The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 52 different companies have won the last 161 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 161 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 summaryThe Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority is seeking IT advisory and support services covering Windows systems administration, storage management, monitoring of technology infrastructure, VMware virtualisation platforms, backup services based on HP Data Protector, and development of SharePoint platforms. The contract runs from 1 January 2027 to 15 July 2027 and is identified by reference number 16/CLPQ/AT/2026.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Preço: 60 percent; Qualidade: 25 percent; Outros: 15 percent
- Small firms
- The buyer marks this procedure as suitable for small and medium-sized firms.
- Tenders go to
- acingov.pt
As the official notice states them.
Bid or no-bid?
Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.
Can I bid?
- Restricted procedure: suppliers first ask to take part, and only those the buyer selects are invited to bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
- The notice is written in Portuguese.
- Certificates from another EU country? Check the equivalents on eCertis
Official source
Source: TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU)
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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 3 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €482,336
- €308,695 to €482,336
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 88% of their published estimate, half of them between 64% and 100%, based on 259 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 154 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €482,336
- Median award
- €487,114
- Middle half of past awards
- €282,538 to €678,512
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Most recent awards
- Serviços de consultoria e de programação de software - Aquisição de Serviços de desenvolvimento aplicacional no âmbito da necessidade de implementação do projeto Evolução Funcional do Sistema Integrado de Trocas de Informação €483,238
- Serviços de consultoria e de programação de software - 38/AQ/AT/2026 - Aquisição de serviços de desenvolvimento aplicacional no âmbito da necessidade de implementação do projeto manutenção da componente de Exploração do Data Warehouse da Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira €661,500
- Serviços de consultoria e de programação de software - Aquisição de serviços de desenvolvimento aplicacional no âmbito da necessidade de implementação do projeto: Manutenção corretiva, preventiva e evolutiva dos componentes Cadastrais da Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira - Atividade, Identificação, Veículos e Interfaces com outras Entidades €710,500
- Serviços de consultoria e de programação de software - 41/AQ/AT/2026 - Aquisição de serviços de desenvolvimento aplicacional no âmbito da necessidade de implementação evolutiva do projeto Pauta Aduaneira - Evolução Funcional 2026-27 €725,200
- Serviços de consultoria e de programação de software - Desmaterialização do Dossier Fiscal (DF) e Dossier de Preços de Transferência (DPT) €144,619
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 profileAutoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
- notices in the register
- 1,151
- awards
- 276
- awarded in total
- €231.6M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 129
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 14%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 99%
Based on 274 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)
- 0.9
- of those lots received a single tender
- 29%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consórcio: OPENSOFT Soluções Informáticas, SA | 23 | €10.6M | Sep 2026 |
| Consórcio: Accenture, Consultores de Gestão, S.A. | 18 | €6.2M | Jul 2026 |
| Consórcio Axianseu II Digital Consulting, S.A | 14 | €7.5M | Aug 2026 |
| Consórcio: Atos IT Solutions and Services, Unipessoal, Lda. | 9 | €5.5M | Jul 2026 |
| Consórcio NTT DATA Portugal, S.A | 9 | €4.3M | Aug 2026 |
Based on 161 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
7 open tenders right now
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- Consulting and software programming services - 17/CLPQ/AT/2026 - Acquisition of application development services for the Settlement and Collection of the New VPT Regime - 2027 - Corrective and Procedural Management 19 days to request
- Consulting and software programming services - 20/CLPQ/AT/2026 - Acquisition of maintenance services for the Fiscal Enforcement System (SEF) - Procedural and Financial Management 20 days to request
Market context
Larger than 48% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.
- open now in IT services
- 3,256
- median open notice
- €530,687
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersPortugal · IT services
- different companies won awards here
- 1,336
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 917
Based on 2,880 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)
- 5.0
- of those lots received a single tender
- 27%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 5%
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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