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Defence and security tenders: where they are published.
Defence and security procurement is the most rule-bound slice of the public market: separate directives in the EU, separate portals in many countries, and a large share of procedures that never reach an open notice at all. What does publish is worth watching precisely because fewer suppliers watch it.
The vocabulary that carries it
Buyers classify every European notice with a CPV code. These are the divisions that carry defence and security procurement, 266 codes in total. Each links to its own page with the official label in four languages and the codes beneath it.
The codes Portugal actually buys under
35520000Parts for warships100 · €4.7m75252000Rescue services96 · €3.5m75310000Benefit services77 · €2.1m75124000Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services41 · €771.5k75112100Administrative development project services35 · €498.9k75121000Administrative educational services34 · €469.6k35125100Sensors32 · €3.7m35113400Protective and safety clothing31 · €1.5m75251110Fire-prevention services23 · €987k75125000Administrative services related to tourism affairs22 · €195.6k35613000Unmanned aerial vehicles17 · €427.5k35811300Military uniforms17 · €2mContracts signed and value contracted under each code in Portugal, January to July 2026, counted from the open register across every procedure type. Each row is the deepest code carrying data: a whole division would take the list, because everything beneath it counts towards it.
What the notices look like
The published layer runs from uniforms, vehicles and protective equipment to fire-fighting and policing gear and the services around them. Eligibility conditions are heavier than in any other sector, which the notice rarely states in full: the documents do.
How contested it is, measured in Portugal
Portugal publishes its whole contract register as open data, so competition can be counted there rather than estimated. These are Portuguese figures for January to July 2026, and only open procedures whose bidder list was reported: direct awards are excluded, because there the buyer chooses who bids and a single offer is the design of the procedure. Method and sources on the Barómetro.
Where these buyers are mapped deepest
TRINTA maps 24 buyers of this type across its country pages, counted by category and never listed by name. These are the countries where the registry holds the most of them.
How TRINTA covers the sector
TRINTA does not watch a sector, it watches a company. The radar is built from your actual catalogue rather than from a code list, scans 1010+ official sources every day, and scores each notice 0 to 100 for fit with the reasoning shown. That distinction matters most in this sector precisely because buyers file procedures under neighbouring codes: a notice tagged one branch away still surfaces when the text matches what you sell.
Frequently asked questions
Which CPV codes cover defence and security tenders?
Defence and security procurement uses CPV division 35, security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, and parts of division 75, administration, defence and social security services. Many defence purchases are also made under general codes, uniforms, vehicles, IT, which is why the sector cannot be watched by code alone.
Can a foreign supplier bid on defence tenders?
It depends entirely on the procedure: defence procurement carries eligibility, security-clearance and sometimes national-content conditions that vary by country and by contract, and they live in the tender documents rather than in the notice. TRINTA retrieves those documents and attaches them, so the question is settled on the paperwork. This is information, not legal advice.
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