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Maintenance services for Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies) Scientific Instruments

ITItaly · Ispra (VA)

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 3 December at 16:00 — 33 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  3. Offer and evidence in: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.
  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

Provision of preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration, qualification, repair and technical support services for Applied Biosystems (Life Technologies) scientific instruments used in JRC laboratories. The services are required to ensure the proper functioning, reliability and continuity of operation of the instruments, minimise downtime and maintain the availability of the equipment for laboratory activities. The procurement is necessary to ensure continuity of maintenance and technical support following the expiry of the current contract in January 2027.

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€500,000
Published27 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Framework agreementEU-funded

Type of service

50 · Repair & maintenance
CPV 50430000 · 50433000 · 50000000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 91% of the bids received came from other countries (11 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 12%.n = 11
  • 50% of awards went to companies from abroad (90 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 1%.n = 90
  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (8 awards, most recently July 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to CS.n = 8
  • The award came in at a median 97% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 60%.n = 7
  • 9% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (11 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 45%.n = 11

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.

Clement
In this buyer's last 17 comparable contracts (same sector), usually only a single offer 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.

Selection criteria — in the procurement documents

The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.

Eligibility analysis from the tender documents

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
AVL ITALIA SRL42025
CAMPOVERDE SRL32024
TECHNOLOGY NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS SRL32024–2025
VVA MARKET RESEARCH SRL32023–2025
TRANSNUBEL · BRUSSEL32024
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

4
2024
3
2024
7
2025
11
2025
3
2025
4
2026
3
2026
8
2026
4
2026
47 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 — Thursday 3 December at 16:00

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 17 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 38 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 34 (median of 3,981 procedures). A normal window for this market.

Foreign bidders

In Italy · Repair & maintenance, 26 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 6,691 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.

Submission language: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.

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 TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence — in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
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