Collection management, and what an intelligence requirement actually asks for
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance procurement is best read from the requirement backwards. A buyer states an information need -- what must be known, about what area, to what confidence, how often, and how quickly the answer must arrive -- and the acceptable solution is whatever meets it. That framing is deliberate: it lets an airborne sensor, a ground sensor network, a commercial imagery subscription or an analysis service compete for the same requirement, and it makes revisit rate and timeliness as important as resolution.
Service-based provision has grown to sit alongside equipment purchase. Buyers contract for collection delivered as a service -- flying hours, imagery tasking, persistent monitoring of a defined area -- which moves platform ownership, crewing, maintenance and obsolescence to the supplier and prices the capability by what is actually collected. The commercial terms then concern tasking priority, guaranteed availability windows, weather and serviceability exclusions, and what happens when the buyer's need and the supplier's other customers collide.
Handling the product is as specified as collecting it. Classification and releasability of derived material, retention periods, the accreditation of the systems the material is processed on, and the clearances held by analysts are all conditions of the contract, and they constrain where work may be performed. Interoperability is written in terms of recognised formats and metadata so that collected material can be exploited by tools the buyer already owns, which is the requirement most often omitted and most expensive to add afterwards.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys isr and surveillance in Spain?
GlobalGov holds 36 isr and surveillance records from 32 distinct buying organisations in Spain. The most frequent publishers are Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz - Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz (2 records); Concejalía Delegada de Contratación del Ayuntamiento de Mijas (2 records); Gobierno Vasco - Justicia y Derechos Humanos (2 records); Presidencia del Consejo de Administración de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona (PORT DE BARCELONA) (2 records); Alcaldía del Ayuntamiento de Riba-roja de Túria (1 record); Barcelona d’Infraestructures Municipals, SA (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 28% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz - Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz | 2 | 5.6% |
| Concejalía Delegada de Contratación del Ayuntamiento de Mijas | 2 | 5.6% |
| Gobierno Vasco - Justicia y Derechos Humanos | 2 | 5.6% |
| Presidencia del Consejo de Administración de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona (PORT DE BARCELONA) | 2 | 5.6% |
| Alcaldía del Ayuntamiento de Riba-roja de Túria | 1 | 2.8% |
| Barcelona d’Infraestructures Municipals, SA | 1 | 2.8% |
What are isr and surveillance contracts worth in Spain?
34 of the 36 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.3M and the largest single published value is $22.4M. By size, 12 between $100k and $1M, 19 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 2 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 12 | 35% |
| between $1M and $10M | 19 | 56% |
| above $10M | 3 | 8.8% |
How long do bidders get to respond to isr and surveillance tenders in Spain?
Across the 33 Spain isr and surveillance notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 33 days. A quarter of them allowed 30 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 34. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are isr and surveillance tenders published in Spain?
Spain publishes about 3 notices a month in this category, 35 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 35, spread across 7 separate months of activity since 31 January 2022. March is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 15 April 2026, 169 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Spain compare with other isr and surveillance markets?
Among the 8 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable isr and surveillance market, Spain ranks 7th by number of records. The largest is France (334 records against 36 here). Within Spain itself, isr and surveillance is the 67th largest of the 71 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Spain isr and surveillance records on this page come from?
These 36 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (36). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent ISR and Surveillance tenders in Spain
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical isr and surveillance notice in Spain is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Spain – Surveillance services – Servicio de seguridad privada para la Corporación de Servizos Audiovisuais de Galicia, S.A.
Spain – Surveillance services – SERVICIO DE VIGILANCIA Y SEGURIDAD EN EL MERCADO DEL CAMPO (TM REUS), LOS MERCADOS SEMANALES DE MARCHANTES Y ANTICUARIOS DE REUS Y LOS APARCAMIENTOS MUNICIPALES DE REUS
Spain – Surveillance and security systems and devices – Suministro e instalación de cámaras, aparatos, equipos, dispositivos y sistemas de seguridad conectados a centrales receptoras de alarmas o centros de control o videovigilancia y prestación del servicio de mantenimiento integral de los sistemas de cámaras de seguridad pública de valor estimado del contrato basado inferior o igual a 2.000.000,00 €
Spain – Surveillance and security systems and devices – Contrato mixto de suministro, obra e instalación, configuración y puesta en servicio de un sistema de videovigilancia en el ámbito de seguridad ciudadana y control de tráfico en el municipio de Mijas.
Spain – Surveillance services – Servicio de vigilancia de seguridad (sin armas) en diferentes espacios de servicios sociales municipales
Spain – Surveillance and security systems and devices – Suministro con servicio de instalación asociado por las instalaciones de seguridad de la cochera de estacionamiento de trenes central de la estación de Martorell Central de los Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Cataluña
Spain – Surveillance services – CONTRATACIÓN DEL SERVICIO DE SERGURIDAD PRIVADA DEL MERCAT CENTRAL, DE LOS MERCADOS DE MARCHANTES Y DE FERIAS ORGANIZADAS POR MERCATS DE TARRAGONA, SA
Spain – Electronic intelligence system – La contratación del suministro de un sistema robotizado táctico terrestre de vigilancia avanzada en forma de robot cuadrúpedo, destinado a la Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI) de la Guardia Civil.
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