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Modernisation of the GCADIF system
Modernización del sistema GCADIF — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 13 November at 13:00 — 13 days left.
- You submit on PLACSP — Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público — not here and not by e-mail. ↗ Submission via the Plataforma de Contratación (PLACSP): registration plus a recognised digital certificate / eIDAS signature — as an EU bidder, arrange this early; it typically takes days. Sort out account and signature first — not on submission day.
- Offer and evidence in: Spanish.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
The purpose of this contract is the technological modernisation (migration, redesign, maintenance and evolution) of the GCADIF (Adif/Adif-AV Contract Management) system.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 13 months (4 awards, most recently March 2026) — the next award is due around April 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to Schneider Electric España SA.n = 4
- 50% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,538 awards since 2016, spread over 673 companies). 50% went to new names.n = 1,538 awards since 2016
- 76% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (145 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 53%.n = 145
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (766 procedures with a bid count); 34% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 766
- The award came in at a median 85% of the estimated value (1,333 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 83%.n = 1,333
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 31/10/2026.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Spanish.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| AYESA ARCHITECTURE · Sevilla | 41 | 2018–2026 |
| SGS TECNOS SA · ALBACETE | 29 | 2019–2026 |
| INGENIERÍA Y PREVENCIÓN DE RIESGOS, S.L. | 23 | 2017–2025 |
| SAITEC, S.A. | 19 | 2019–2026 |
| Técnica y Proyectos S.A. - TYPSA · San Sebastián de los Reyes | 15 | 2019–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 9,794 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 31 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 27 (median of 7,300 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Spain · IT services, 149 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 31,230 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, France.
Submission language: Spanish.
How to bid
Guide: how to apply on PLACSP — Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público (Spanien) → Registration, signature, fees — from the operator's bidder manual.
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