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Supply of ordinary Office Material, of general and non-specialized use, necessary for the operation of the different departments and services of the Provincial Council of Salamanca.
Suministro de Material de Oficina ordinario, de uso general y no especializado, necesario para el funcionamiento de los distintos departamentos y servicios de la Diputación Provincial de Salamanca. — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 November at 23:59 — 4 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 subject-matter of the contract is the successive supply, according to the actual needs of the Diputación, of the items of ordinary office equipment listed in Annex I and, within the financial limit laid down, of other items of the same nature which are necessary during the term of the contract and which could not be identified in advance.
Excerpt from the tender documents (PPT.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.
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Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 100% of the bids received came from other countries (108 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 1%.n = 108
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 15 months (4 awards, most recently June 2026) — the next award is due around September 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to PROSEGUR SERVICIOS DE EFECTIVO ESPAÑA S.L.n = 4
- 92% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (40,109 awards since 2018, spread over 3,281 companies). That is well above the sector norm (62%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 40,109 awards since 2018
- The median procedure drew just one bid (39,482 procedures with a bid count); 96% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 39,482
- The award came in at a median 91% of the estimated value (799 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 77%.n = 799
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 office supplies – Diputación Provincial de Salamanca
The input text concerns a Spanish public procurement procedure launched by the Diputación Provincial de Salamanca (Spain) for the “Suministro de material de oficina ordinario”.
It is framed under Spanish Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts (LCSP) and makes several references to EU concepts (CPV codes, EU thresholds, GDPR), but the point of view is clearly that of a Spanish local authority applying national legislation transposing EU directives on public procurement and data protection.
Such as in the sections on the object and type of contract, the text explains that this is an administrative supply contract for ordinary, non‑specialised office materials, delivered successively based on the needs of the provincial council’s departments.
It specifies CPV codes (mainly 30192000-1 and 30190000-7, and the notice also mentions 30197000) and emphasises that the expenditure is centralised and managed by the Services Generales department.
The budget base of tender is calculated on the basis of an annual estimate of the most consumed articles plus a 30% provision for non‑exhaustively listed items, yielding a maximum annual amount of 40,276.60 € (excluding VAT), with a two‑year initial duration and possible one‑year extension, and an envisaged maximum modification of 20% to cover higher actual needs.
Such as in the parts about what the bidder must submit and the minimum qualification requirements, the text states that bidders must have legal capacity to contract, not be subject to prohibitions under article 71 LCSP, and be registered in ROLECE or an equivalent official registry (or have at least submitted an application for registration with supporting documents).
No company classification is required because this is a supply contract.
Economic and financial solvency must be proven through annual turnover: the largest annual turnover in the last three closed years must be at least 40,276.60 € (equal to the maximum annual budget), evidenced by approved and filed annual accounts (or legalised books for unregistered sole traders).
Technical/professional solvency is generally evidenced by a list of principal similar supplies over the last three years, with at least one year having an accumulated annual amount equal to or exceeding 28,193.62 € (70% of the average annual value of the contract), supported by client certificates or documentary proof; similarity is assessed preferably via the first three digits of the CPV.
For newly created companies (<5 years), previous experience is not required and they may instead prove solvency via product descriptions, data sheets, and descriptions of logistics and supply chain systems.
Such as in the description of the scope, quantities, place, and period of performance, the contract covers the successive supply of ordinary office materials listed in Annex I of the technical specifications plus other non‑exhaustively enumerated office items of the same nature.
The Diputación does not guarantee a minimum quantity, and the actual expenditure will depend on the units actually ordered and received.
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The contract duration is two years from formalisation, with the possibility of a single one‑year extension, and a prior modification up to 16,110.64 € (20% of the initial maximum budget) if needs exceed estimates.
Deliveries are to be made within a maximum ordinary period of three business days from order (or a shorter contractual period offered by the bidder), to the centres indicated in the PPT or other provincial centres, without additional cost.
Orders are placed telematically by the Services Generales department; there is no minimum order amount or minimum number of units per order.
The tender is run as a “procedimiento abierto simplificado” with a 15‑day period to submit electronic offers via the Plataforma de Contratación, and the economic offers are opened in a private session on the specified date.
Such as in the sections on award criteria, risks, penalties, guarantees, and special conditions, the contract is awarded based on the best quality‑price ratio quantified by formulae.
The two award criteria are: (1) a single percentage discount (up to 80 points) applied to all maximum unit prices in Annex I and to the public sale price (PVP) of non‑listed items; the highest discount gets 80 points and others are scaled linearly; discounts below 0% or equal/above 100% are not allowed; and (2) reduction of the ordinary delivery period (up to 20 points), where three days earns 0 points, two days 10 points, and one day 20 points, with no fractional days.
The percentage discount is contractual and fixed for the entire duration, including any extension.
Offers exceeding the tender base amount are not admissible, and no variants, alternatives, partial or conditioned offers are allowed.
There is a system to detect “anormalidad” (abnormally low offers) based on an “importe económico anual equivalente” (IEA) computed from the tender annual amount and discount, applying article 85 of RGLCAP and the procedure in article 149 LCSP, with a five‑day period to justify such offers.
Risks are addressed through various penalty regimes (for delays, non‑delivery, non‑conforming products, and breach of the environmental execution condition), the possibility of contract resolution for repeated serious breaches (e.g. incorrect pricing, unjustified refusal to supply, repeated unauthorised substitutions, repeated delivery delays), and a requirement for a definitive guarantee of 5% of the contract price as indicated in the platform notice.
Subcontracting and assignment are allowed under LCSP articles 214–217, but the main contractor remains solely responsible vis‑à‑vis the Diputación, and the environmental execution condition (reduction of packaging waste, recyclable/reusable packaging, removal of packaging at the client’s request) applies equally to subcontractors.
Such as in the discussion of special execution conditions, confidentiality and data protection, the documents set out that the contractor must respect confidentiality under article 133 LCSP, but bidders cannot declare their entire offer confidential indiscriminately.
It is not foreseen that the contract involves personal data processing on behalf of the Diputación beyond normal contact data for ordering and delivery; if such processing becomes necessary, a formal data processing agreement compliant with EU Regulation 2016/679 and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 must be signed beforehand.
There is a specific environmental condition of execution with sanctions for non‑compliance and an obligation to manage packaging responsibly.
The contract is expressly stated to be non‑harmonised (value below EU threshold, 216,000 €) and subject to Spanish administrative jurisdiction for any disputes.
Only the contracting authority's tender documents are binding. As of: 23/10/2026
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PAPELERIA SAN FERNANDO S.L. | 497 | 2018–2026 |
| GRUPO PROMOTOR SALMANTINO, S.A. | 395 | 2018–2026 |
| Telefónica Móviles España, S.A.U. · Madrid | 305 | 2019–2026 |
| COMERCIAL METABOS S.L. | 303 | 2018–2026 |
| MULTICINES BEJAR S.L. · BEJAR | 266 | 2018–2025 |
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 5,570 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 16 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 · Office & computing machinery, 23 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 28,054 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, France.
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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