Portugal tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,432 notices
- Notices published
- 1,432
- -29% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 1,075
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 22 days
- middle half: 11–29 days
- With a stated value
- 1,336
- 93% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,432 new procurement notices from buyers in Portugal (-29% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 340 notices (24% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 22 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (28% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure340 notices-42%
- Healthcare & Pharma245 notices-14%
- IT & Telecom163 notices-28%
- Transport & Logistics118 notices-31%
- Manufacturing & Supply104 notices-28%
- Financial & Professional Services103 notices-21%
- Facility Management & Cleaning84 notices-31%
- Agriculture & Food83 notices-15%
- Water & Environment70 notices-1%
- Energy & Power56 notices+17%
- Defence & Security22 notices-57%
- Sports, Recreation & Events16 notices-33%
- Mining & Metals10 notices+0%
- Education & Training8 notices-62%
- Communications networks5 notices-67%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender891 notices
- Invitation to bid535 notices
- Contract award3 notices
- Standing arrangement2 notices
- Grant / funding call1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday226 notices
- Tuesday245 notices
- Wednesday246 notices
- Thursday400 notices
- Friday315 notices
- Saturday0 notices
- Sunday0 notices
Most active buyers in Portugal
- Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, EPE39 notices
- Município de Leiria23 notices
- Município de Sintra21 notices
- Estado Maior da Força Aérea20 notices
- Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA17 notices
- Águas do Norte, SA17 notices
- Águas do Centro Litoral, SA17 notices
- Município de Lisboa16 notices
Stated values
1,336 of 1,432 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | 1,336 | 215 thousand | 360.0 million | 1.9 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Portugal – Railway signalling works – Empreitada "LC+LAV S&T01-VÁRIOS TROÇOS RFN,CONVENCIONAL E ALTA VELOCIDADE-SINALIZAÇÃO,TELECOMUNICAÇÕES E ETCS-CONCEÇÃO-EXECUÇÃO-MANUTENÇÃO · EUR 360.0 million · closed
- Portugal – Construction work for highways, roads – Construção do Eixo Rodoviário Aveiro - Águeda (ERAA) · EUR 109.3 million · closes 16 Nov 2026
- Portugal – Public road transport services – concurso público n.º 8/2026 - Aquisição da prestação de serviço público de transporte de passageiros. · EUR 105.6 million · closes 18 Jan 2027
- Portugal – Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads – Empreitada - EN218 - PONTE SOBRE O RIO MAÇÃS E ACESSOS - EXECUÇÃO · EUR 45.0 million · closes 13 Nov 2026
- Acordo quadro para a contratação de aluguer operacional de veículos elétricos · EUR 40.0 million · closes 2 Nov 2026
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.