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Bravantic SA is led by Pedro Rosa Gil, who is accused of active corruption and receiving undue advantages. The defendant reiterates his innocence in the judicial process and points out that the company itself has not been charged.
The webpage provides information on upcoming government tenders and procurement opportunities in Portugal for the year 2026. It offers a platform for users to search and filter tenders by industry, sector, region, and other criteria, facilitating access to detailed tender notices, bid opportunities, and e-procurement data. The site aims to assist businesses and organizations interested in participating in Portugal's public procurement processes by providing comprehensive and up-to-date tender information.
Infraestruturas de Portugal está utilizando um “bot” de inteligência artificial para acelerar processos de contratação pública, visando maior eficiência e agilidade na gestão de projetos e obras no setor de transportes. Essa iniciativa busca modernizar os procedimentos administrativos, reduzir burocracias e otimizar recursos públicos, alinhando-se às tendências de digitalização e inovação no setor público português.
Simão Campos Dâmaso is the new industry partner at the law firm Rogério Alves & Associados. At the firm since 2020, the newly appointed partner coordinates the Public and Regulatory Law Department, representing and providing legal advice to public and private companies in areas such as Public Procurement, Environment and Energy, Urban Planning, and Land Management.
The new provider of large-scale care services in Lisbon, Porto and Faro has assured it will retain the workers of the previous concessionaire, SPdH. 'Conflicts of interest' were ruled out.
Several architects involved in public procurement are questioning the quality, costs and timelines of the 1.º Direito (First Right) homes, with five months remaining until the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan) deadline. Companies' operating overheads rose in 2024 and reached their highest level in the last decade. Read the news...
As Portugal's PRR programme reaches its final phase, many of the 1.º Direito homes remain untransferred and several architects involved in public procurement are publicly questioning the projects' costs, delivery timescales and construction quality. Concerns focus on cost inflation, contractual timelines slipping, inconsistent build standards and weaknesses in procurement oversight, raising risks for occupants and the housing market; architects urge tighter quality assurance, clearer accountability and revised procurement practices to protect beneficiaries and public investment.
The Portuguese Government on Monday unveiled the Digital Company Wallet, a project in which Portugal is a European pioneer and which will, in a later phase, allow companies to be created through the app, access European funds or take part in public procurement. Although it is free in an initial phase, more advanced features may ...
The designer sued by the prime minister is close to the Socialists; he was hired to manage the capital's municipal website.
The Shared Services Entity of the Public Administration (ESPAP) has awarded the procurement of 275 vehicles for INEM to three economic operators, following the public tender launched last year, a government source told Lusa today.
An opinion piece criticising the tendency in public infrastructure projects to prefer foreign companies, designs or solutions over domestic ones.
The project aims to address the main obstacles currently hindering the adoption of AI within the public administration, such as the 'fragmentation of projects' and the 'complexity' of public procurement.
Work will continue to focus on the 'effective and rigorous' enforcement of competition law.
This article is part of the 17th edition of ECO magazine. The Government will carry out a review of public procurement legislation as part of the State Reform. This will involve “significant legislative changes” to the Public Procurement Code, Gonçalo Matias, Assistant Minister and Minister for State Reform, assured, ...
