concursos/licitações

English translation: competitions/tenders

02:16 Dec 2, 2011

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources

Portuguese term or phrase: concursos/licitações

I'm wondering if these two terms are synonymous. I would normally translate either one of them as 'calls for tender' or 'requests for proposal'. Is there a distinction, or are these terms synonymous in Portuguese? Note that **(leilões)** is added in the title. If you think they are different, then I will post separate questions.

3.3.1. Quotas e **concursos (leilões) /licitações**
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Os mais eficazes e eficientes mecanismos baseados na quantidade já inclui a maioria, se não todos dos elementos abaixo mencionados, particularmente aqueles que ajudam a minimizar os custos
• Aplica-se para mercados grandes (quota);
• Regras de elegibilidade claramente definidas incluindo recursos e autores elegíveis (aplicados para quotas e **concursos/licitações**);
• Condições de oferta e procura bem balanceados com um claro foco em novas capacidades - o sistema de cotas deve exceder a oferta existente mas realizável a um custo razoável (quota);
• Contratos a longo prazo/ obrigações de compra específicos e data de termino e nenhum intervalo de tempo entre uma cota e a outra;
• Sanções aplicadas para o caso do não cumprimento e aplicação adequada (aplicado para quotas e **concursos/licitações**);
• Metas definidas alongo prazo, de pelo menos 10 anos (quota);
• Tecnologia especifica de bandas para oferecer suporte diferenciada (aplica-se a quotas e **concursos/licitações**); e
• Pagamentos mínimos para permitir um adequado retomo de financiamento (aplica-se para quotas e **concursos/licitações**):

Muriel Vasconcellos KudoZ activity Questions: 913 (none open) (163 closed without grading) Answers: 6309 United States
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English translation:competitions/tenders

Explanation:
maybe

Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:53

Grading comment

Thanks, David. I ended up using something slightly different, but your answer is the closest.
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3 +3

competitions/tenders

David Hollywood

5 +1

tenders / bids

Mark Robertson

tendering/bids

Nick Taylor

Discussion entries: 3

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19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

competitions/tenders

Explanation:
maybe

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Thanks, David. I ended up using something slightly different, but your answer is the closest.

6 hrs confidence:

tendering/bids

Explanation:
tendering/bids

Nick Taylor
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

tenders / bids

Explanation:
The context/structure is the tender/call for bids (whether public, private, international or national) and the bid/proposal is what each bidder submits in the tender (or also in an auction)

Mark Robertson
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44

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