of prostheses for Interventional Vascular Radiology 17 days left
- Pharmaceutical products - Medicines (in 16 lots) 17 days left
Market context
Larger than 21% 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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