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PRC_0253/2026_CLG - Acquisition of mechanical equipment for Águas do Norte, S.A. (II)

PRC_0253/2026_CLG - Aquisição de material mecânico para a Águas do Norte, S.A. (II) — original title

PTPortugal · Vila Real

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 12 November at 17:00 — 11 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
  3. Offer and evidence in: Portuguese.
  4. Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

PRC_0253/2026_CLG - Acquisition of mechanical material for Águas do Norte, S.A. (II) · Lot 1 - Mechanical Material Milton Roy · Lot 2 - Mechanical Material Mono · Lot 3 - Mechanical Material Flygt · Lot 4 - Mechanical Material Prominent

Machine translation (EU eTranslation) — official wording via the PDF link.

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€182,500
Published15 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Place of performanceUnião das Freguesias de Areias de Vilar e Encourados
Framework agreement4 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

42 · Industrial machinery
CPV 42124000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 66% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,630 awards since 2015, spread over 388 companies). That is well above the sector norm (31%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 3,630 awards since 2015
  • The median procedure drew 4 bids (63 procedures with a bid count); 8% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 63
  • Not one of the 3,630 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 5%.n = 3,630

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.

Clement
In comparable contracts in this sector nationwide (280 with a known bid count), usually only 2 offers came in — a solid bid has real chances.
References and certificates from your home country count fully across the EU — that is what European procurement law is for.

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

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Annex 1
Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration
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Administrative conditions
The full notice, official wording

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.

CompanyAwardsPeriod
4Energy - Comércio e Instalações Técnicas, Lda3232022–2026
Humberto Poças,SA2382019–2026
HIDMA-Hidráulica e Automação, SA.2182018–2026
AMYDRA CONSTRUÇÕES LDA.1652018–2026
LÁLLIO ENGENHARIA, S.A.1172017–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Thursday 12 November at 17:00

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 280 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 · Industrial machinery, 8 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 290 recorded awards).

Submission language: Portuguese.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents
Goes directly to this tender on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily. The full specification and all annexes are there.
Put together the evidence — in Portuguese
Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.
Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline
Electronic submission — allow time for the portal registration the first time.
To the procurement portal →Official notice on TED →
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