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Servicio de mantenimiento de los equipos del Servicio de Citometría para el Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 16 November at 14:00 — 16 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 this specification is to define the technical and functional characteristics of the maintenance service of the equipment of the Cytometry Service of the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center.
Excerpt from the tender documents (report_PPT.pdf), machine-translated — the original is under “Documents”.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 40% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (787 awards since 2025, spread over 435 companies). That is well below the sector norm (52%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 787 awards since 2025
- 83% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (434 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 59%.n = 434
- The award came in at a median 87% of the estimated value (423 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 80%.n = 423
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (430 procedures with a bid count); 41% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 430
- 6% of the bids received came from other countries (434 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 2%.n = 434
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BRUKER ESPAÑOLA, S.A. | 20 | 2025–2026 |
| LASING, S.A. | 13 | 2026 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, S.L.U. | 13 | 2025–2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN S.L. | 10 | 2025–2026 |
| LEICA MICROSISTEMAS, S.L.U. | 10 | 2025–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 92 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 19 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 27 (median of 7,300 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In Spain · Repair & maintenance, 245 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 44,314 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, Portugal.
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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