Instituto de Gestão Financeira da Segurança Social, IP

How to win their contracts

Measured from Instituto de Gestão Financeira da Segurança Social, IP's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 20 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 5 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.4 tenders a month, measured over 62 months of history.
• Half of their 78 awarded contracts are worth €34.1k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in construction work, security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, repair and maintenance services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Novo Banco SA (4), Crvm, Engenharia e Construção Unipessoal Lda (4), Interlimpe - Facility services, SA (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.