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Portal BASE – Portal dos Contratos Públicos

Finance and taxPortalNational17 connections

Central register of public contracts in mainland Portugal and the autonomous regions; receives procedure and contract data blocks from platforms, contracting entities, management software and e-invoicing operators.

Acronym: BASE
Type: Portal
Level: National
Area: Finance and tax
Owner: Instituto dos Mercados Públicos, do Imobiliário e da Construção, I.P.
Used by: citizens, businesses, public staff, other bodies
In service since: 2008
Evidence: Checked against sources
Interface types: Mobile app, SOAP web service, Web portal / forms, open data API, open data download
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

Connections

17 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.

Sends data to4

Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado, I.P.2023 protocol gives AMA (now ARTE) access to BASE databases
Agência para o Desenvolvimento e Coesão, I.P.2023 protocol gives ISS, II, AMA (now ARTE) and AD&C access to BASE databases
dados.gov.pt – Portal de Dados Abertos da Administração PúblicaBASE contract data published on dados.gov.pt as yearly files 2012-2026 (last updated Oct 2026) · Batch file
Portal Mais Transparênciatransparencia.gov.pt mirrors BASE procurement data

Connects to1

Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, S.A.Award notices validated against eForms and sent to INCM (since July 2026)

Reports to1

Tribunal de ContasTdC and IGF use BASE data for verification; IMPIC does not audit it

Run by1

Instituto dos Mercados Públicos, do Imobiliário e da Construção, I.P.IMPIC manages Portal BASE (but does not audit its data)

Gets reports from9

acinGovProcedure data blocks transmitted electronically to BASE under the interconnection requirements (Portaria 57/2018 / 284/2019) · Real-time API
anoGovProcedure data blocks transmitted electronically to BASE under the interconnection requirements (Portaria 57/2018 / 284/2019) · Real-time API
ComprasPTProcedure data blocks transmitted electronically to BASE under the interconnection requirements (Portaria 57/2018 / 284/2019) · Real-time API
FE-AP – Portal da Fatura Eletrónica na Administração PúblicaeSPap and other e-invoice reception operators send e-invoicing data blocks of contract execution reports to BASE
Municípios (Câmaras Municipais)Councils must publish procurement procedures and contracts in BASE (data models set by Portaria 318-B/2023) · Real-time API
saphetygovProcedure data blocks transmitted electronically to BASE under the interconnection requirements (Portaria 57/2018 / 284/2019) · Real-time API
Serviços Municipalizados (SMAS)SMAS appear in BASE as distinct contracting entities with their own NIF (e.g. SMAS de Mafra, Serviços Municipalizados de Setúbal); CCP art. 113.º n.º 3 b) counts each SMAS's contracts separately
Software aplicacional da AIRCAIRC registered as BASE integrating entity for management-software data blocks
VortalGovProcedure data blocks transmitted electronically to BASE under the interconnection requirements (Portaria 57/2018 / 284/2019) · Real-time API

Hosted by1

Centro de dados da eSPap (alojamento de infraestruturas e aplicações)IMPIC systems depend on eSPap infrastructure (planned outage 17-18 Oct 2026)

What the owner signs for IT

Buyer in Portal BASE: Instituto dos Mercados Públicos, do Imobiliário e da Construção, IP. This is everything the owner signed for IT, not the cost of this entry alone.

€6.4MIT contracts, 2012 to October 2026

€518ka year on average, 2022 to 2025

144IT contracts signed

By signing year

2012Highest: 2025, €1.1M

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Contract value by the year it was signed, not yearly spending. 2026 runs to 25 October.

By type

IT services€5.1M · 80%

Software€908k · 14%

Hardware€152k · 2%

Telecom€100k · 2%

IT maintenance€106k · 2%