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Open raceNo supplier dominates: 10 different companies have won the last 11 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 11 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 contracting authority CARRIS, the Lisbon public transport operator, is procuring inspection services relating to its public transport activity. The contract covers the acquisition of supervision and fare inspection services carried out in connection with the operation of the public transport service provided by CARRIS. The notice is published in Portuguese and concerns services to support fare enforcement across the operator's transport activity.
Description
Terms of the procedure
- How tenders are scored
- Preço
- Small firms
- The buyer does not mark 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?
- 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) 16 hours ago
Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €4,669,735
- €3.8M to €4.7M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 97% of their published estimate, half of them between 81% and 100%, based on 127 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 15 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.
- This notice
- €4.7M
- Median award
- €32,760
- Middle half of past awards
- €21,289 to €67,864
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Most recent awards
- Aquisição de serviços de assessoria e representação jurídicas €24,000
- aquisição de serviços de produção e apoio logístico à cerimónia de homenagem aos trabalhadores da carris €60,787
- Aquisição de Serviços de Assessoria e Representação em Juízo €45,000
- Aquisição De Serviços De Assessoria Mediática €102,000
- Aquisição de serviços de consultadoria para a evolução estratégica do modelo de gestão do Capital Humano da CARRIS €97,750
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 profileCompanhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, EM, SA
- notices in the register
- 179
- awards
- 71
- awarded in total
- €92.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 56
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 11%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricewaterhousecoopers Tax Services TLS, Lda. | 2 | €33,025 | Jul 2026 |
| Refrence Partner | 1 | €102,000 | Sep 2026 |
| SIA - Sociedade de Inovação Ambiental, Lda”, | 1 | €101,420 | Jul 2026 |
| CORESHIFT CONSULTING LDA | 1 | €97,750 | Aug 2026 |
| Sweet Terrace, Lda., | 1 | €74,940 | Aug 2026 |
Based on 11 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
4 open tenders right now
Market context
Larger than 89% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.
- open now in Business services
- 4,281
- median open notice
- €216,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersPortugal · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 2,877
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 2%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 1,222
Based on 4,622 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)
- 5.1
- of those lots received a single tender
- 19%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 3%
- of the tenders came from 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.
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