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Public contracts - Romania

Updated 04.2010

Legal requirements

The Emergency Ordinance on the awarding of public procurement contracts, public works contracts and service contracts governs procedures for the award of public procurement contracts. By passing this piece of legislation, Romania complied with European requirements regarding the award of public procurement contracts.

  • Emergency Ordinance on the awarding of public procurement contracts pdf [603 KB] română

Public procurement procedures

The procedures for awarding public procurement contracts are as follows:

  • Open tender is a procedure whereby any interested company has the right to submit a tender;
  • Restricted tender is a procedure whereby any company may apply to become a candidate, but only the selected candidates are invited to submit tenders;
  • Competitive dialogue is a procedure whereby any company has the right to apply to become a candidate, and the contracting authority then conducts a dialogue with the selected candidates in order to identify the solutions that are suitable for its needs. Based on the solutions found, the successful candidates will draw up and submit their final tenders;
  • Negotiation is a procedure by which the contracting authority engages in consultations with the selected candidates and negotiates the contractual clauses with one or more of them;
  • Call for tenders is a procedure by which the contracting authority requests tenders from several economic operators;
  • Contest of solutions is a special procedure used for the procurement of a plan or project, where the selection process is allocated to a panel of judges.
  • Public procurement procedures pdf [275 KB] română

Types of public procurement contracts

Public procurement contracts are:

  • works contracts, which focus on the execution/design/carrying out of construction works;
  • supply contracts, which focus on the supply of one or more products by means of purchase, rental or leasing;
  • service contracts, which focus on the provision of one or more services.
  • Types of public procurement contracts pdf [603 KB] română

National public procurement authorities

The Autoritatea Națională pentru Reglementarea și Monitorizarea Achizițiilor Publice, ANRAP   (National Authority for the Regulation and Monitoring of Public Procurement) is the institution responsible for managing the public procurement system in Romania.

  • ANRAP română

Consiliul Național de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, CNSC (National Council for Resolving Complaints) is the administrative-jurisdictional body competent to resolve complaints relating to the procedure for awarding public procurement contracts.

  • CNSC română

The Ministry of Public Finance is responsible for verifying all procedural aspects relating to the process for awarding public procurement contracts.

  • Ministry of Public Finance română
 

Administrative procedures

Submitting tenders

Any economic operator that wishes to participate in public procurement procedures via electronic means, must register with the Electronic Public Procurement System (SEAP). Otherwise, any tenders submitted will not be considered.

  • SEAP registration procedure for economic operators română Online government service
  • Registration renewal procedure for economic operators română Online government service
  • Procedure for recovering SEAP registration digital certificates română Online government service

Details regarding SEAP registration and participation in procedures for the award of public procurement contracts are available on the SEAP website.

  • Electronic public procurement system română

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

  • References

    Legal texts

    • Law no 228/2007 approving Emergency Government Ordinance no 30/2006 on verification of procedural matters relating to the award of public procurement contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 471/12.07.2007 română
    • Law no 337/2006 approving Emergency Government Ordinance no 34/2006 on the awarding of public procurement, public works and service contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 625/20.07.2006 română
    • Resolution no 198/2008 amending and supplementing the Standards for applying the provisions relating to the awarding of public procurement contracts by electronic means, published in the Official Gazette no 165/04.03.2008 pdf [44 KB] română
    • Government Resolution no1660/2006 approving the Standards for applying the provisions relating to the awarding of public procurement contracts by electronic means in, Government Emergency Ordinance no 34/2006, published in the Official Gazette no 978/07.12.2006 română
    • Government Resolution no 942/2006 approving the Standards for applying Emergency Government Ordinance no 30/2006 on verification of procedural matters relating to the awarding of public procurement contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 661/01.08.2006 română
    • Government Resolution no 925/2006 approving the Standards for applying the provisions relating to the awarding of public procurement contracts in Emergency Government Ordinance no 34/2006 on the awarding of public procurement, public works and service contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 625/20.07.2006, as amended pdf [323 KB] română
    • Emergency Ordinance no 34/2006 on the awarding of public procurement, public works and service contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 418/15.05.2006, as amended pdf [603 KB] română
    • Emergency Ordinance no 30/2006 on verification of procedural matters relating to the awarding of public procurement contracts, published in the Official Gazette no 365/26.04.2006 română
    • Order no 175/2007 approving the Operational manual for the monitoring and verification of the awarding of public procurement, public works and service contracts - sample form, form contents and the documents used, published in the Official Gazette no 124/20.02.2007 română
    • Ordinance no 1679/2006 supplementing Order no 1.801-1995 of the Minister of State and the Minister of Finance, as amended, published in the Official Gazette no 871/24.11.2006 română

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Further help

The Camera de Comerț si Industrie a României (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania) organises courses on public procurement procedures.

  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania română