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Supply of equipment for installation of the Infraestrura à Bordo (IAB) system in CP's rolling stock fleet
Fornecimento de equipamentos para instalação do sistema Infraestrura a Bordo (IAB) na frota de material circulante da CP — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 3 November at 23:59 — 3 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 equipment for installation of the On-Board Infrastructure (IAB) system in CP's rolling stock fleet · Communication Systems · On-Board Network Systems · On-Board Computing
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
- 45% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 85%.n = 8
- 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: 5%.n = 8
- 1% of awards went to companies from abroad (329 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 6%.n = 329
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 331 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 7 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 · Radio, TV & communications, 9 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 342 recorded awards).
Submission language: Portuguese.
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