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Portugal – Operation of a Power Plant – Concurso para Atribuição da Concessão Destinada À Captação de Água do Domínio Público Hídrico, no RIO Zêzere, para a Produção de Energia Hidroelétrica e para a Exploração, Manutenção e Conservação das Infraestruturas Hidráulicas do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico do Cabril

Portugal – Operation of a Power Plant – Competition for Assignment of the Grant for Water Capture of the Water Domain of the Water Domain, in RIO Zêzere, for the Production of Hydroelectric Energy and for the Exploration, Maintenance and Conservation of the Hydraulic Infrastructures of the Hydroelectric Use of CabrilEnglish, machine translated

Issued by Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, IP · via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU)

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Published
30 Oct 2026
Closes
24 Feb 2027, 23:59 UTC
Reference
753297-2026
Location
Portugal
Sector
Energy & Power
Type
services

At a glance

Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, IP in Portugal has published an invitation to bid in energy & power: “Portugal – Operation of a Power Plant – Concurso para Atribuição da Concessão Destinada À Captação de Água do Domínio Público Hídrico, no RIO Zêzere, para a Produção de Energia Hidroelétrica e para a Exploração, Manutenção e Conservação das Infraestruturas Hidráulicas do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico do Cabril”. Submissions close on 24 February 2027, 118 days from today. Quote reference 753297-2026 in any correspondence with the buyer. One document is attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 6 notices from this buyer since 2026, 4 of them currently open. There are 56 open energy & power notices in Portugal on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (EU), not through FreeTender.

English summary

Machine translated from Portuguese by FreeTender. The original notice below is the binding text.

The contract to be concluded is a contract to grant private use of water resources in the public domain, which is intended to collect water for the production of hydroelectric energy and to operate, maintain and conserve the hydraulic infrastructure of Cabril Hydropower, under Article 61(d) of the Treaty. Law of Water and Article 24 of RURH.

Details

O contrato a celebrar é um contrato de concessão de utilização privativa dos recursos hídricos do domínio público, que tem por objeto a captação de água para produção de energia hidroelétrica e a exploração, manutenção e conservação das infraestruturas hidráulicas do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico do Cabril, ao abrigo da alínea d) do artigo 61.º da Lei da Água e do artigo 24.º do RURH. O concessionário obriga-se, designadamente, a manter a potência mínima instalada fixada no Caderno de Encargos, a cumprir as normas de exploração e os condicionalismos de exploração fixados no Caderno de Encargos e a assegurar a exploração e o controlo de segurança da barragem através de entidade com experiência na exploração de barragem da classe I.

Lots Lot 1 — CONCURSO PARA ATRIBUIÇÃO DA CONCESSÃO DESTINADA À CAPTAÇÃO DE ÁGUA DO DOMÍNIO PÚBLICO HÍDRICO, NO RIO ZÊZERE, PARA A PRODUÇÃO DE ENERGIA HIDROELÉTRICA E PARA A EXPLORAÇÃO, MANUTENÇÃO E CONSERVAÇÃO DAS INFRAESTRUTURAS HIDRÁULICAS DO APROVEITAMENTO HIDROELÉTRICO DO CABRIL

Buyer: Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, IP

Buyer country: PRT

Procedure: open

CPV code: 65410000

Full notice, tender documents and how to bid are on the official TED page (link above).

Context for bidders

We hold 6 notices from Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, IP, going back to July 2026 — 4 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Power and IT & Telecom. There are 56 open Energy & Power tenders in Portugal. This one closes in 118 days.

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