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Acquisition of Services for the Land Transport of Non-Urgent Patients, for the Health Unit of the Island of São Miguel

Aquisição de Serviços destinados ao Transporte Terrestre de Doentes Não Urgentes, para a Unidade de Saúde da Ilha de São Miguel — original title

PTPortugal · Ponta Delgada

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 15 November at 23:59 — 15 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

Acquisition of Services for the Land Transport of Non-Urgent Patients, for the Health Unit of the Island of São Miguel · Municipality of Ponta Delgada and Municipality of Lagoa · Municipality of Ribeira Grande · Municipality of Vila Franca do Campo · Municipality of Povoação · Municipality of Nordeste

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

Contract

TypeServices
Estimated value€4,454,820
Published20 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Contract period1 Jan 2027 → 31 Dec 2029
Place of performancePonta Delgada
5 lotsReserved for SMEs

Type of service

85 · Health & social work
CPV 85143000

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 81% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (2,012 awards since 2014, spread over 203 companies). That is well above the sector norm (41%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 2,012 awards since 2014
  • The median procedure drew just one bid (17 procedures with a bid count); 65% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 17
  • Not one of the 2,012 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 3%.n = 2,012

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 this buyer's last 7 comparable contracts (same sector), usually only a single offer 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
DINARTE DAMASO & FILHOS, Unipessoal Lda.2052014–2026
Farmaçor - Comércio de Produtos Químico-Farmacêuticos dos Açores, S.A.1262014–2026
MobiOffice-Comércio de Equipamentos de Escritório982014–2026
AçorMedica Consumo Clinico Hospitalar Lda932014–2026
Walter Oliveira da Ponte832014
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

2
2024
1
2025
3
2026
6 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

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Deadline — Sunday 15 November at 23:59

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 7 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 27 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 29 (median of 559 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.

Foreign bidders

In Portugal · Health & social work, 2 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 488 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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