Useful information

Ministry of Finance provides guidance on the implementation of the Public Procurement Act.
Please specify in your query whether you are representing a contracting authority or entity, tenderer/candidate or interested party. We will generally respond to queries within 15 days.

Contacts
 

Field of expertise E-mail Phone      

Advice on Procurement Act*

[email protected]

Procurement Register Helpdesk

Mo-Fr 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00

[email protected]

+372 611 3693

Procurement Supervision [email protected] + 372 588 51336
In case of a violation of European Union public procurement legislation, please notify: [email protected]

answering machine:

+372 5346 4230

Review Committee [email protected] +372 611 3713
In case of corruption threat, please notify: [email protected]

answering machine:

+372 612 3657

In case of bid rigging, please notify: [email protected]

* Replies within 15 days.

Ministry of Finance, department of state stakeholdings and public procurement, area of public procurement

1) makes, coordinates and implements the public procurement policy and is responsible for legislative drafting;
2) advises in matters pertaining to the implementation of this Act, thereby approves the procurement rules of a contracting authority or entity at the latter’s request, organises training in public procurement, gives advisory instructions and guidelines, and publishes updated know-how;
4) collects, processes and analyses statistical data and excanges information with the European Commission in accordance with legislation;
5) engages in supranational cooperation with foreign authorities and international organisations;
6) exercises state supervision and administrative supervision over adherence to this Act and legislation adopted on the basis thereof and carries out extrajudicial proceedings in misdemeanour cases in accordance with the rules and to the extent provided by law;
7) performs other duties, tasks and functions arising from laws.

Procurement reviews are administered by an independent Review Committee.

Public sector

Contract type Simplified procedure National treshold EU treshold
Goods and services 30 000 60 000 Public authority 140 000
Other 216 000
Design contest - 60 000 Public authority 140 000
Other 216 000
Works 60 000 150 000 5 404 000
Social services - 300 000 750 000
Special services - 60 000 750 000
Services concession 60 000 300 000 5 404 000
Social services concession - 300 000 5 404 000
Special services concession - 60 000 5 404 000
Works concession - 300 000 5 404 000

Utilities

Contract type Simplified procedure National treshold EU treshold
Goods and services 60 000 - 432 000
Design contest - 60 000 432 000
Works 300 000 - 5 404 000
Social services - 300 000 1 000 000
Special services - 60 000 1 000 000
Services concession 60 000 300 000 5 404 000
Social services concession - 300 000 5 404 000
Special services concession - 60 000 5 404 000
Works concession - 300 000 5 404 000

Defence

Contract type Simplified procedure National treshold EU treshold
Goods and services 60 000 - 432 000
Simplified procedure for services - 300 000 432 000
Works 300 000 - 5 404 000

Deadlines below EU treshold

Procedure Requests to participate E-submission Tender submission Tender submission in case of PIN or urgency
Simplified procedure - goods and services - 10 days 10 days -
Simplified procedure - works - 15 days 15 days -
Open procedure - goods and services - 15 days 20 days 15 days
Open procedure - works - 25 days 25 days -
Limited procedure, competitive procedure with negotiation - goods and services  15 days 15 days 15 days 10 days
Limited procedure, competitive procedure with negotiation - works 15 days 25 days 25 days 15 days
Innovation partnership, competitive dialogue - goods and services  15 days 15 days 15 days -
Innovation partnership, competitive dialogue - works 15 days 25 days 25 days -
Concessions with requests to participate 30 days 17 days 22 days -
Concessions without requests to participate - 30 days 30 days -
Special procedure of social and special services - 10 days 10 days -

Deadlines above EU treshold

Procedure Requests to participate Requests to participate due to urgency E-submission Tender submission Tender submission in case of PIN or urgency
Open procedure - goods and services - - 30 days* 35 days* 15 days*
Open procedure - works - - 45 days* 45 days* 25 days*
Limited procedure, competitive procedure with negotiation - goods and services 30 days* 15 days* 25 days 30 days 10 days
Limited procedure, competitive procedure with negotiation - works 30 days* 15 days* 25 days 30 days 15 days
Innovation partnership, competitive dialogue - goods and services and works 30 days* 15 days* 25 days 30 days -
Concessions with requests to participate 30 days* - 17 days 22 days -
Concessions without requests to participate - - 30 days* 30 days* -
Special procedure of social and special services - - 10 days* 10 days* -

The calculation of the deadline starts from the submission of the notice to the Publications Office of the European Union.

Last updated: 02.01.2026

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