Country kit
Bidding in Romania: the country kit
What a company from another country needs to know before it bids for a public contract in Romania.
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
What a company from another country usually runs into. Each line names where you can check it.
- Portals
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One national system, SEAP (also called SICAP), publishes the notices and takes the bids. A company registers there first, which usually takes some days.
Check it at SEAP (e-licitatie.ro)
- Account to submit
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To submit you need an account on the platform the notice names. Open it days ahead: some platforms check a new company by hand.
Check it at SEAP (e-licitatie.ro)
- Electronic signature
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A qualified electronic signature is usually required on the bid, or on the files the documents name.
A qualified signature from a provider established in another EU state has the same legal effect (eIDAS Regulation, Article 25). Whether the platform's own tool reads your certificate is a practical matter: try it well before the deadline.
Check it at SEAP (e-licitatie.ro), EU trusted lists of signature providers
- ESPD and eCertis
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The European Single Procurement Document is accepted as a first proof that you are suitable; here it is called DUAE (document unic de achiziție european). eCertis shows which certificates of your own country match the ones asked for.
Check it at eCertis (European Commission)
- Registers and lists
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There is no list to join before bidding. The ESPD is filled in inside SEAP; the best-ranked bidder then sends the certificates behind it, a company from another state those of its own country.
Check it at Agenția Națională pentru Achiziții Publice (ANAP)
- Language of the bid
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Bids are usually written in Romanian. Certificates in another language usually need a translation; the documents say whether it has to be certified.
Check it at SEAP (e-licitatie.ro)
From the register
Counted from the notices Aperlena reads. These lines change as the register does.
- Sources we read
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Notices above the EU thresholds also arrive through TED, the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily.
- Open now
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1,122 open notices. See them
Busiest sectors: Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals (244), Construction work (221), Architecture & engineering services (181)
- Time to bid
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Open procedure above the EU thresholds: usually 21 to 35 days from publication to the deadline (median: 32, from 16,135 notices).
- Language of the notices
- Romanian
- Currency
- Amounts are stated in RON. Aperlena shows a conversion to euros beside them.
- Working days
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Deadlines on Aperlena count working days on the national calendar of Romania: 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 Romania. 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 Romania