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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 68 different companies have won the last 75 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 75 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 summaryVästra Götaland Region (VGR) invites tenders for the region's need for electric portable suction units and low-flow selectors, together with associated accessories, consumables and spare parts. The procurement covers supply of this medical equipment with related items for use within the region. The notice names Västra Götaland Region as the contracting authority and places the delivery context in Sweden.
Description
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Swedish.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 2 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €531,444
- €478,299 to €712,135
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 90% and 134%, based on 46 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 22 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €531,444
- Median award
- €2.8M
- Middle half of past awards
- €574,805 to €16.7M
The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Sverige - Medicinska förbrukningsartiklar - Förbrukningsartiklar för Gynekologi och Obstetrik (2) €265,781
- Sverige - Kirurgiska implantat - Bröstimplantat €1,455,538
- Sverige - Medicinsk utrustning, läkemedel och hygienartiklar - Insulinpumpar €89,151,694
- Sverige - Patientövervakningssystem - Patientmonitoreringssystem €36,388,447
- Sverige - Medicinsk utrustning - Intensivvårdsbår till ambulansflygplan €727,769
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 profileVästra Götalandsregionen
- notices in the register
- 588
- awards
- 205
- awarded in total
- €804.0M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 163
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 178 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)
- 2.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 43%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic Aktiebolag | 5 | €2.0M | Apr 2026 |
| Plandent AB | 3 | Apr 2026 | |
| Vingmed AB | 2 | Nov 2025 | |
| Abbott Scandinavia Aktiebolag; Nordicinfu Care AB; Ascensia Diabetes Care Sweden AB | 1 | €168.3M | May 2025 |
| Medtronic Aktiebolag; Rubin Medical AB; Ypsomed AB; Nordicinfu Care AB | 1 | €89.2M | May 2026 |
Based on 75 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
44 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 73% of the open notices in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals across Europe.
- open now in Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- 10,834
- median open notice
- €142,690
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersSweden · Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals
- different companies won awards here
- 464
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 106
Based on 637 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)
- 3.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 28%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 8%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 18%
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
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days left
€714,318
est. value
Awarded before
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