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Drinking water in the ‘Watercooler’ system

Apă potabilă în sistem “Watercooler” — original title

RORomaniaBELOW THRESHOLD — NOT ON TED

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 4 November at 15:00 — 9 days left.
  2. You submit on SICAP / e-licitatie — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

Contract

BuyerCOMPANIA NATIONALA DE TRANSPORT AL ENERGIEI ELECTRICE "TRANSELECTRICA" S.A. →
TypeSupplies
Estimated valuenot published — common for below-threshold procedures
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureProcedura simplificata

Type of service

41 · Water
CPV 41110000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 53% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (654 awards since 2018, spread over 245 companies). That is well below the sector norm (75%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 654 awards since 2018
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (217 procedures with a bid count); 24% ended with a single bidder.n = 217
  • The award came in at a median 94% of the estimated value (14 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 14
  • 3% of awards went to companies from abroad (654 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 0%.n = 654
  • Across 19 procedures with structured selection criteria, this buyer most often required: Trade register enrolment (19 of 19), Share of subcontractors (19 of 19), Independent quality certificate (e.g. ISO 9001) (13 of 19), Independent environmental certificate (ISO 14001 / EMAS) (12 of 19).n = 19

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 25/10/2026.

Clement
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.
You don't need a GmbH or Ltd for this procedure — sole traders and freelancers may bid (Art. 19 Dir. 2014/24/EU). Eligibility counts, not legal form. More in the guide →

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
METRO CASH & CARRY ROMANIA282024
SOCOMAT TRADE S.R.L.202024–2026
TRAVEL TIME D&R S.R.L.182022–2024
TEHNO INDUSTRIAL162024–2026
ARABESQUE142024–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

3
2024
2
2025
1
2026
6 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.
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Deadline — Wednesday 4 November at 15:00

Tactics

This procedure allows 16 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 33 (median of 2,581 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

The rules of the market →

Foreign bidders

Among 506 recorded awards in Romania · Water over 3 years, no foreign winner yet — bidding here means being a pioneer.

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

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on SICAP / e-licitatie. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via SICAP / e-licitatie before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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