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Work to reform the water supply and distribution facility in the Albacete prison.

Obra de reforma de la instalación de suministro y distribución de agua en el centro penitenciario de Albacete. — original title

ESSpain · MadridBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 12 November at 15:00 — 11 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

The objective of this project is to reform the supply and distribution of water in the Albacete Penitentiary Center, which is currently giving a very low performance in addition to a multitude of breakdowns and thus guarantee the optimal operation of the installation and the traceability of all actions. Taking into account Article 235 of Law 9/2017, of November 8, Law on Public Sector Contracts, it is considered that, for the reference project, for its amount, less than € 500,000 and content, since it does not affect the stability, security or tightness of the buildings, the report of the Supervisory Office of the Department is not mandatory. Classification Code ...

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated value€233,602
Published15 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45332000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (66 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to SOCIEDAD IBÉRICA DE CONSTRUCCIONES ELÉCTRICAS, S.A.n = 66
  • 60% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (932 awards since 2019, spread over 350 companies). 40% went to new names.n = 932 awards since 2019
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (459 procedures with a bid count); 43% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 459
  • The award came in at a median 82% of the estimated value (289 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 90%.n = 289
  • 49% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (248 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 68%.n = 248

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

Clement
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Eligibility analysis from the tender documents

Tender documents — direct download

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020020260160_Proyecto.pdf
Technical specification
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Memoria nueva.pdf
Further document
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Security deposit: 2 5

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
GILEAD SCIENCES, S.L.812022–2026
Laboratorios ViiV Healthcare, S.L.602021–2026
JANSSEN CILAG SA · MADRID442022–2026
COMSA SERVICE FACILITY MANAGEMENT, SAU182022–2026
ACIERTA ASISTENCIA, S.A. · Madrid162022–2025
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

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2023
13
2024
15
2025
24
2026
73 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Thursday 12 November at 15:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 5 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 26 (median of 7,730 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Spain · Construction work, 90 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 100,814 recorded awards) — mostly from Portugal, Italy, France.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

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