Data story · BASE award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
211,755 awards in Portugal went to 55,493 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. Of 55,493 winning suppliers, 63% won once. Their awards are 17% of the total. The top 1% of suppliers won 35% of the awards. The median across the 39 countries with a story is 19%.
The money is more concentrated than the awards: the top 1% by stated value hold 61%, and the top 1% by awards hold 35%. No supplier won more than 4% of the awards. {'nifEntContrato': '504282921', 'descEntContrato': 'ROCHE SISTEMA DE DIAGNOSTICOS', 'codPaisEntContrato': 'PRT', 'NUTsCod': 'PT1A0', 'NUTsDesc': 'Grande Lisboa', 'adjudicatarioPME': 'Sim', 'tipoEntidade': None, 'atividadeEntidade': None} won the most: 7,977.
- Awards
- 211,755
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 55,493
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 63%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 35%
- Share of awards won by the 554 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.67
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (EUR)
- EUR 27.3 billion
- From the 96% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 61%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Portugal ranks 11th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 6th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE | 8,316 | 4% | 128 million | under 1% |
| 2 | Unidade Local de Saúde de Almada-Seixal, EPE | 3,335 | 2% | 68.1 million | under 1% |
| 3 | Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia/Espinho, EPE | 3,213 | 2% | 75.0 million | under 1% |
| 4 | Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria, E. P. E. | 2,500 | 1% | 324 million | 1% |
| 5 | Águas do Norte, SA | 2,281 | 1% | 78.0 million | under 1% |
| 6 | Universidade do Minho | 2,070 | under 1% | 233 million | under 1% |
| 7 | Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, E. P. E. | 1,952 | under 1% | 270 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Unidade Local de Saúde de São José, E. P. E. | 1,729 | under 1% | 195 million | under 1% |
| 9 | Ágora - Cultura e Desporto do Porto, E.M., S.A. | 1,646 | under 1% | 67.4 million | under 1% |
| 10 | Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, E.P.E. | 1,576 | under 1% | 587 million | 2% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
7 sectors have 300 or more awards and 50 or more suppliers in the window, and a sector page. Each row links to that page, where the sector has its own numbers, charts and tables.
| CPV sector | Awards | Winning suppliers | Top 1% of suppliers | Won one award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Medical | 4,279 | 612 | 13% | 35% |
| IT & Software | 2,980 | 500 | 23% | 52% |
| Transport & Logistics | 1,465 | 555 | 11% | 63% |
| Professional Services & Consulting | 900 | 401 | 9% | 63% |
| Facilities Management | 870 | 218 | 10% | 52% |
| Construction & Public Works | 554 | 251 | 10% | 60% |
| Defense & Security | 409 | 127 | 12% | 57% |
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- BASE award notices for Portugal. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- November 2024 to October 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Portugal, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- 8% of the award records for Portugal in this window have a CPV code. A record without a code is in no sector. Each award counts in one sector only, by the strict CPV rules of the ART-1 audit. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in EUR. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Portugal. 96% of the awards state an amount, EUR 27.3 billion in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 4 November 2026. Awards from November 2024 to October 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.