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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 18 different companies have won the last 264 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 264 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryPublic works contract for the construction of water supply and wastewater pipelines as part of a sanitation project in the parish of Vila Nova do Campo, in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal. The works, referenced PRC_0306/2026_GAE-EB1389, cover the installation of pipes conveying drinking water and residual waters to improve the local sanitation network serving the parish.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Portuguese.
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Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €2,650,000
- €2.4M to €2.6M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 97% of their published estimate, half of them between 90% and 100%, based on 150 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this buyer has paid before
Based on 264 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €2.6M
- Median award
- €1,700
- Middle half of past awards
- €1,269 to €8,981
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- PRC_0161/2026_GAE-O1015 - Execução de Empreitadas de Construção / Reparação de Infraestruturas das Águas do Norte, SA - Lote B - Minho, Lima e Cávado - Optativo 36 €71,879
- PRC_0166/2026_GAE-O1015 - Execução de Empreitadas de Construção / Reparação de Infraestruturas das Águas do Norte, SA - Lote B - Minho, Lima e Cávado - Optativo 38 €37,136
- PRC_0173/2026_GAE-O1092 - Empreitada Geral para Intervenções de Manutenção e Reparação nos SAA e SAR em Alta da Águas do Norte, S.A. e Outras Intervenções no Trás-os-Montes e Douro Superior - Optativo 324 €100,000
- PRC_0382/2025_GAE-EB0960 - Acordo Quadro para a Empreitada Geral de Substituições / Renovações de Infraestruturas do Sistema de Águas da Região do Noroeste - Lote C - Municípios de Amarante e Baião - Optativo 7 €170,801
- PRC_0081/2026_GAE-O1342 - ACORDO-QUADRO SINGULAR Empreitada para Intervenções de Reparação de Adutoras e Emissários em alta da Águas do Norte, SA. nas Regiões do Minho, Lima e Cávado. Lote B - - Minho e Lima €9,309
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileÁguas do Norte, SA
- notices in the register
- 2,184
- awards
- 940
- awarded in total
- €45.9M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 114
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 34%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 98%
Based on 885 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 0%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMYDRA CONSTRUÇÕES LDA. | 102 | €285,996 | Oct 2026 |
| LÁLLIO ENGENHARIA, S.A. | 62 | €235,181 | Aug 2026 |
| Construções Mota & Brandão, Lda. | 38 | €492,148 | Sep 2026 |
| DIZconstrução Lda | 12 | €558,107 | Sep 2026 |
| Construções Leite de Almeida & Filhos Lda | 12 | €172,564 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 264 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
8 open tenders right now
- Oxygen - PRC_0184/2026_DEX - Purchase of oxygen (O2) for the Pereiro wastewater treatment plant of Aguas do Norte, S.A. 4 days left
- PRC_0184/2026_DEX - Supply of oxygen (O2) for the Pereiró wastewater treatment plant, Águas do Norte, S.A. 4 days left
- Chemicals for water treatment - PRC_0299/2026_DEX - Purchase of colour removal coagulants for Aguas do Norte, S.A. 11 days left
Market context
Larger than 71% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.
- open now in Construction work
- 20,155
- median open notice
- €504,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersPortugal · Construction work
- different companies won awards here
- 2,303
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,165
Based on 3,755 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 4.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 13%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 2%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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