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"Maintenance and renewal of network infrastructure at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)"

„Поддръжка и обновяване на мрежовата инфраструктура в Министерство на външните работи (МВнР)“ — original title

BGBulgaria · гр. София

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 24 November at 23:59 — 24 days left.
  2. You submit on ЦАИС ЕОП — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
  3. Offer and evidence in: Bulgarian.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
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What the buyer is looking for

The subject matter of the public procurement includes maintenance and renewal of the network infrastructure at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The performance requirements are detailed in the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex No 1, part of the procurement documents. · The subject of the public procurement includes maintenance and renovation of the network infrastructure at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The scope of the procurement shall include: 1. Renewal of support for available network equipment as follows: - Network switches - 2 pieces; - Support switch - 4 pieces; - Access switch - 4 pieces; - Controllable switch - 4 pieces; - Cisco Firepower 4115 NGFW Appliance, 1U - 2 pieces; - Cisco FPR4115 Threat Defense Threat Protection License - 2 pieces; - Cisco Firepower Management Center, (VMWa) - 1 piece; - Cisco Secure Malware Analytics License for…

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… Appliance - 1500 pieces; - Cisco Threat Grid M5 Model Hardware - 1 piece; - Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server Base Ch - 2 pieces; - Cisco ISE Virtual Machine Common PID - 2 pieces; - Cisco Secure Email XaaS Subscription - 1200 pieces; - Cisco Web Security XaaS Subscription - 630 pieces; - UCS C240 M5 12 LFF - 1 piece; - UCS C220 M5 SFF 10 HD w/o CPU, mem, HD - 2 pieces. 2. Provision of new network equipment as follows: - Router type 1 – 2 pieces; - Centralized user authentication solution – 1 piece; - Type 1 switch – 2 pieces; - Type 2 switch – 2 pieces; - Switch type 3 – 3 pieces; The performance requirements are detailed in the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex No 1, part of the procurement documents. **** 1. The maintenance period described in point 2.2.1 of the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex 1 is up to 15 (fifteen) working days from the date of receipt of a notification of secured financing sent by the Contracting Authority and submission by the Contractor of the specified performance guarantee, under the terms of the draft contract. 2. The deadline for delivery of the network equipment described in item 2.2.2 of the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex 1 is up to 90 (ninety) working days from the date of receipt of a notification of secured financing sent by the Contracting Authority and submission by the Contractor of the specified performance guarantee, under the terms of the draft contract. 3. The duration of the maintenance of the network equipment referred to in point 2.2.1 of the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex 1 shall be in accordance with the requirements described in Table 1 and Table 2 of the Contracting Authority's Technical Specification - Annex 1. 4. The term of warranty service of the network equipment delivered under item 2.2.2. of the Technical Specification of the Contracting Authority - Annex No 1 shall be in accordance with the term proposed by the participant in its tender, starting from the date of delivery, certified in the acceptance and delivery protocol for the delivery of the equipment. ***** In case it is not a manufacturer, the participant in the public procurement should be duly authorized by the manufacturer or his official representative for the right of distribution/delivery of the offered products on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. The participant in the public procurement shall prove its compliance with the requirement by applying an authorisation letter or other equivalent document issued by the manufacturer or its official representative in Bulgarian or accompanied by a translation into Bulgarian in its Technical Proposal. In the event of submission by the tenderer of an authorisation letter from an official representative of the manufacturer (or an equivalent document), the tender shall also include an authorisation letter issued by the manufacturer (or an equivalent document in Bulgarian or accompanied by a translation into Bulgarian) authorising the official representative of the manufacturer to grant authorisation to third parties. ***** The requirement for authorisation at the stage of submission of tenders, with

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Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€623,980
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Place of performanceгр. София

Type of service

72 · IT services32 · Radio, TV & communications
CPV 72000000 · 32420000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 80% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (975 awards since 2020, spread over 135 companies). 20% went to new names.n = 975 awards since 2020
  • The median procedure drew just one bid (853 procedures with a bid count); 53% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 853
  • The award came in at a median 96% of the estimated value (243 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 97%.n = 243
  • 5% of awards went to companies from abroad (975 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 975
  • 0% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (219 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 13%.n = 219

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.

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In this buyer's last 334 comparable contracts (same sector), 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
Участниците следва да са реализирали за последните три приключили финансови години минимален общ оборот в размер на 600 000 евро, изчислен на база годишните обороти. По смисъла на § 2, т. 66 от ДР на ЗОП "Годишен общ оборот" е сумата от нетните приходи от прод… read in fullcollapse
Участниците следва да са реализирали за последните три приключили финансови години минимален общ оборот в размер на 600 000 евро, изчислен на база годишните обороти. По смисъла на § 2, т. 66 от ДР на ЗОП "Годишен общ оборот" е сумата от нетните приходи от продажби по смисъла на Закона за счетоводството. При подаването на оферта участникът декларира съответствие с изискването, като попълва съответните полета в Част IV: „Критерии за подбор“, Раздел Б „Икономическо и финансово състояние“ от ЕЕДОП. Доказването на критерия за подбор е чрез един или няколко от документите по чл. 62, ал. 1 от ЗОП, от които да е видно, че е изпълнено изискването за минимален общ оборот, както следва: • удостоверения от банки; • годишните финансови отчети или техни съставни части, когато публикуването им се изисква съгласно законодателството на държавата, в която участникът е установен; • справка за общия оборот. Съгласно чл. 67, ал. 9 от ЗОП Възложителят ще установи съответствието на декларирани от участника финансови данни с данните, поддържани от първичните администратори на данни, чрез платформата по чл. 39а, ал. 1 от ЗОП, като участникът декларира предварително своето съгласие за това. Когато Възложителят, по обективни (независещи от него) причини, не може да установи съответствие на декларираните от участника финансови данни по реда на чл. 67, ал. 9 от ЗОП, тогава ще изиска документите по чл. 62, ал. 1 от ЗОП за доказване на икономическото и финансово състояние: - при условията на чл. 67, ал. 5 от ЗОП (след отваряне на офертите, по преценка на Възложителя, когато това е необходимо за законосъобразното възлагане на поръчката) или - при условията на чл. 112 от ЗОП (преди сключване на договор по обществената поръчка). Когато по основателна причина, участник не е в състояние да представи поисканите от Възложителя документи, той може да докаже своето икономическо и финансово състояние, с помощта на всеки друг документ, който Възложителят приеме за подходящ (чл. 62, ал. 2 от ЗОП). Информацията може да обхваща и по-кратък период в зависимост от датата, на която участникът е създаден или е започнал дейността си (чл. 62, ал. 3 от ЗОП).
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
СИЕНСИС АД1092020–2026
А1 България ЕАД532021–2026
ИФЕЛОУС ООД522021–2026
КОНТРАКС АД512020–2026
ПАРАФЛОУ КОМУНИКЕЙШЪНС ЕООД472020–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

241
2024
203
2025
153
2026
597 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Tuesday 24 November at 23:59

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 334 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 37 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 30 (median of 1,862 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.

Foreign bidders

In Bulgaria · IT services, 22 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,739 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, Poland, Sweden.

Submission language: Bulgarian.

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
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Bids are submitted on ЦАИС ЕОП — TED carries the same notice, usually with the more detailed specification. Read both.
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Put together the evidence — in Bulgarian
The criterion on the left, plus your price.
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