Portugal
In this publication, we analyze the Supreme Administrative Court Ruling 12/2023 and outline the golden rules for submitting bids
- Supreme Administrative Court Ruling 12/2023 has standardized caselaw by ruling that submitting a bid in a digitally signed PDF file containing multiple separate documents that have not been electronically signed does not fulfill the requirement of having an individual signature on each document under the Public Procurement Code and Law 96/2015.
- In light of this caselaw, we take the opportunity to outline the best practices to follow when submitting bids in public procurement tenders.