Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (EMGFA)

How to win their contracts

Measured from Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (EMGFA)'s own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 11 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 58 of their tenders.
• They publish about 182.5 tenders a month, measured over 61 months of history.
• Half of their 11,023 awarded contracts are worth €1,343 or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, repair and maintenance services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are SMITH & NEPHEW, LDA. (262), Smith & Nephew, Lda (183), SURGYLINE - DISPOSITIVOS MÉDICOS CIRURGICOS, LDA. (117) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.