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Supply of large size meters for EPAL, for supply, in batches
Fornecimento de contadores de grande calibre para EPAL, para aprovisionamento, por lotes — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 23 November at 19:00 — 22 days left.
- The submission point is stated in the notice (link on this page).
- Offer and evidence in: Portuguese.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
Supply of large size meters for EPAL, for supply, in batches · Lot I: Flanged ultrasonic meters DN50 · Lot II: Flanged ultrasonic meters DN80 · Lot III: Flanged ultrasonic meters DN100
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 16% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (166 awards since 2020, spread over 91 companies). 84% went to new names.n = 166 awards since 2020
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (23 procedures with a bid count); 9% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 23
- Not one of the 166 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 12%.n = 166
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.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BHB Sistemas de Controlo e Medida Lda | 4 | 2026 |
| Setcontrol-Projecto e Control Industrial,Lda | 4 | 2026 |
| Valpi Rent, Lda. | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| WWS - Consultoria Informática, Lda. | 3 | 2025–2026 |
| Hach Lange, Lda. | 3 | 2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
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 544 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.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal · Laboratory & optical equipment, 58 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 608 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, Germany, France.
Submission language: Portuguese.
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