T-Systems has emerged as the preferred bidder for Catalonia’s planned sovereign public cloud, ahead of NTT Data and Telefónica. The contract, opened by the Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació, is valued at €481m over eight years, including VAT and a 20% allowance for possible modifications.
A preferred bidder, not yet the final award
T-Systems, the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, received the highest overall score in the open tender, with 96.98 points out of 100. NTT Data scored 84.72 and Telefónica 75.18. Technical officials have issued a report requested by the contracting committee, identifying T-Systems’ offer as the most advantageous. The report is described as the final step before definitive award, so the published result establishes the leading offer rather than stating that the contract has already been finally awarded. The company is also described as a regular contractor to the Generalitat.
How the scoring system shaped the result
The tender separates qualitative assessment from criteria evaluated through automatic formulas, a structure that allows technical merit and price-related factors to be scored within defined limits. The qualitative section, known as envelope B, carried a maximum of 49 points, while envelope C carried a maximum of 51 and included the economic offer. Telefónica led envelope C with 50.68 points, followed by NTT Data on 48.22 and T-Systems on 47.98. T-Systems nevertheless won overall because of its substantial advantage in the qualitative assessment.
A cloud contract tied to public control of data
The planned public cloud is presented as part of the Catalan government’s strategy to reduce external technology dependencies and increase control over public data and infrastructure. At €481m over eight years, the procurement is described as the Catalan executive’s largest recent investment in digital infrastructure. The total includes VAT and an additional 20% for possible contract modifications. The project also sits within a market in which Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud currently control close to 70% of Europe’s cloud market, according to the source.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Leading bidder | T-Systems |
| T-Systems’ total score | 96.98 points out of 100 |
| Contract value | €481m |
| Contract term | Eight years |
| Qualitative criteria maximum | 49 points |
| Automatic-formula criteria maximum | 51 points |
The solution técnico de T-Systems is “especially mature, complete and adapted to the needs of the CTTI”.
WHY IT MATTERS
The result shows how a public tender can give substantial weight to qualitative criteria while still assessing price through automatic formulas. Here, Telefónica achieved the highest score in the formula-based section, but T-Systems’ lead on qualitative criteria produced the highest combined result.
Reported from expansion.com, 2026-10-23. The Tender Wire is published by Otnox.
