As a European Union member state, Estonia’s public procurements market is open to undertakings from other EU member state; likewise, Estonian undertakings can bid for contracts at public procurements in other member states. Taking advantage of cross-border competition on the public procurements market gives contracting authorities more options with regard to quality and price of objects of procurements.
All public procurements that exceed a certain tender cost must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union throughout the European Union.
Within Estonia, the procedures for carrying out public procurements, the rights and obligations of subjects in public procurements, the procedures and responsibility for carrying out official review and resolving disputes are set forth in the Public Procurements Act.
Information on public procurements carried out in Estonia is collected and published by the National Public Procurements Register.
For an overview of public procurement in Europe, see the database TED (Tenders Electronic Daily). The database includes EU procurement notices by country, region, business sector, and other indicators, as well as important additional information on legislation and other issues.
For information on the documents required for cross-border procurement, see the database e-Certis. If you want to take part in a public procurement procedure, e-Certis can help you understand what documents are required from you and which authorities issue them. The information in the database is provided by the authorities of each Member State.
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More information on procurement rules and procedures can be found on the Your Europe portal.