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CPI No 3180/26 - Acquisition of fixed, mobile and SMS communications services for IPO-Porto
CPI n.º 3180/26 - Aquisição de Serviços de Comunicações fixas, móveis e SMS’s para IPO-Porto — original title
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 30 November at 17:00 — 29 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
CPI No 3180/26 - Acquisition of fixed, mobile and SMS communications services for IPO-Porto
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- 62% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (11,124 awards since 2024, spread over 562 companies). That is well above the sector norm (23%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 11,124 awards since 2024
- Not one of the 11,124 awards with a known winner country has gone to a foreign company so far. Sector average: 13%.n = 11,124
- The median procedure drew just one bid (32 procedures with a bid count); 53% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 32
- 0% of the bids received came from other countries (6 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners.n = 6
- 40% of the bids received came from small and medium-sized enterprises (6 procedures with a bid mix).n = 6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| B. Braun Medical, Unipessoal Lda. | 160 | 2025–2026 |
| Lusopalex - Produtos de Saude Unipessoal Lda | 136 | 2025–2026 |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON LDA. | 128 | 2025–2026 |
| MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE-COM.PROD. HOSPITALARES,LDA. | 117 | 2025–2026 |
| BAXTER MEDICO FARMACEUTICA, LDA. | 112 | 2025–2026 |
Tactics
When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually only one or two bids came in. A solid bid has a real chance here. (Based on 74 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 32 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 29 (median of 559 procedures). A normal window for this market.
The deadline falls on a Monday — your last full working day is the Friday before. Have evidence and guarantees together by Thursday.
Foreign bidders
In Portugal, 2,526 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,050,685 recorded awards) — mostly from Spain, France, Germany.
Submission language: Portuguese.
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