OBS_VALUE: For firms, there is no maximum time allowed to the regulator for decisions, but the term of the tender, understood as the term that must elapse between the date from which proposals can be submitted and the date of its closure, must indicated in the specifications, in accordance with the nature, object and amount of the contract.For professionals, there is no maximum time allowed to the regulator for decisions on applications. The general provision regarding administrative procedures is that after 3 months have elapsed from the presentation of a petition, and no decision resolving it has been notified, it will be understood that the decision is negative. Only in the cases expressly provided for in special llegislation the silence of the administration is equivalent to a positive decision.