Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas

How to win their contracts

Measured from Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 6 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 7 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.2 tenders a month, measured over 55 months of history.
• Half of their 115 awarded contracts are worth €31.9k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in software package and information systems, printed matter and related products, radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Claranet II Solutions, S.A. (4), Endesa Energia, S.A. – Sucursal Portugal (3), KEEP SOLUTIONS, LDA (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.