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Rehabilitation of the Vitória Thermal Power Plant Fire Network

Empreitada de Requalificação da Rede de Incêndios da Central Térmica da Vitória — original title

PTPortugal · Freguesia de Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 5 November at 23:59 — 5 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 — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

Work to rehabilitate the fire network of the Vitória Thermal Power Plant, including demolition works, land movement, execution of containment walls and anchorages, as well as drainage and treatment of slopes, as part of a public tender for the improvement and adequacy of the fire protection and firefighting system of the installation.

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

Contract

TypeWorks
Estimated value€2,400,000
Published22 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Place of performanceFreguesia de Santa Maria Maior (Funchal)
EU-fundedReserved for SMEs

Type of service

45 · Construction work
CPV 45343200

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 55% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (312 awards since 2013, spread over 126 companies). That is well above the sector norm (38%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 312 awards since 2013
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (16 procedures with a bid count); 44% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 16
  • The award came in at a median 88% of the estimated value (8 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 91%.n = 8
  • 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (312 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 312

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
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.

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
MC-COMPUTADORES,S.A.152014–2026
Cabelte - Cabos Eléctricos e Telefónicos, S.A142014–2026
João Crisóstomo Figueira da Silva, S.A.132013–2023
Obracentimetro - Construção Civil, Lda.112018–2026
Santos & Ornelas, Lda92015–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

Contracting authority contact

Websitewww.eem.pt
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Deadline — Thursday 5 November at 23:59

Tactics

When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 3 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 15 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 · Construction work, 16 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,051 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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