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Procurement of supply, commissioning services and maintenance of balancing equipment used in the network infrastructures of the Bank of Spain

Contratación del suministro, de los servicios de puesta en producción y de un servicio de mantenimiento de equipos balanceadores utilizados en las infraestructuras de red del Banco de España — original title

ESSpain · Madrid

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 2 November at 14:00 — 2 days left.
  2. 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.
  3. Offer and evidence in: Spanish.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Procurement of supply, commissioning services and maintenance of balancing equipment used in the network infrastructures of the Bank of Spain.

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€2,596,800
Published6 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

32 · Radio, TV & communications50 · Repair & maintenance72 · IT services
CPV 32420000 · 50312300 · 72267000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (8 awards, most recently March 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to TELEFÓNICA SOLUCIONES DE INFORMÁTICA Y COMUNICACIONES DE ESPAÑA, S.A.U.n = 8
  • 54% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (1,727 awards since 2018, spread over 623 companies). 46% went to new names.n = 1,727 awards since 2018
  • 27% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (440 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 60%.n = 440
  • The median procedure drew 3 bids (754 procedures with a bid count); 26% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 754
  • The award came in at a median 83% of the estimated value (683 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 82%.n = 683

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.

Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (2,304 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

What you must prove — eligibility criteria

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Minimum annual turnover
Cifra anual de negocio
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References: supplies
Trabajos realizados
Requirement texts are quoted in the notice's original language — only the official wording is binding.

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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
Indra Soluciones Tecnológicas de la información S.L. · Madrid742019–2026
ATOS SPAIN, S.A. · Santiago de Compostela422019–2026
ACCENTURE, S.L.U. · MADRID292021–2026
INETUM ESPAÑA, S.A.222019–2025
VIAJES OLYMPIA, S.A.202023–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2
2023
1
2024
4
2025
4
2026
11 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

Websitewww.bde.es
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Deadline — Monday 2 November at 14:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 2,304 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 28 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 · Radio, TV & communications, 48 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 8,673 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Italy, France.

Submission language: Spanish.

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

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.

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
This procedure is published on 2 portals
Bids are submitted on PLACSP — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
TEDNoticePLACSPSubmission portal
Put together the evidence — in Spanish
The 2 criteria on the left, plus your price.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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