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Acquisition of several equipment, in batches, for the Aveiro Blue Hub – CITAQUA, from the University of Aveiro

Aquisição de diversos equipamentos, por lotes, para o Hub Azul de Aveiro – CITAQUA, da Universidade de Aveiro — original title

PTPortugal · Aveiro

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 10 November at 23:59 — 10 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 several equipment, in batches, for the Aveiro Blue Hub – CITAQUA, from the University of Aveiro · Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Equipment at 300 MHz and 500 MHz · High resolution mass spectrometer · Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer with Triple quadruple

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

Contract

TypeSupplies
Estimated value€2,045,000
Published28 Oct 2026
ProcedureOpen procedure
Place of performanceUnião das Freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz
3 lotsEU-fundedReserved for SMEs

Type of service

38 · Laboratory & optical equipment33 · Medical equipment & pharma
CPV 38433000 · 38433100 · 33113110

Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (63 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around December 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to Zeppelin Lusitânia Lda.n = 63
  • 57% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (4,851 awards since 2012, spread over 1,152 companies). That is well above the sector norm (23%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 4,851 awards since 2012
  • Not one of the 4,851 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 12%.n = 4,851
  • The award came in at a median 86% of the estimated value (52 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 92%.n = 52
  • The median procedure drew 2 bids (229 procedures with a bid count); 43% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 229

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 63 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
SMILE - VIAGENS E TURISMO, UNIPESSOAL LDA2662023–2026
Viagens Abreu, S.A.572016–2026
Recheio562013–2026
BEM-HAJA, CONSTRUÇÕES UNIPESSOAL, LDA.522013–2026
Indubeira - Industria Alimentar, SA492013–2026
From the recorded awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this kind of work

4
2024
11
2025
23
2026
38 procedures in this category since 2019. Public procurement repeats itself — those who know the rhythm prepare instead of reacting.

Contracting authority contact

Websitewww.ua.pt/
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Deadline — Tuesday 10 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 63 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 14 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 · 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.

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.
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