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"EUI", "kind": "transformation", "awards_here": 2 }, { "id": "EUI-all", "country": "EUI", "kind": "all", "awards_here": 5 } ], "sources": { "TED": 8 }, "langs": [ "en", "es", "fr", "de", "it" ], "pages": { "en": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/en/european-central-bank", "es": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/es/european-central-bank", "fr": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/fr/european-central-bank", "de": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/de/european-central-bank", "it": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/it/european-central-bank" }, "radar": "https://arquestra.dev/assets/consulting?q=European%20Central%20Bank&kinds=strategy,transformation,platform,build_run&src=buyer-card", "method": "Arquestra Consulting Market Radar, built 2026-10-30 from TED (eForms) and national registers (France DECP/BOAMP, Spain PLACSP, Germany, Netherlands): public consulting awards from EUR 15,000 up of the last 24 months, classified by kind of work; work outside consulting left out. Spellings of the buyer's name are merged within one country and, for this page, the departments named in the note. Spending: the published value of each award other than a framework, values of EUR 150 M or more left out; frameworks are counted apart (their value is a ceiling). An award with several winners counts once for each firm.", "licence": { "name": "CC BY-NC 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/", "commercial_use": "Commercial reuse needs a licence: https://arquestra.dev/assets/consulting/api#more" }, "author": "Pablo Ramos-Sánchez", "cite": { "text": "Source: Arquestra Consulting Market Radar (arquestra.dev), European Central Bank (ECB), data of 2026-10-30", "url": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/en/european-central-bank" } }