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Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITA) is procuring the supply, installation and configuration of an artificial intelligence server. The contract covers delivering the hardware, installing it and completing its configuration so it is ready for operation. The work takes place at the Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, a technology institute based in Aragón, Spain. The tender is identified by the reference ITA-2026-00038 and is currently published.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- ITA-2026-00038
Original text
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- Documents in Spanish.
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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 7 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €130,000
- €88,400 to €130,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 87% of their published estimate, half of them between 68% and 100%, based on 279 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
- €130,000
- Median award
- €68,310
- Middle half of past awards
- €28,085 to €169,648
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Supply of ANSYS licences in 2026 €215,500
- Licencia ODS-OMA para Laboratorio en Aeropuerto Teruel €21,250
- Suministro en régimen de alquiler de licencias DIGIMAT €34,921
- Suministro de licencias de inteligencia artificial para ITA €10,500
- Licencias cálculo comerciales suite de herramientas ALTAIR €123,796
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 profileInstituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITA)
- notices in the register
- 40
- awards
- 20
- awarded in total
- €12.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 15
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 33%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITWISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, S.L. | 2 | €445,084 | Feb 2026 |
| ENGINEERING SIMULATION AND SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE IB | 1 | €215,500 | Sep 2026 |
| Altair Software and Services SL | 1 | €123,796 | May 2026 |
| MSC Software Simulating Reality, S.A. | 1 | €34,921 | Jul 2026 |
| ALAVA INGENIEROS S.A. | 1 | €21,250 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 24% of the open notices in Software & IT systems across Europe.
- open now in Software & IT systems
- 3,212
- median open notice
- €531,444
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Software & IT systems
- different companies won awards here
- 1,933
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 1,779 of 1,875
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,160
Based on 4,533 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
- 44%
- 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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