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Supply and Maintenance of High Speed Trains
Fornecimento e Manutenção de Comboios de Alta Velocidade — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 29 January 2027 at 23:59 — 90 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Portuguese.
- Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed on this page; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
What the buyer is looking for
The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (PT).
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Fornecimento e manutenção de Comboios de Alta Velocidade
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew just one bid (12 procedures with a bid count); 50% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 3 bids.n = 12
- 23% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (329 awards since 2013, spread over 142 companies). 77% went to new names.n = 329 awards since 2013
- 18% of the bids received came from other countries (8 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 3%.n = 8
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (329 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 14%.n = 329
- 45% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 61%.n = 8
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Petrogal, S.A. | 18 | 2013–2026 |
| 1 - MEO - SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÕES E MULTIMÉDIA, S.A. | 5 | 2015–2018 |
| Siemens Mobility, Unipessoal Lda | 5 | 2021–2023 |
| FIDALGOBRA - PLANEAM. E EXEC. OBRAS, UNIP LDA | 4 | 2013–2023 |
| SKF PORTUGAL-ROLAMENTOS, LDA. | 4 | 2021–2025 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 943 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 96 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 29 (median of 559 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal · Transport equipment, 72 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 992 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, France, Italy.
Submission language: Portuguese.
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