# Field notes

- Title: Field notes: findings from Sinal's own corpus — Sinal
- URL: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/field-notes
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- Alternate (pt-PT): https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/pt/notas (markdown: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/pt/notas.md)
- Alternate (es-ES): https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/es/notas (markdown: https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/es/notas.md)

Field notes

Dated counts from the public procurement records Sinal collects. Each note names its source, period, sample, method and limits. They describe Sinal's corpus, not national totals.

## 01 [Which IT awards in Sinal’s corpus have a stored end date in the next 12 months?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/field-notes/it-awards-with-a-stored-end-date)

We counted awards in CPV divisions 48 and 72 whose stored end date falls during the 12 months after the snapshot date. These are records in Sinal’s corpus, not a census of procurement or a list of renewals.

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## 02 [How many PLACSP result rows report exactly one received tender?](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/field-notes/placsp-reported-received-tenders)

In Sinal’s PLACSP corpus, 10,299 result rows linked to notices published in 2026 report exactly one received tender. This is a source-reported count on captured result rows, not a count of contracts or distinct lots.

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General information only. The source notice and applicable law decide each procurement.

The questions suppliers ask most are answered in [Answers](https://sinal-pme.babete.pt/answers), in plain words and with their sources.

Reviewed: 25 October 2026 · Sinal team