Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe contract concerns the delivery of a vibration test system. The equipment will mainly be used for testing cubesats, a category of small satellites. The procurement covers the supply of the system itself, so that vibration testing of such satellites can be performed. The main purpose stated in the notice is to enable testing of cubesats.
The Aperlena Verdict
Open race
No supplier dominates: 3 different companies have won the last 3 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
How we count
Based on 3 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. Our calls have been right 86.9% of the time (47,693 graded).
Timing
10 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in Norway: 25 days. Shorter than usual
- Published
- Today
- Deadline
- Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (Norway, below the EU threshold) give a median of 25 days, half of them between 18 and 31 days, based on 1,165 notices of the last two years. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.
This buyer usually gives 33 days (median of its last 37 calls for tender).
Description
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Official source
Source: Doffin - Database for offentlige innkjøp (DFØ)
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Last verified against Doffin - Database for offentlige innkjøp (DFØ) 3 days ago
Market
Laboratory & precision equipment in Norway
- this buyer's median award in this sector
- €590,869
- tenders per lot in this buyer's awards
- 3.4
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What this buyer has paid before
Based on 3 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- Median award
- €590,869
- Middle half of past awards
- €433,920 to €682,062
Doffin - Database for offentlige innkjøp (DFØ) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Most recent awards
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - (25299) New competition Spectral cell sorter €773,254
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - (25202) High resolution mass spectrometer and Preparative HPLC system €590,869
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - Ultra freezers - framework agreement €276,970
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
Market context
Doffin - Database for offentlige innkjøp (DFØ) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
- 1,376
- median open notice
- €258,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersNorway · Laboratory & precision equipment
- different companies won awards here
- 93
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 17%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 30
Based on 143 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)
- 2.8
- of those lots received a single tender
- 20%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 28%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 19%
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.
The buyer in figures
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
- notices in the register
- 85
- awards
- 41
- awarded in total
- €69.1M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 24
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 13%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 32%
Based on 24 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)
- 3.4
- of those lots received a single tender
- 19%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 16%
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.
The buyer
Full buyer profileUiT Norges arktiske universitet
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Europe B.V. | 1 | €773,254 | Dec 2025 |
| Waters Sverige Aktiebolag | 1 | €590,869 | Aug 2025 |
| VWR International AS | 1 | €276,970 | Jun 2025 |
Based on 3 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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