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International call for tenders for the acquisition of specialised training-action services for SMEs under the IMPULSO PME – Qualification for Transformation and Growth operation (Project No 26736 / COMPETE2030-FSE+-03456400), co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) through the COMPETE 2030 Programme (Notice COMPETE2030-2025-7).

Concurso Público Internacional para a aquisição de serviços especializados de Formação-Ação para PME, no âmbito da operação IMPULSO PME – Qualificação para a Transformação e Crescimento (Projeto N.º 26736 / COMPETE2030-FSE+-03456400), cofinanciada pelo Fundo Social Europeu Mais (FSE+), através do Programa COMPETE 2030 (Aviso COMPETE2030-2025-7). — original title

PTPortugal · Braga

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 15 November at 17:00 — 14 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

International Public Tender for the acquisition of specialized Training-Action services for SMEs, comprising actions of organizational diagnosis, training and consulting in business context, within the scope of operation COMPETE2030-FSE+-03456400 co-financed by the COMPETE 2030 Program. · Provision of organizational diagnostic services, on-the-job training (specialized consultancy) and room training in the thematic area of ESG Criteria, Sustainability and Social Responsibility, aimed at a universe of 48 SMEs (43 pre-identified SMEs and 5 SMEs to be identified/mobilized on the ground). · Provision of organisational diagnostic services, on-the-job training (specialised consultancy) and room training in the thematic area of Digitalisation, Automation and Digital Transition, aimed at a universe of 40 SMEs (34 pre-identified SMEs and 6 SMEs to be identified/mobilised on the ground). ·…

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… Provision of organizational diagnostic services, on-the-job training (specialized consultancy) and room training in the thematic area of Organizational Innovation, Change Management and Process Optimization, aimed at a universe of 25 SMEs (17 pre-identified SMEs and 8 SMEs to be identified/mobilized in the field). · Provision of organisational diagnostic services, on-the-job training (specialised consultancy) and room training in the thematic area of Energy Efficiency, Decarbonisation and Circular Economy, aimed at a universe of 20 SMEs (13 pre-identified SMEs and 7 SMEs to be identified/mobilised on the ground). · Provision of organizational diagnostic services, training on the job (specialized consultancy) and room training in the thematic area of Competitiveness, Strategic Planning and Business Management, aimed at a universe of 17 SMEs (15 pre-identified SMEs and 2 SMEs to be identified/mobilized in the field).

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

Contract

BuyerIFCTS - Instituto de Formação para o Comércio, Turismo e Serviços, C. R. L.
TypeServices
Estimated value€1,512,063
Published19 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period18 Jan 2027 → 13 Sept 2028
Place of performanceFreguesia de Braga (São Vítor)
5 lotsEU-funded

Type of service

80 · Education & training
CPV 80530000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 14% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (15 awards since 2013, spread over 11 companies). 86% went to new names.n = 15 awards since 2013
  • Not one of the 15 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 11%.n = 15

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 (75 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
1 - MEO - SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÕES E MULTIMÉDIA, S.A.22015
EDP Comercial - Comercialização de Energia, S.A.22015
OXYS CONSULTORES DE MARKETING, LDA.12014
Gostar de Algarismos - Contabilidade, Consultoria e Fiscalidade, Lda.12014
NKA - New Knowledge Advice, L.da12013
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Sunday 15 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 75 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 28 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, 2,526 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,050,685 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, France, Germany.

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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