Buyer File: Consorci Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB)

Katrīna Ozola
Katrīna Ozola
Writes on procurement data and what public records do and do not disclose. Based in Riga.
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Consorci Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) advertised EUR 264485236 across 817 distinct notices in the last 180 days. The median notice was EUR 3796, showing that the total combines many lower-value requirements with a smaller number of much larger purchases. These are advertised values, not awarded values.

THE FILE
264.5M EUR
Advertised across the last 180 days
3,796 EUR
Median notice, the typical ticket
40
Awards to NEDELLA MEDICAL, S.L., its most frequent supplier

A broad spread of advertised requirements

The gap between HCB’s median notice of EUR 3796 and its largest notice, advertised at EUR 35598220, gives suppliers two different entry points into the buyer’s programme. The largest notice concerned the supply of various exclusive Janssen Cilag SA medicines for the hospital. That contrast matters when businesses assess potential workload: a high aggregate figure does not mean every opportunity is large, and a small median does not describe the value of the largest requirement. HCB’s notice total also includes repeated framework ceilings counted once, so advertised ceilings should not be read as money already awarded or as a forecast of supplier revenue.

Medical equipment forms the largest category

The category split places Medical Equipment at 21% of advertised activity, ahead of IT Services: Consulting, Development and Construction Works, which each account for 7%. This points to a purchasing mix in which clinical goods sit alongside digital and building requirements rather than a programme focused on one trade. For businesses, the category view is a starting point for matching capability to notices, while the advertised-value qualification remains important: the chart describes the notices issued, not the value ultimately awarded. Framework ceilings counted once can also make a category’s advertised amount differ from later contracting activity.

Distinct notices, 180 days817
Advertised in total264,485,236 EUR
Median notice3,796 EUR
Largest notice35,598,220 EUR: Subministrament de medicaments exclusius diversos de Janssen Cilag SA
What it buys mostMedical Equipment 21% · IT Services: Consulting, Development 7% · Construction Works 7%
Awards naming a winner929 of 929
Distinct winners387
Open right now16
Advertised values in EUR; repeated framework ceilings counted once. A frequent supplier is a market fact, not a finding of impropriety.

Awards name winners, but repeat wins need context

HCB recorded 929 awards, and 100% named a winner. Those awards went to 387 distinct winners, while the named supplier counts range from 40 for NEDELLA MEDICAL, S.L. to 17 for TAPICLINIC, S.L.; COMERCIAL ELECTRICA DEL LLOBREGAT had 29, INSTALACIONES HD MEDIA, SCP and MANMEDIC FIC, S.L. had 23 each, and MEINSA SISTEMAS, SL had 20. A repeat win can reflect fit with a specialised requirement, delivery capacity or an existing framework; it is not evidence of impropriety. With 16 notices open now, businesses can use the named-winner information as market context while assessing each live notice on its own terms.

WHY IT MATTERS

The 817 notices cover different scales and categories, so supplier opportunity depends on matching a specific capability to a specific requirement rather than treating the advertised total as available revenue.


Data: Otnox — live procurement intelligence across 56 markets. Basis: 817 distinct priced notices and 929 awards published by Consorci Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) in the last 180 days, 2026-04-13..2026-10-10.

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