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Acquisition of Osteosynthesis Material - Plates
Aquisição de Material de Osteossíntese - Placas — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 26 November at 23:59 — 25 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
Purchase of Osteosynthesis Material - Plates · Lot No 1 - SMALL FRAGMENTS 3.5MM · Lot No 2 - LARGE FRAGMENTAL PLATES 4.5MM · Lot No 3 - HAND PLATES · Lot No 4 - PEACE PLATES · Lot No 5 - Proximal, Diaphyseal and Distal Femur PLATES in Titanium · Lot No 6 - ACCEPTED OSTEOSYNTHESIS PLATES · Lot No 7 - GLENE-ÚMERAL LUXATION FRACTURE · Lot No 8 - COTOVELOL LUXATION FRACTURA
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 0% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (35 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 89%.n = 35
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every month (35 awards, most recently June 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around July 2026. The last award went to ABBOTT LABORATÓRIOS, LDA.n = 35
- 15% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (241 awards since 2025, spread over 109 companies). That is well below the sector norm (50%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 241 awards since 2025
- Not one of the 241 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 11%.n = 241
- The median procedure drew just one bid (35 procedures with a bid count); 100% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 35
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith & Nephew, Lda. | 8 | 2025–2026 |
| Zimmer Biomet Portugal Unipessoal, LDA | 7 | 2026 |
| Sérvulo & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, RL | 5 | 2025–2026 |
| Stryker Portugal Produtos Médicos, Lda. | 3 | 2026 |
| TOL - Legal Team Rodrigues & Nóbrega Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL | 3 | 2026 |
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 35 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.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal · Medical equipment & pharma, 317 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 5,140 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, Germany, France.
Submission language: Portuguese.
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