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Purchase of repair and maintenance services for light, heavy vehicles and machines in the municipal fleet, in batches, published in the OJEU
Aquisição de serviços de reparação e manutenção de viaturas ligeiras, pesadas e máquinas da frota municipal, por lotes, com publicação no JOUE — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 6 November at 23:59 — 6 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Portuguese.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
Acquisition of repair and maintenance services for light, heavy vehicles and machines of the municipal fleet, in batches, published in the OJEU · Acquisition of repair and maintenance services for light municipal vehicles · Acquisition of repair and maintenance services for heavy municipal vehicles · Acquisition of repair and maintenance services for industrial machinery
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 65% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (5,300 awards since 2012, spread over 1,396 companies). That is well above the sector norm (30%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 5,300 awards since 2012
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (69 procedures with a bid count); 33% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 69
- The award came in at a median 95% of the estimated value (7 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 86%.n = 7
- Not one of the 5,300 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 9%.n = 5,300
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.
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 Portuguese.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
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.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Vodafone Portugal, Comunicações Pessoais, S.A. | 55 | 2012–2020 |
| SOPSA ECO - INNOVATION, SA | 37 | 2015–2026 |
| P5 Profive, Lda. | 35 | 2020–2026 |
| Nors Vt Trucks And Buses Portugal, S.A. | 33 | 2018–2026 |
| Marcodiesel, Auto-Serviço Eléctrico e Diesel, Lda. | 32 | 2016–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 574 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 29 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 29 (median of 559 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal · Repair & maintenance, 24 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 601 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium.
Submission language: Portuguese.
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