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Public procurement data, ready to quote
For journalists and researchers: verifiable figures from Portal BASE (the Portuguese public contracts portal), tables to download, a description of Adjudica.eu and who to ask for a custom cut.
Figures to quote
- 219,071public contracts were published on Portal BASE between 1 January and 17 Oct 2026, worth 18.1 billion euros.
- 42.2%of 219,071 public contracts between 1 Jan 2026 and 17 Oct 2026 were direct awards (ajuste direto). They account for 16.3% of the 18.1 billion euros contracted in that set.
- 13.1%of 25,509 contracts from tenders with a public notice between Oct 2025 and Sep 2026 (open tender, restricted tender and negotiated procedure; no direct awards or prior consultations) had a single bidder: 3,340 contracts.
- 12.1%of 68,403 contracts from tenders with a public notice between Jan 2024 and Sep 2026 (open tender, restricted tender and negotiated procedure; no direct awards or prior consultations) had a single bidder: 8,256 contracts.
- 1.5%is the median discount across 40,243 contracts from tenders and prior consultations with a comparable discount between 1 Jan 2026 and 17 Oct 2026; 32.6% of that same set were awarded at the maximum price.
Values are contract amounts, not payments. Charts, samples and method notes are in the full report.
How to cite
You can use the figures in articles, studies and presentations, with the source and the link:
Adjudica.eu (22 Oct 2026). Estado dos concursos públicos em Portugal em 2026. Portal BASE data up to 17 Oct 2026. https://adjudica.eu/relatorio/concursos-publicos-2026
The downloadable files use Portuguese column names.
Ask for custom data
We prepare cuts by municipality, district, sector, buying body or company: how much was bought, through which procedure, with how many bids and who won. Write to contacto@adjudica.eu with your question and the period, in English or Portuguese.
What the data doesn't tell you: losing bids are not published, so there are no prices from the companies that lost, and contracts only appear once the public body publishes them on Portal BASE.
Adjudica.eu in a few words
Adjudica.eu is a Portuguese service for public tenders, built with AI for companies: alerts, the likely winning price and the history from Portal BASE (who won, at what price, against whom). Every day it reads the contracts published on Portal BASE and the notices in the Diário da República (the official gazette), and links each contract to the body that bought and the companies that won. It is an independent product, made in Portugal, with no link to IMPIC or any public body.
The first sentence works on its own when space is short.
Made by José Brandão, founder (who makes Adjudica). Write "Adjudica.eu" the first time and "Adjudica" after that.
