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Electronic International Open Public Tender, with the award criterion being the most economically advantageous tender, exclusively based on price (i.e. the highest percentage (%) discount offered on the budgeted amount), for the award of the supply and issuance of electronic vouchers through smart, rechargeable cards for the employees of O.S.Y. MAE.
Ηλεκτρονικός Διεθνής Ανοιχτός Δημόσιος Μειοδοτικός Διαγωνισμός, με κριτήριο ανάθεσης την πλέον συμφέρουσα από οικονομική άποψη προσφορά, αποκλειστικά βάσει τιμής (ήτοι του μεγαλύτερου προσφερόμενου ποσοστού (%) έκπτωσης επί του προϋπολογισθέντος ποσού), για την ανάθεση της προμήθειας και έκδοσης ηλεκτρονικών διατακτικών μέσω έξυπνων, επαναφορτιζόμενων καρτών για τους εργαζομένους της Ο.ΣΥ. ΜΑΕ — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 9 November at 11:00 — 8 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Greek.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
The object of the contract is the supply and issue of electronic vouchers to meet the needs of the staff of the OSY. The item to be procured will be made available in electronic form (smart cards – prepaid cards). In particular, the supply of electronic vouchers will be provided through rechargeable/credited cards with an integrated chip, for making purchases from beneficiaries. The card will be activated immediately upon issue and will be provided in plastic form. If available, it may also be made available in digital form via a web-based application for mobile devices, including mobile phones and tablets. The issue and initial issue of electronic vouchers (smart cards) to beneficiaries (employees of O.SY. M.A.E.) will be carried out free of charge. Electronic vouchers (smart cards) will be valid for at least one (1) year. They may also be provided without an expiry date. The issue and,…
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… if necessary, replacement of cards will be free of charge. The recharging of the cards will be carried out with a monetary value, according to the statements to be disclosed by the RCD. M.A.E. to the Contractor, while at the same time it will be provided to the cardholders (workers of O.S.Y. M.A.E.) the possibility to benefit, if implemented by the contractor, from any bet systems or promotions that provide additional benefits. In order to activate and charge the electronic vouchers, the RCD shall: M.A.E. will communicate to the Contractor, after the award and before the signing of the contract, the required data for each beneficiary, including the monetary value in euros to be credited to the corresponding card and the type of electronic enactment, without transmitting personal data beyond those strictly necessary for the performance of the contract. The value of the electronic voucher will not be redeemed in cash and will only apply to retail receipts. The redemption of the value credited will be made with purchases either by phone, in any physical store, or in the contractor's e-shop. The credited value can be used in instalments, without a minimum transaction amount, with an accuracy of one cent (€0.01). Economic operators who, according to their articles of association, operate as supermarkets are admitted to the tendering procedure. The Contractor shall be obliged, within ten (10) days from the date of notification by the RCD. M.A.E. of the statements indicating the amounts corresponding to the beneficiaries, to issue and deliver all the electronic vouchers to the Central Offices of the OSY. M.A.E., the competent Receipt Committee or the competent Service. After payment of the contractual amount and receipt by the Contractor of the relevant statement of the beneficiaries' amounts, the Contractor is obliged to immediately load the electronic vouchers per beneficiary with the corresponding amounts within two (2) working days at the latest. The total amount per enacting instrument may be credited in instalments in accordance with the needs of the RCD. The estimated value of the contract amounts to 1,400,000.00€ plus VAT (including the option). The estimated quantity of electronic vouchers is 5,600 pieces. Tenders exceeding the above budgeted expenditure will be rejected as inadmissible. The duration of the contract is one (1) year from the date of its signature. The contract includes a clause revising the quantity (option), in accordance with Article 337(1)(a) of Law 4412/2016, with a unilateral declaration by the Contracting Entity, up to 15% for the increase in the quantity, as well as the right to limit the quantity to 50% for reduction, always within the approved budget, throughout the duration of the contract.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 33% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (16 awards since 2025, spread over 11 companies). That is well below the sector norm (64%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 16 awards since 2025
- The median procedure drew 4 bids (16 procedures with a bid count); 6% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 16
- Not one of the 16 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 0%.n = 16
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.
Selection criteria — not structured in the notice
The buyer left the criteria block of the EU form empty; the eligibility requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Greek.
Tender documents — direct download
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 3,978 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 14 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 2,398 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
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 Greece · Hotel & restaurant services, 34 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 11,042 recorded awards) — mostly from France, United States, Belgium.
Submission language: Greek.
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