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Based on 26 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 Servicio Murciano de Salud, through the Health Area IV Management, is procuring the supply, installation, training and commissioning of two portable echocardiographs. The equipment is intended for the Cardiology Service and the UCI Mounting Plan of that health area. The contract identifies the Spanish public health service as the contracting body.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- CS/9999/1101228905/26/PA
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Source: PLACSP - Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €99,174
- €44,628 to €99,174
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 26 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €99,174
- Median award
- €139,055
- Middle half of past awards
- €76,594 to €392,083
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Supply of oxygen, by bottle or cylinder, for cluster headache patients treated at Hospital General Universitario Rafael Méndez €7,920
- Adquisición de un equipo láser de CO2 destinado al Servicio de Otorrinolaringologia del Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia Área de Salud VII Murcia eEte €105,000
- Material médico fungible - Suministro de muestras de semen de donante para técnicas de reproducción asistida en la unidad de reproducción asistida (URA) del Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca. €206,250
- Reactivos y medios de contraste - Suministro de kits para la extracción de ácidos nucleicos para uso en diagnóstico genético prenatal y postnatal a partir de muestras biológicas de origen humano, en el Laboratorio del Centro de Bioquímica y Genética Clínica (CBGC) del H.C.U.V.A. €123,130
- Suministro de reactivos para la detección genómica de cuatro arbovirus (virus del dengue, virus chikungunya, virus del zika y virus del nilo occidental) en donaciones de sangre del Centro Regional de Hemodonación del Servicio Murciano de Salud €54,000
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 profileServicio Murciano de Salud - Gerencia
- notices in the register
- 185
- awards
- 95
- awarded in total
- €48.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 77
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 90 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)
- 2.5
- of those lots received a single tender
- 31%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresenius Medical Care España, S.A.; Vantive Health, S.L.; Nipro Medical Spain, S.L.U. | 1 | €3.1M | Feb 2026 |
| BECTON DICKINSON, S.A.; PALEX MEDICAL S.A.; MILTENYI BIOTEC S.L.; MENARINI DIAGNOSTICOS S.A.; LIFE TECHNOLOGIES S.A | 1 | €1.3M | Jun 2025 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN SL | 1 | €886,800 | Jun 2025 |
| FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE ESPAÑA, S.A.U. | 1 | €802,864 | May 2026 |
| Fujifilm Helathcare España, S.L. | 1 | €622,197 | Jun 2026 |
Based on 26 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
7 open tenders right now
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- Improvement works to air conditioning at the San Andrés Mental Health Centre (Murcia). Phase 04 14 days left
Market context
Larger than 32% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 7,991
- median open notice
- €299,910
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.
Similar tenders
Open now
2
days left
€38,760
est. value
7
days left
€35,800
est. value
Awarded before
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Subministrament Ecògraf Portàtil €10,653
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Dos electrocardiógrafos €4,878
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