How to Bid on Public Tenders in Georgia Procurement Law, Rules and Step-by-Step Process

Georgia (the country, not the US state…) runs one of the more transparent fully electronic public procurement systems in the region. If you want to bid successfully, you need to understand three things: the legal basis, how the e-procurement workflow works, and how disputes/complaints are handled.

Below is a practical, “how it actually works” guide.

1) Legal framework: what rules govern procurement in Georgia?

Georgia’s procurement regime is anchored in the Law of Georgia on Public Procurement, which sets the core principles, procedures, roles, and supplier obligations. სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”+1

Key ideas the law emphasizes (in plain language):

• Public money must be spent efficiently and transparently.

• Suppliers must be treated equally and non-discriminatorily.

• Conflicts of interest and improper influence are explicitly addressed. procurement.gov.ge+1

Georgia also has a formal procurement dispute mechanism (more on that below), established under rules tied to the same law. procurement.gov.ge+1

2) Who runs procurement and where are tenders published?

Georgia’s procurement ecosystem is centered around the state procurement authority and its unified electronic procurement environment. The legal text and official procurement documentation are published on government sources (including the public procurement portal and Georgia’s legislative database). procurement.gov.ge+1

Practically, that means:

• Tender notices, documents, clarifications, and outcomes are handled digitally.

• Suppliers are expected to follow platform rules strictly (formats, deadlines, attachments).

(If you’ve bid in the EU before: the vibe is similar, but implementation details are Georgian and the platform workflow matters a lot.)

3) Main procurement methods you’ll encounter

Georgia uses multiple procurement methods (the law defines the available procedures and when they apply). სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”+1In day-to-day practice, you’ll generally see variants of:

• Competitive tenders (open competition)

• Selective/limited approaches in specific situations

• Simplified procurement for low-value or special cases (with its own rules and oversight expectations)

Important point: whatever the method, the tender documentation is the “source of truth” for:

• eligibility,

• evaluation logic,

• deadlines,

• required forms,

• and what is considered a compliant bid.

4) Registration and bidder readiness: what you should set up first

Before you even touch a tender, build a “bid readiness” kit:

Company identity & compliance

• registration details

• authorized signatory / representation docs

• tax/financial standing evidence as requested

Experience & capacity

• references (similar projects)

• staffing/technical capacity statements

• equipment or subcontractor declarations if relevant

Document discipline

• standardized templates for method statements, CVs, project lists

• translations if required by the tender (don’t guess; follow tender language rules)

Georgia’s system is not the place for “we’ll explain later” energy. Missing documents = easy disqualification.

5) Bid submission workflow: how it typically goes

A clean process usually looks like this:

1. Find the notice (monitor relevant categories/keywords frequently).

2. Download and read tender docs (all annexes, specs, draft contract, forms).

3. Track clarifications/amendmentsClarifications and addenda can change specs or deadlines. Treat addenda as mandatory reading.

4. Prepare the bid packageSeparate admin eligibility from technical and financial parts exactly as requested.

5. Submit electronically before the deadlinee-systems do not care that your upload died at 23:59.

6) Evaluation and award: how decisions are made

Evaluation must follow what the tender documents say. In competitive systems like Georgia’s, evaluation usually comes down to some combination of:

• compliance with specs,

• technical merit,

• price/financial scoring,

• qualification criteria.

Awards and key procurement actions are designed to be traceable and challengeable, which is why the dispute system matters.

7) Disputes, complaints, and supplier remedies

Georgia has a dedicated mechanism: the Public Procurement-related Dispute Resolution Council, with an established operating procedure (rules on how complaints are filed, reviewed, and decided). procurement.gov.ge+1

This matters for bidders because:

• If you believe the process is unlawful or unfair, there’s a formal channel.

• Timing and format are critical. “I emailed someone” is not a legal strategy.

Also note: Georgia’s legal framework has been evolving, including updates reflected in recent consolidated publications of the procurement law. სსიპ ”საქართველოს საკანონმდებლო მაცნე”+1

8) Common reasons bidders lose in Georgia (even when they’re “good”)

• Ignoring addenda/clarifications and submitting against outdated specs

• Non-compliant formatting (wrong form, missing signature/authority proof)

• Weak references (not comparable projects, not verifiable)

• Last-minute submissions that fail technically

• Overpromising in the technical offer without proof of capacity

Georgia is procedural: if you lose on compliance, your “great solution” never gets read.

9) How to track Georgia tenders efficiently (without living inside 12 portals)

You can monitor everything manually. You can also wash your clothes by hand in winter. Both are technically possible.

TendersGo helps you track public tenders (including Georgia) and global opportunities from a single interface with advanced filtering and multilingual search. If your goal is to build a steady pipeline (not randomly stumble into tenders), centralizing monitoring + alerts is the difference between “trying” and “operating.”