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Passenger services
Serviços de passageiros — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 27 November at 17:00 — 26 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
Passenger services · Transport of up to 25 passenger seats · Transport of 26 to 34 passenger seats · Transport of 35 to 51 or more passenger seats
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 57% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (6,964 awards since 2012, spread over 2,193 companies). That is well above the sector norm (24%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 6,964 awards since 2012
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (185 procedures with a bid count); 27% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 1 bid.n = 185
- Not one of the 6,964 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 12%.n = 6,964
- 27% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (12 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 54%.n = 12
- The award came in at a median 70% of the estimated value (15 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here.n = 15
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto | 50 | 2013–2026 |
| INETUM ESPAÑA, S.A. - Sucursal em Portugal | 37 | 2012–2026 |
| Petrogal, S.A. | 37 | 2012–2026 |
| CLARANET II SOLUTIONS, S.A. | 36 | 2014–2025 |
| Soltráfego, S.A. | 35 | 2014–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, there was usually a single bid in the end. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 599 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 29 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 · Transport services, 4 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 566 recorded awards).
Submission language: Portuguese.
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