Open Public Tender for the award of the exclusive right to operate regular public [urban / interurban] road passenger transport services by bus in the Region of Central Macedonia with a public service concession contract in accordance with Regulation 1370/2007
Ανοικτός Δημόσιος Διαγωνισμός για την ανάθεση του αποκλειστικού δικαιώματος εκτέλεσης δημόσιων τακτικών [αστικών / υπεραστικών] οδικών μεταφορών επιβατών με λεωφορεία στην Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας με σύμβαση παραχώρησης δημόσιας υπηρεσίας σύμφωνα με τον Κανονισμό 1370/2007
Greece · Παπάγος, Αθήνα · how to bid here →
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 October at 12:00 — 27 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
- Offer and evidence in: ELL, ELL.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 63% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (2,324 awards since 2014, spread over 865 companies). 37% went to new names.n = 2,324 awards since 2014
- The median procedure drew 2 bids (998 procedures with a bid count); 48% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bids.n = 998
- The award came in at a median 76% of the estimated value (10 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 66%.n = 10
- 9% of the bids received came from other countries (9 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 0%.n = 9
- 91% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (9 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 100%.n = 9
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 03/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Greece · Transport services, 37 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 17,044 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, United States.
Submission language: ELL.
Typical field: median 1 (from 6,013 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The object of the contract is the performance and exclusive operation of public scheduled urban and inter-urban road passenger transport services, - as well as accompanied parcels of more than 10 kg or unaccompanied parcels - by bus in the Region of Central Macedonia and in particular on the network reflected in ANNEX IV to this notice through a public passenger transport services concession contract, in accordance with the provisions of Law 4974/2022 and, in particular, Chapter E΄, as well as Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. Specifically, the subject of the contract is divided into two (2) Sections as follows: SECTION 1: ‘Concession of the exclusive right to operate public scheduled long-distance passenger transport services by bus in the Region of Central Macedonia’, with an estimated value of EUR 387 000 000 plus VAT (i.e. EUR 38 700 000 per year, for ten (10) years) and SECTION 2:…
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… ‘Concession of the exclusive right to operate public scheduled urban passenger transport by bus in the Region of Central Macedonia’, with an estimated value of €26 000 000 plus VAT (i.e. €2 600 000 per year, for ten (10) years) The estimated value of the contract amounts to a total of €413 000 000,00 excluding VAT of 13% (estimated value including VAT: €466 690 000.00). Including an option, if exercised under the terms and conditions of Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, the estimated value of the contract may amount to EUR 619 500 000.00 excluding VAT of 13 % (estimated value including VAT: € 700,035,000.00). Date of opening: 30/10/2026 15:00:00 (local)
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Greek.
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| ΑΚΤΩΡ ΑΤΕ | 25 | 2024–2026 |
| MARNET ATE | 24 | 2023–2026 |
| Σύμπραξη Γραφείων Μελετών : ΕΤΜΕ : ΠΕΠΠΑΣ & ΣΥΝ/ΤΕΣ Ε.Ε, ΙΩΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ, ΔΑΦΝΗΣ ΠΑΥΛΟΣ, ΚΟΝΤΟΔΗΜΟΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ | 23 | 2021–2026 |
| ECOS ΜΕΛΕΤΗΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ | 23 | 2019–2026 |
| MANESSIS TRAVEL | 21 | 2024–2026 |
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