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Public procurement in Portugal
Key facts for bidders, checked against official sources (2026-10). General information, not legal advice. Always confirm the rules in the tender documents and on the official portal.
- Official portal
- Portal BASE
- WTO procurement agreement
- Portugal is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) through the EU: above set value thresholds, suppliers from other GPA parties must be treated like local ones.
- Notice languages
- Portuguese
- Currency
- EUR
- Good to know
- Decree-Law 111-B/2017 transposed the 2014 EU directives into the Code. Decree-Law 177/2026 then revised and republished it in full, effective 1 October 2026. Portal BASE, run by IMPIC, gathers procurement notices from the Diário da República together with data on awarded contracts.
Trade snapshot
- GDP (2025)
- US$346.6 billion
- Exports (2025)
- US$151.3 billion in goods and services
- Imports (2025)
- US$148.2 billion in goods and services
- Trade share (2025)
- 86% of GDP
- Average tariff (2022)
- 1.3% (applied, trade-weighted, all products)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Portugal on FreeTender right now
1,610 open notices; the busiest sectors are construction & infrastructure (485), healthcare & pharma (236), it & telecom (160), transport & logistics (119) and financial & professional services (115).
Most active buyers: Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA (38), Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, EPE (37), Município de Sintra (37), Águas do Centro Litoral, SA (24), Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, EPE (20).
Sources: base.gov.pt · diariodarepublica.pt · diariodarepublica.pt · impic.pt