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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 36 different companies have won the last 42 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 42 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 contracting authority, the Zaragoza 3 Health Sector Management, is procuring the supply and commissioning of a multiparametric and modular solid-state digital multimeter for the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital. The tender, identified as SAS_Z3_2026_INV_004 and published under status PUB, covers the delivery of the equipment and putting it into operation at the hospital, which will use it for measurement activities within its facility in Zaragoza.
Key points
- Status at the source
- Published, open for bids
- Reference
- SAS_Z3_2026_INV_004
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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 €25,620
- €7,942 to €25,620
This buyer's comparable awards in this sector came in at a median of 85% of their published estimate, half of them between 31% and 100%, based on 12 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 40 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €25,620
- Median award
- €168,000
- Middle half of past awards
- €86,080 to €259,854
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- 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
- 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 €156,000
- Adquisición, instalación y puesta en marcha de un densitómetro óseo para el servicio de Radiodiagnóstico del Sector Zaragoza III, ubicado en el Centro de Especialidades Inocencio Jiménez €67,900
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
- 156
- awards
- 96
- awarded in total
- €20.4M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 51
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 56 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
- 48%
- 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 Iberica | 2 | €1.7M | Dec 2025 |
| Werfen España, S.A.U. | 2 | €427,234 | Sep 2025 |
| KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPIA IBERICA, S.A. | 2 | €313,274 | Jun 2026 |
| DIMESAN QUIRURGICA SL | 2 | €191,520 | Apr 2026 |
Based on 42 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 16% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 11,018
- median open notice
- €142,102
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSpain · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- different companies won awards here
- 4,320
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- winners of the last 12 months were new here
- 3,777 of 4,041
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 993
Based on 14,414 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
- 40%
- 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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