Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe contracting entity UPCA seeks to procure two types of road passenger transport services with a specific purpose: a specialised regular transport service and occasional transport services. The notice covers the acquisition of these services for UPCA, combining scheduled specialised transport with occasional, on-demand transport as described in the procurement documents.
Description
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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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Last verified against TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) 9 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €294,883
- €259,497 to €294,883
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 100% of their published estimate, half of them between 88% and 100%, based on 39 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 market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,311 awards for Transport services in Portugal.
- This notice
- €294,883
- Median award
- €10,302
- Middle half of past awards
- €2,463 to €22,718
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
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 profileUniversidade Politécnica do Cávado e do Ave
This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Transport services - Portugal
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMILE - VIAGENS E TURISMO, UNIPESSOAL, LDA | 75 | €83,129 | Sep 2026 |
| Top Atlântico Viagens e Turismo, S.A. | 63 | €66,326 | Sep 2026 |
| Cosmos Business Travel, SA | 36 | €25,878 | Sep 2026 |
| Top Atlântico - Viagens e Turismo S.A. | 25 | €17,177 | Sep 2026 |
| TopAtlântico - Viagens e Turismo, S.A. | 21 | €15,277 | Sep 2026 |
Based on 1245 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.
Market context
Larger than 44% of the open notices in Transport services across Europe.
- open now in Transport services
- 1,844
- median open notice
- €511,148
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersPortugal · Transport services
- different companies won awards here
- 615
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 14%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 469
Based on 1,245 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
- 39%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 2%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 1%
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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