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Rental supply, as well as the design, installation, maintenance and disassembly of Christmas lighting and ornamentation in municipal buildings and streets (2026/2027).
Suministro en régimen de alquiler, así como el diseño, instalación, mantenimiento y desmontaje de iluminación y ornamentación navideña en edificios y calles municipales (2026/2027). — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 November at 15:00 — 3 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.
- 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 these specifications is to specify the technical conditions that will govern the contracting of the supply, on a rental basis, as well as the services of design, installation, assembly, commissioning, maintenance and subsequent disassembly of the Christmas lighting and ornamentation elements of the Municipality of Piélagos, in accordance with the provisions of this specification, in the Specific Administrative Clauses and subject to the following conditions: -Award to a company in the sector both the design of Christmas lighting and the rental, installation, assembly, commissioning, maintenance and subsequent disassembly of the ...
Excerpt from the tender documents (PPT.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.
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Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 11 months (3 awards, most recently October 2025) — by that rhythm the next award was due around October 2026. The last award went to Francisco Cano Bimendi.n = 3
- The median procedure drew just one bid (144 procedures with a bid count); 53% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 144
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (319 awards since 2018, spread over 160 companies). 53% went to new names.n = 319 awards since 2018
- The award came in at a median 89% of the estimated value (230 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 79%.n = 230
- 92% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (36 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 71%.n = 36
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.
Tender documents at a glance
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Public tender for Christmas lighting and decoration in Piélagos (Spain), 2026/2027
The input text concerns a Spanish public procurement procedure launched by the Ayuntamiento de Piélagos (Spain) for the Christmas 2026/2027 lighting and decoration of municipal buildings and streets.
It is clearly from the Spanish public sector contracting platform, so the point of view is Spanish (ES), with the place of performance in Cantabria, Spain.
No other countries are mentioned except indirectly via the remark about foreign companies having to submit a declaration of submission to Spanish law.
In terms of what bidders must submit and minimum qualification requirements, the text is very high-level.
It repeatedly states that the “Solvencia Requerida” (required financial/technical standing) is “De conformidad con la cláusula Decimosegunda del PCAP” (according to clause 12 of the Administrative Terms and Conditions – PCAP), but the details of solvency (such as specific turnover levels, references, insurances, or certificates) are not contained in this extract.
Such as typical Spanish tenders, general admission conditions are listed: capacity to contract (capacidad de obrar), not being prohibited from contracting, not being affected by incompatibilities, being up to date with Social Security and tax obligations.
Additionally, bidders must be pre-registered in the ROLECE and declare that the registered data have not changed; foreign companies must submit a declaration of submission to Spanish legislation.
Any specific forms, reference lists, exact turnover thresholds or insurance requirements would be found in the PCAP and not in the text provided.
Regarding the scope of the contract (what, how much, where, when), the object of the contract is consistently described as the “Suministro en régimen de alquiler, así como el diseño, instalación, mantenimiento y desmontaje de iluminación y ornamentación navideña en edificios y calles municipales (2026/2027).” In other words, it is a rental supply contract that includes design, installation, maintenance, and dismantling of Christmas lighting and ornaments in municipal buildings and streets for the 2026/2027 season.
The estimated contract value is 55,495 EUR, and the tender budget (“presupuesto base de licitación”) is 67,148.95 EUR including taxes (55,495 EUR before taxes).
The place of performance is ES130 – Cantabria, specifically Avda.
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Luis de la Concha, 66, 39470 Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, as the administrative address; operationally it covers municipal buildings and streets in the municipality.
The execution period is 36 days.
Offers must be submitted electronically via the external system (Vortal, URL indicated) by 04/11/2026 at 15:00.
On award criteria and weighting, the text only defines the procedure type as “Procedimiento Abierto simplificado” (simplified open procedure) with ordinary processing and explicitly states that there will be no electronic auction (“Se adjudicará mediante subasta electrónica: No”).
However, such as specific award criteria (price weighting, qualitative criteria and their percentages, scoring formulas) are not included in this extract; they are normally spelled out in the PCAP or in the “detalle de la licitación” accessible through the provided link.
Therefore, from the given text we only know the procedure type and that there is no e-auction, but not the detailed award criteria or their weighting.
Concerning risks and special conditions, the text provided does not specify penalties, guarantees, subcontracting rules, bid validity period, question deadlines, or obligatory/optional site visits.
It only notes general administrative aspects, such as: the contract is not subject to harmonised EU regulation, there is no EU funding, offers must be submitted electronically, and the contracting authority is the Mayor’s Office of the Ayuntamiento de Piélagos.
Such as contractual penalties for delay, required performance guarantees, possible limitations or conditions on subcontracting, and the exact validity period of bids would typically be contained in the PCAP and the “Pliego de Prescripciones Técnicas”, which are listed as available documents but whose detailed content is not reproduced here.
Any deadline for questions/clarifications or information about site visits is also not shown in this text.
On contradictions or corrections within the documents, the information reproduced here is highly repetitive but consistent.
The object of the contract, values (estimated value 55,495 EUR and tender budget 67,148.95 EUR including tax), execution period (36 days), place of performance (ES130, Cantabria; Renedo de Piélagos), submission deadline (04/11/2026 at 15:00), and procedure type (open simplified, no e-auction) are stated several times in an identical way.
The only differences are technical (two timestamps: 21-10-2026 08:31 for the “anuncio de licitación” and 08:32 for the “documento de pliegos”), which is normal and not a contradiction.
There are no conflicting statements in this extract about scope, deadlines, or conditions.
As in standard Spanish practice, such as any conflict between the summary notice and the full tender documents, the PCAP (Pliego de Cláusulas Administrativas Particulares) and PPT (technical specifications) would prevail over the platform summary; however, this rule is inferred from general Spanish procurement practice rather than explicitly stated in the text provided.
Only the contracting authority's tender documents are binding. As of: 22/10/2026
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Espiralia Iniciativas S.L. · Piélagos | 23 | 2022–2026 |
| SERVICIOS Y OBRAS DEL NORTE, S.A. (SENOR) · SANTANDER | 13 | 2021–2026 |
| CANNOR OBRAS Y SERVICIOS DE CANTABRIA SL · PIÉLAGOS | 13 | 2021–2026 |
| Rucecan SL · Torrelavega | 11 | 2020–2026 |
| Saypec, Servicios Integrales de Consultoría e Ingeniería Civil, S.L. | 10 | 2021–2023 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 2,677 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 14 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 26 (median of 7,730 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Spain · Electrical machinery, 78 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 11,640 recorded awards) — mostly from Italy, Germany, Finland.
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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