The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 5 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 5 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 Municipality of Santa Cruz in Portugal is procuring technical assistance services for its vehicles and heavy machinery. The scope covers general maintenance of heavy vehicles over 11 tonnes; general maintenance of heavy vehicles up to 11 tonnes; general maintenance of emergency operational vehicles; maintenance and recovery of structures and superstructures of machinery and vehicles; and general maintenance of heavy vehicles of the DAF brand. The contract concerns the municipal fleet, with maintenance work carried out for the authority named in the notice.
Description
5 lots
- Lot 1
- Manutenção Geral de Viaturas Pesadas de Grande Porte (superior a 11 toneladas) estimated €110,000 · 24 months
- Lot 2
- Manutenção Geral de Viaturas Pesadas de Médio Porte (até 11 toneladas) estimated €110,000 · 24 months
- Lot 3
- Manutenção Geral de Viaturas Operacionais de Emergência estimated €90,000 · 24 months
- Lot 4
- Manutenção e Recuperação de Estruturas e Superestruturas de Máquinas e Viaturas estimated €110,000 · 24 months
- Lot 5
- Manutenção Geral de Viaturas Pesadas da Marca DAF estimated €100,000 · 24 months
- How tenders are scored
- Outros: 100 percent
- Small firms
- The buyer marks this procedure as suitable for small and medium-sized firms.
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- acingov.pt
As the official notice states them.
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Can I bid?
- 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 €520,000
- €473,200 to €520,000
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 91% and 100%, based on 151 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 5 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €520,000
- Median award
- €24,503
- Middle half of past awards
- €12,800 to €38,259
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Manutenção Preventiva Superestruturas RSU 1000 horas €5,592
- Implementação de Solução Integrada de Rastreamento e Monitorização para a Frota Municipal €38,259
- Aquisição de serviços de manutenção preventiva do sistema de telegestão €39,555
- Aquisição de serviços de manutenção da instrumentação e automação dos reservatórios de água potável €12,800
- Aquisição Serviços de Manutenção e Aquisição de Equipamentos de Segurança Contra Incêndios 2026 €24,503
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 profileMunicípio de Santa Cruz
- notices in the register
- 501
- awards
- 47
- awarded in total
- €2.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 39
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 16%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 99%
Based on 44 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2L - Automação e Controlo, Lda | 1 | €39,555 | Aug 2026 |
| João Luis Martins Esteves, Lda | 1 | €38,259 | Aug 2026 |
| Diverfogo II - Equipamentos Segurança e Precisão Unip.lda | 1 | €24,503 | Jul 2026 |
| Panóplia de Categorias Unipessoal, Lda | 1 | €12,800 | Aug 2026 |
| OLIMEC, LDA. | 1 | €5,592 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
7 open tenders right now
- Works contract for "reduction of losses in the drinking water distribution network - Serralhal subsystem" 2 days left
- Works to reduce losses in the drinking water distribution network - Igreja subsystem 2 days left
- Works contract for 'Reduction of losses in the drinking water distribution network - Barreiros Subsystem - Phase 2 - Caniço' 2 days left
Market context
Larger than 63% of the open notices in Repair & maintenance services across Europe.
- open now in Repair & maintenance services
- 4,748
- median open notice
- €249,261
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersPortugal · Repair & maintenance services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,042
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 3%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 863
Based on 3,767 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)
- 2.3
- of those lots received a single tender
- 44%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- 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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