Public Procurement notices are published on-line in the central Public Procurement Register which also hosts an innovative e-procurement environment for submitting tenders and awarding contracts. All contacts in the field of public procurement in Estonia see here.
Public procurement means making a purchase by the state or some (as a rule) public sector authority according to the rules specified in the law.
Supplies, services or works are purchased as a public procurement. Rules for purchasing supplies, services or works are set out in the law in order to ensure fair, expedient and transparent use of the taxpayer’s money.
Rules of public procurement are broadly divided into three degrees of complexity that depend on the amount of money required for the purchase. The larger the amount of money required for the purchase, the more regulated and complicated the rules of public procurement, i.e. making the purchase.
Estonia is at the forefront of carrying out electronic public procurements. Information about the purchase intent and the course of the procedure of these purchases is available in one place – in the Public Procurement Register.
Upon carrying out public procurement, the state can also promote the marketing of innovative products, support the environment through purchasing environmentally friendly products and also support the achievement of the state’s social objectives as necessary. For more information on the activities in the field of strategic procurement please see press release "OECD to provide aid to Estonian contracting authorities in organising public procurement". Project info can be found here.
In November 2023 the Government agreed on strategic public procurement principles: reliable, environmentally friendly, supporting innovation, socially responsible, reducing security risks and reasonable. Preparing action plans to promote each principle to achieve the set goals is ongoing.
Legislation
The field of public procurement in Estonia is regulated by the Public Procurement Act and supplemented with several regulations of the Government of Estonia.
Information on EU legislation is available at the European Commission website or at the SIMAP website.
Court practice is available at the site of the Court of Justice of the European Union. National court decisions can be found here.
Last updated: 30.09.2025
