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Fuels and fuels for dependencies.
Combustibles y carburantes para dependencias. — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 3 November at 23:59 — 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 establish the technical conditions that must govern the tendering of a contract for the supply of fuel for premises of the City of Calasparra (Murcia). This contract is not divided into lots. The objectives pursued by this contract are: • To achieve the maximum economic savings in the purchase price per litre of fuel or fuel supplied to the City of Calasparra. City of Torre Pacheco Secretariat • To improve the provision of the recharging service. • To improve the information and control mechanisms through billing. The provision of the supply in premises or buildings, may be carried out, on ...
Excerpt from the tender documents (pliego prescripciones tecnicas particulares.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 12% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,219 awards since 2020, spread over 708 companies). That is well below the sector norm (56%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 1,219 awards since 2020
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 5 months (10 awards, most recently June 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Comercializadora de Electricidad y Gas del Mediterraneo S.L.n = 10
- The median procedure drew just one bid (1,130 procedures with a bid count); 87% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 1,130
- 75% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (16 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 38%.n = 16
- 0% of the bids received came from other countries (16 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 11%.n = 16
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.
Tender documents at a glance
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Public contract for fuel supply to municipal facilities in Calasparra (Murcia, Spain)
The input text concerns a Spanish public procurement procedure for a supply contract launched by the Ayuntamiento de Calasparra, in the Región de Murcia, Spain.
It is framed under Spanish public procurement law (Ley 9/2017 de Contratos del Sector Público and related regulations) and describes the administrative resolution approving the contract file, the justificatory report (memoria justificativa), and the essential data published on the Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público.
All references and legal viewpoints are clearly from the Spanish contracting authority’s perspective.
As background, the documents relate to an open, simplified, “sumario/abreviado” procedure for a typical supply contract (“contrato administrativo típico de suministros”) for “combustibles y carburantes para dependencias municipales”, essentially gasoil for heating boilers in municipal buildings.
The estimated value of the contract is 32,000 € (excluding VAT), with a budget base of tender of 38,720 € (including VAT).
The contracting authority is the Mayor’s Office (Alcaldía‑Presidencia) of Calasparra, and the contract is non-harmonised (below EU thresholds) and processed under ordinary (non-urgent) procedure, with a one‑year execution period.
Regarding what the bidder must submit and the minimum qualification requirements, the input shows that the tender uses a single envelope (“SOBRE ÚNICO”) containing both the administrative documentation and the automatically quantifiable criteria (essentially the economic offer).
The opening event is described as “declaración responsable de requisitos previos y oferta económica – ANEJO II–”, which implies that bidders must submit a responsible declaration that they meet the prior requirements (capacity to contract, no prohibition to contract, compliance with tax and social security obligations) together with the financial offer.
From the Platform notice, a specific minimum requirement is a professional liability insurance (“seguro de responsabilidad civil por riesgos profesionales”) of at least 100,000 €, identified as a “criterio de solvencia económica‑financiera”.
However, the pliego text simultaneously states that bidders are exempted from having to prove economic‑financial and technical‑professional solvency (“Se exime a los licitadores de acreditar solvencia económica y financiera / técnica y profesional”), which is a relevant internal contradiction to be noted.
Concerning the scope of the contract (what, how much, where, when), the object is precisely defined as the supply of fuels and carburants (mainly gasoil C) for the heating and/or hot water systems of municipal buildings and other facilities under the municipality’s competence.
The CPV is indicated as 09134000‑7 (Gasóleos) and, in the background justification, also 09135100‑5 for heating oil.
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The place of performance is the municipality of Calasparra in the Region of Murcia, with the Platform entry referencing “Subentidad Nacional Murcia, código ES620, Dirección Postal España”.
The duration is fixed from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027, without possibility of extension (“no pudiendo ser prorrogado” and “Número máximo de prórrogas: 0”).
Quantities are not fixed: the contract is a successive supply at unit price, subordinated to the actual needs of the Ayuntamiento, and the authority explicitly states it does not commit to purchase a determined quantity or minimum amounts; consumption estimates are based on 2022–2025 data but only to calculate the estimated value of 32,000 € per year (plus VAT up to 38,720 €).
On award criteria and weighting, the documentation is very clear that there is only one evaluation criterion and it is purely automatic: price.
The resolution and pliego state “CRITERIOS DE ADJUDICACIÓN: Automáticos.
Precio”, and the detailed section on “Criterios de adjudicación” specifies that the sole criterion is the economic offer worth up to 100 points.
The scoring is based on the percentage discount (PD) offered on the weekly “Precio medio de venta del gasóleo” published in the EU’s Oil Bulletin for Spain (without taxes).
The formula used to determine the price per litre is PL = (PCE (1 – PD)) + HI + IVA, where PCE is the Oil Bulletin average price, HI is the hydrocarbon tax, and IVA is VAT.
There is an additional technical condition that the offered discount must be at least 1%; any bidder offering a discount under 1% is excluded.
As for risks and special conditions, the text underlines several points.
There is explicitly no price revision clause (“no procede el establecimiento de una cláusula de revisión de precios”), despite the recognised volatility of petroleum product prices; this shifts price‑risk to the supplier, who must rely on the discount mechanism against the Oil Bulletin reference.
The contract cannot be extended tacitly, and any expenditure for future years is subject to budgetary availability, with a legal reservation (“condición suspensiva de existencia de consignación presupuestaria adecuada y suficiente”).
Regarding subcontracting and assignment, the contract cannot be assigned to another contractor, but subcontracting is allowed within the limits and requirements of the applicable Law 9/2017.
A responsible officer for the contract will be appointed by the contracting authority (art. 62 LCSP), and the contractor must in turn appoint a “responsable del servicio” as the habitual interlocutor.
Special environmental execution conditions are imposed: the contractor must promote recycling and use of reusable packaging and must submit a “Plan de Reciclado de la empresa” plus a responsible declaration of its compliance.
The documents do not explicitly mention penalties, guarantees, a formal validity period for offers, or mandatory site visits, nor do they specify explicitly a question deadline; they do, however, set a 10 working‑day period for submission of tenders from publication in the Contracting Platform.
As for contradictions or corrections within the documents, the main internal inconsistency concerns solvency requirements.
The pliego’s “Solvencia” section states that bidders are exempted from proving economic‑financial and technical‑professional solvency, while the Platform publication under “Criterio de Solvencia Económica‑Financiera” requires a professional liability insurance of at least 100,000 €.
In practice, the pliegos (Pliego de Cláusulas Administrativas Particulares and Pliego de Prescripciones Técnicas) approved by the Mayor’s resolution are the binding contractual documents, but the Platform notice is also part of the tender’s published conditions and can generate interpretative issues.
Another potential tension is that the memoria initially says “no resulta posible concretar, de forma totalmente fiable, un presupuesto máximo de licitación”, but immediately after it does state a “presupuesto máximo de la licitación” of 32,000 € + VAT; this is more a nuance than a legal contradiction, since the author explains that the budget is an estimate based on past consumption, not a firm commitment to purchase that volume.
Overall, the core technical and procedural aspects (object, value, duration, award criterion and discount mechanism, absence of prórroga, environmental condition, non‑assignment, possible subcontracting, and 10‑day submission term) are consistent across the various excerpts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PRIXPLAZA EVENTOS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA · ALBACETE | 8 | 2022–2026 |
| EXTRACOLE, S.L. | 8 | 2022–2026 |
| LUIS JOSE EGEA MARTINEZ | 8 | 20–2025 |
| TELEMAG DE LORCA SL · LORCA | 7 | 2022–2026 |
| OBRAS Y SERVICIOS SAMUCHE, S.L.U | 6 | 2022–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 8 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 15 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 27 (median of 7,300 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Spain · Petroleum & fuels, 123 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 15,922 recorded awards) — mostly from France, Portugal, Italy.
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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