What it does not mean
They do not rank the merits of competing tenders; that is the role of award criteria.
In practice in Portugal
In a concurso limitado por prévia qualificação the buyer may set minimum technical-capacity requirements that suit the contract: track record, staff and equipment, organisation, environmental management (CCP, Article 165(1)).
In practice in Spain
The minimum solvency requirements, and the documents that prove them, are stated in the anuncio de licitación and the pliego, and must be linked to the contract's object and proportionate to it (LCSP, Article 74(2)).
In a restricted procedure the objective criteria must be fixed before the anuncio (Article 162(1)).
The EU rule behind both
EU law lets buyers ask for a minimum yearly turnover, which in general cannot exceed twice the estimated contract value (Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 58(3)).
What you see on the notice
- TED: a “Selection criteria” section lists each “Criterion” (for example “Specific yearly turnover” or “References on specified services”) with a description.
- BASE and PLACSP: the requirements themselves are in the procedure documents (“Peças do procedimento” on BASE, the documents listed on PLACSP), not in the summary fields.
How Sinal shows it
Check the source notice and procurement documents; Sinal does not replace the buyer’s qualification assessment.
- The drawer links the tender documents when the source gives them. Sinal does not decide whether you qualify.
Example in a real notice
TED restricted procedure stating candidate qualification requirements (notice text in Danish) ↗