Country kit
Bidding in Bulgaria: the country kit
What our register holds about public tenders in Bulgaria. We have written no notes for bidders from abroad here yet.
Not legal advice. Rules and portals change: check the buyer's documents and the official portal.
Written notes last reviewed on November 15, 2026.
For a bidder from abroad
We have written no notes for Bulgaria yet. The buyer's documents and the official portal say what a bidder from abroad needs.
From the register
Counted from the notices Aperlena reads. These lines change as the register does.
- Sources we read
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- CAIS EOP - Bulgarian national e-procurement (Public Procurement Agency)
- ISUN 2020 - e-tender board of EU-funds beneficiaries (Council of Ministers of Bulgaria)
Notices above the EU thresholds also arrive through TED, the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily.
- Open now
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2,117 open notices. See them
Busiest sectors: Construction work (352), Petroleum, fuel & energy (222), Architecture & engineering services (138)
- Time to bid
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Open procedure above the EU thresholds: usually 28 to 33 days from publication to the deadline (median: 31, from 11,096 notices).
Open procedure below the EU thresholds: usually 12 to 21 days from publication to the deadline (median: 20, from 2,836 notices).
- Language of the notices
- Bulgarian
- Currency
- Amounts are stated in euros (EUR).
- Working days
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Deadlines on Aperlena count working days on the national calendar of Bulgaria: Monday to Friday, without the national public holidays. Regional holidays are not counted.
The next national holidays on a weekday: , , ,
After the award
Not legal advice. The periods run from the day the decision is sent to you. Check your award letter and national law before you rely on any of them.
EU minimum We hold no national figures for Bulgaria. Shown is the minimum every EU and EEA state has to give under the Remedies Directives (89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC, as amended by 2007/66/EC). The national period may be longer.
- Standstill period
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Usually 10 calendar days from the day after the decision was sent (15 when it was not sent electronically).
The buyer usually may not sign the contract before it ends.
- Time to challenge
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Usually 10 calendar days from the day after the decision was sent.
The periods are the ones for contracts above the EU thresholds. Below them national rules differ, and some awards have no standstill at all.
On the page of an awarded notice the periods are counted from its award date, with a letter asking the buyer for its reasons. Awarded contracts in Bulgaria