What it does not mean
It is not the award decision or the full set of tender documents; read the linked procedure documents and later notices too.
In practice in Portugal
A concurso público is advertised in the Diário da República (CCP, Article 130(1)). When it must also appear in the Official Journal of the EU, both notices are sent at the same time, and the EU one does not replace the national one (Article 131(6) and (7)).
In practice in Spain
The anuncio de licitación is published on the buyer's profile; contracts subject to harmonised regulation must also go to the Official Journal (LCSP, Article 135(1)).
The Official Journal comes first: the national copy may not appear before it, unless the buyer has had no notice of publication within 48 hours of the confirmation of receipt (Article 135(3)).
The EU rule behind both
EU notices are published no later than five days after they are sent (Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 51(2)).
What you see on the notice
- BASE: an announcement shows “Tipo de ato” (for example “Anúncio de procedimento”), “Tipo de modelo”, “Preço base”, “Prazo para apresentação de propostas” and a link to the “Peças do procedimento”.
- PLACSP: “Subject of the contract”, “Estimated value of the contract” and “State of the Tender”, with the documents listed under “Advertisements and documents”.
- TED: the heading reads “Competition” and “Contract or concession notice – standard regime”, followed by the OJ issue and publication date.
How Sinal shows it
Listed in the Calls & Awards feed with source, buyer, publication date, and deadline where available.
- The feed lists calls with a type badge (“Call”), source, buyer, publication date and deadline.
- Each notice opens in a drawer with a link to the original at the source, which is where the full text and documents are.