# Answers

- Title: Answers — Iberian public procurement, explained plainly
- URL: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-11-06
- Alternate (pt-PT): https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/pt/respostas (markdown: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/pt/respostas.md)
- Alternate (es-ES): https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/es/respuestas (markdown: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/es/respuestas.md)

Answers

Questions Iberian SMEs actually ask about public procurement, answered in full, with the source named. Free to read, no account, no form.

## 01 [What is the difference between BASE.gov.pt and PLACSP?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/base-vs-placsp)

Portugal and Spain each publish public contracts on a central portal, under different law and with a different job.

## 02 [Can a company bid for public contracts across the Portugal–Spain border?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/bidding-across-the-portugal-spain-border)

Yes, in both directions. Bidders from other Member States are entitled to equal treatment. What changes is the evidence you must provide.

## 03 [When must a tender be published in TED rather than only nationally?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/eu-thresholds-2026)

From 1 January 2026 the thresholds are EUR 5,404,000 for works, EUR 140,000 and EUR 216,000 for supplies and services.

## 04 [Which formal grounds exclude a bid in Portugal and Spain?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/common-disqualifiers)

Exclusions are about the bidder's situation, documents, deadlines and form, not about the offer.

## 05 [How do you find public tenders in Portugal?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/how-to-find-tenders-portugal)

Three official places, and the authority's own electronic platform for the documents.

## 06 [What are CPV codes, and why use them together with keywords?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/cpv-codes)

CPV is the EU's shared vocabulary for what is being bought. Use it with keywords, then read the notice.

## 07 [How do you qualify a tender notice before you commit to a bid?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers/how-to-qualify-a-tender-notice)

Six checks that tell you, before you write anything, whether the notice deserves a bid.

Terms are explained in the [Glossary](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/glossary), a real record is followed step by step in [Evidence](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/evidence) and our own dated counts are in [Field notes](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/field-notes).