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Acquisition of services for the elaboration of a study to characterize the application of PAYT, and to support and empower municipalities for its implementation
Aquisição de serviços para a elaboração de um estudo de caracterização da aplicação do PAYT, e de apoio e capacitação dos municípios para a sua implementação — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 15 December at 23:59 — 45 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
Acquisition of services for the elaboration of a study to characterize the application of the polluter pays principle - PAYT (Pay-as-you-throw), and to support and empower municipalities for its implementation.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 55% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (528 awards since 2015, spread over 153 companies). That is well above the sector norm (28%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 528 awards since 2015
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (27 procedures with a bid count); 19% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 4 bids.n = 27
- Not one of the 528 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 7%.n = 528
- 50% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (8 procedures with a bid mix). Sector: 63%.n = 8
- 2% of the bids received came from other countries (8 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 0%.n = 8
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMILE - VIAGENS E TURISMO, UNIPESSOAL LDA | 163 | 2026 |
| Viagens Abreu, S.A. | 36 | 2026 |
| COSMOS - VIAGENS E TURISMO, S.A. | 21 | 2026 |
| Expoviagens - Viagens e Turismo, Lda | 16 | 2026 |
| Alive Portugal, S.A. | 12 | 2026 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 800 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 47 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 29 (median of 559 procedures). Much more generous than usual — time for a thorough bid rather than a quick one.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal · Cleaning, environment & waste, 18 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 842 recorded awards).
Submission language: Portuguese.
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