Public procurement guides
What a company needs to know to find, assess and win public tenders in Greece, written for suppliers rather than lawyers.
ΚΗΜΔΗΣ: what it is, what gets posted and how a supplier reads it
A guide to the Greek Central Electronic Registry of Public Contracts: what ΚΗΜΔΗΣ is, which records are posted, what the ΑΔΑΜ code and the REQ, PROC, AWRD, SYMV and PAY prefixes mean, how to search it, and what a supplier can learn from the payment records.
GUIDEΕΣΗΔΗΣ and the Promitheus portal in 2026: registration and your first bid
A practical guide to ΕΣΗΔΗΣ after the August 2026 redesign of the Promitheus portal: what changed, which subsystems exist, how an economic operator registers, what electronic signature is needed, how a bid is structured and which deadlines apply.
GUIDE AND TOOLCPV codes: search, structure and choosing the right codes
What CPV codes are, how to read the eight-digit code, how they are used in ΚΗΜΔΗΣ, ΕΣΗΔΗΣ and TED, and how to pick the right ones for your company. With a search across all 9,454 codes in Greek and English and an Excel download.
GUIDEHow to read a tender document in 30 minutes and decide whether it is worth it
What a Greek tender document contains under the ΕΑΔΗΣΥ templates, in what order a supplier reads it, how selection criteria work (turnover up to twice the value, experience, ISO), what best price-quality ratio means and where tailored specifications hide.
GUIDEDirect award: thresholds, procedure and how to get on the list of invited suppliers
The direct award thresholds (30,000 and 60,000 euros), minor value contracts up to 2,500 euros, the invitation posted in ΚΗΜΔΗΣ, the documents required, the 12-month rule and the EU thresholds for 2026-2027. A guide for suppliers.
GUIDEPrimary request and budget commitment: the signal before the tender
What the primary request, the approved request and the budget commitment decision are, where they are posted (ΚΗΜΔΗΣ and Διαύγεια), how they precede the tender notice, and how a supplier uses them as an early signal.
GUIDEΕΕΕΣ and ΤΕΥΔ: the document that decides whether your bid gets opened
The ΕΕΕΣ (ESPD) is the self-declaration that replaces the evidence at the bidding stage in Greek tenders. What happened to the ΤΕΥΔ, how to fill the ESPD in at espd.eprocurement.gov.gr, who signs it and when, and which mistakes lead to rejection.
GUIDEGuarantees: participation, performance and advance payment
How much the participation guarantee (up to 2%) and the performance guarantee (4% or 5%) are, when they are not required, who may issue them (banks, ΤΜΕΔΕ, the Deposits and Loans Fund), how long they must be valid and when they are released. Article 72 of Law 4412/2016.
GUIDEΕΑΔΗΣΥ: what it does, what it costs you and how to appeal to it
What the Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority is, what the 0.1% ΕΑΔΗΣΥ levy means for a supplier, how and when a pre-judicial appeal is lodged (10 and 15 day deadlines, 0.5% fee), and what follows the decision.
GUIDEWhen does the public sector pay: from acceptance to payment order
The legal payment deadlines of Greek public bodies (30 and 60 days), the documents a contractor needs to get paid, the deductions on the invoice (4% and 8% tax withholding, 0.1% ΕΑΔΗΣΥ levy), late payment interest and how ΚΗΜΔΗΣ shows how fast each authority pays.
GUIDEE-invoicing to the public sector: what the contractor has to do
How mandatory electronic invoicing works in Greek public contracts: legal basis (Law 4601/2019, decision 52445/2023), the phases from 2023 to 2025, the ΑΔΑΜ on the invoice, the certified provider and the Peppol network, the exemptions, and what changes on 1 October 2026.
GUIDEAbnormally low tenders: how to justify your own and how to challenge a competitor's
How article 88 of Law 4412/2016 works: when the contracting authority considers a bid abnormally low it requests explanations within 20 days. The 10-point rule for works and studies, what justification is accepted, when rejection is mandatory and how to use it against a competitor.
GUIDEFramework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems: two doors that open once
What a framework agreement (article 39 of Law 4412/2016) and a dynamic purchasing system (article 33) are, how call-off contracts are awarded, the four-year maximum duration, the differences between them, and why admission to them decides access to whole markets such as health.
GUIDECancelled, failed and repeated tenders: what happens when a tender does not conclude
When a Greek public tender is cancelled (article 106 of Law 4412/2016), what a failed tender is, when it is repeated and when the authority may move to a negotiated procedure without publication on the same terms. What each means for a supplier.
SECTOR GUIDEHospital tenders: how the Greek public health system buys
A guide for suppliers to the Greek public health system: who buys (hospitals, health regions, ΕΚΑΠΥ, ΕΟΠΥΥ), through which procedures, which CPV codes dominate, where tenders are published, how the price observatory works and how late payments run.
GUIDEPublic procurement in Greece: a practical guide for foreign suppliers
How Greek public tenders work for a company based outside Greece: the law (ν. 4412/2016), the three systems (ΚΗΜΔΗΣ, ΕΣΗΔΗΣ, Διαύγεια), thresholds for 2026, registration, e-signature, the ESPD, language rules, guarantees, appeals and payment terms.