🇵🇹 Portugal · Defense & Security
Defense & Security tenders in Portugal.
Sell to State lists 4 Portugal portals and buyers that publish defense and security tenders. The award numbers below come from BASE award notices.
Search Portugal Defense & Security tenders →🇵🇹 BASE award notices · Sep 2024 – Aug 2026
Who wins defense and security contracts in Portugal?
CPV sector: the sector of each award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Other counts on the site use keyword labels and can differ.
434 defense and security awards in Portugal went to 133 suppliers from September 2024 to August 2026. Of 133 winning suppliers, 53% won once. Their awards are 16% of the total. The largest supplier, PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A., won 12% of the awards. The median for defense and security across 8 countries is 8%.
For the top 1%, the share of stated value (10%) and the share of awards (12%) are within 2 points. PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A. won the most awards: 50, or 12% of the total.
- Awards
- 434
- Contract awards from Sep 2024 – Aug 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 133
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 53%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 12%
- Share of awards won by the largest supplier, PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A..
Fewer than 2,000 awards in this window. Read the numbers with care.
Top suppliers
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A. | 50 | 12% | 9.10 million | 5% |
| 2 | Prestibel - Empresa de Segurança S.A. | 31 | 7% | 7.60 million | 5% |
| 3 | Ronsegur, Rondas e Segurança, S.A. | 30 | 7% | 17.0 million | 10% |
| 4 | Noite e Dia - Vigilância Lda | 19 | 4% | 14.1 million | 9% |
| 5 | STRONG CHARON, SOLUÇÕES DE SEGURANÇA, S.A. | 17 | 4% | 6.34 million | 4% |
| 6 | Powershield - Segurança Privada S.A. | 10 | 2% | 2.56 million | 2% |
| 7 | COPS Companhia Operacional de Segurança, Unipessoal Lda. | 9 | 2% | 10.6 million | 6% |
| 8 | ANTERO LOPES, LDA | 9 | 2% | 1.53 million | under 1% |
| 9 | VIANAS, S.A. | 9 | 2% | 250,000 | under 1% |
| 10 | PRAXIS-SEGURANÇA S.A. | 7 | 2% | 3.80 million | 2% |
Top buyers
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defesa Nacional - Marinha | 51 | 12% | 16.8 million | 10% |
| 2 | Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, E.P.E. | 26 | 6% | 7.84 million | 5% |
| 3 | Município do Porto | 25 | 6% | 11.1 million | 7% |
| 4 | Polícia de Segurança Pública | 21 | 5% | 1.61 million | under 1% |
| 5 | Secretaria-Geral do Ministério da Administração Interna | 18 | 4% | 8.08 million | 5% |
| 6 | Guarda Nacional Republicana - Direção de Recursos Logísticos - Divisão de Aquisições | 17 | 4% | 123,402 | under 1% |
| 7 | Município da Póvoa de Varzim | 16 | 4% | – | – |
| 8 | Serviço Regional de Proteção Civil, IP-RAM | 16 | 4% | – | – |
| 9 | Estado-Maior do Exército | 15 | 3% | 663,216 | under 1% |
| 10 | Estado-Maior do Exército | 13 | 3% | 7.00 million | 4% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
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.
- September 2024 to August 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Portugal, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- 10% of the award records for Portugal in this window have a CPV code. A record without a code is in no sector. Defense & Security here means security, police and defense equipment (CPV 35): weapons, ammunition, military vehicles, ships and aircraft, and personal equipment, plus guard and security services, defense services, public order services, defense research, video surveillance and radar. It leaves out fire-fighting, rescue and safety equipment, and defense training (Education). Each award counts in one sector only. We do not use our keyword sector labels here. A hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors. How we counted in 39 countries.
- 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. 66% of the awards state an amount, EUR 166 million in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
Snapshot 9 October 2026. Awards from September 2024 to August 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.
The app shows the same counts for the other sectors in Portugal and for each live country.
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Portugal portals with defense and security tenders
This is a directory of portals. The numbers above come from BASE award notices only.
BASE
IT Services · Tourism · Maritime Economy · Healthcare · Infrastructure
BASE — Contratos Públicos Online
aerospace · defense · Aerospace · military-equipment · engineering-services
IP Infraestruturas de Portugal Construction Tenders
construction · Infrastructure · civil-works · public-works · Rail infrastructure
EMPORDEF Procurement Portal
Defense · Defense systems · Security · military equipment
Other Portugal tender sectors
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Questions
- Who won the most defense and security contracts in Portugal?
- PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A. won the most defense and security awards in Portugal from September 2024 to August 2026: 50 of 434 (12%). Prestibel - Empresa de Segurança S.A. won 31 and Ronsegur, Rondas e Segurança, S.A. won 30. The top 10 is on this page.
- How many defense and security suppliers in Portugal win only one contract?
- 53% of the 133 suppliers with a defense and security award in the window won exactly one. Together they hold 16% of the awards. We count suppliers by normalised name, so this share is an upper bound.
- How concentrated are defense and security contracts in Portugal?
- The largest supplier, PROTECÇÃO TOTAL - SEGURANÇA PRIVADA S.A., won 12% of the awards, and the top 10% of suppliers won 49%. The Gini coefficient of awards across suppliers is 0.56: 0 means that each supplier wins the same number, and 1 means that one supplier wins all. By stated value, the top 1% hold 10%.
- Which buyers sign the most defense and security contracts in Portugal?
- Defesa Nacional - Marinha signed the most: 51 awards (12%). The ten largest buyers signed 50% of the 434 awards from September 2024 to August 2026.
- Where are defense and security tenders published in Portugal?
- Sell to State lists 4 portals that publish defense and security tenders in Portugal, for example BASE, BASE — Contratos Públicos Online, IP Infraestruturas de Portugal Construction Tenders. We hold BASE award notices for Portugal.
- Can foreign vendors bid on Portugal defense and security contracts?
- Eligibility depends on each tender's rules and the procurement law of Portugal. Many defense and security contracts are open to international bidders, sometimes through a local partner or a registration. Always check the notice itself; Sell to State links the source listing so you can verify it.
- How does Sell to State help with Portugal defense and security procurement?
- Sell to State holds BASE award notices for Portugal. Every record shows its publication date.
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