Contract Announcements

Most contract announcements on the State Trading Centre’s (Ríkiskaup) web are in Icelandic. Only some contract announcements that fall under the EEA regulations are in English. All contract announcements are published in the same place at the moment so it is necessary to browse through the entire column for the EEA announcements in English. To access further information on each announcement and the tender documents click on the heading or the ">>Lesa meira" icon.

All Icelandic EEA contract announcements are also published in english via SIMAP on the Tender Electronics daily web : http://ted.europa.eu

If you wish to receive further information about individual contracts, you can send us a request by this E-mail.

Types of public procurement contracts

For any given contracting authority in Iceland, the types of public procurement contracts available correspond with those available under the EC Directives i.e. public works, public supply and public services contracts etc. For contracts, which are not covered by the EC Directives on public procurement the Treaty free movement provisions and the Treaty based principles of equal treatment, transparency, proportionality and mutual recognition apply.

Forms of Advertising

Individual contracts falling within the EC Directives must normally be advertised at the start of the award procedure. In addition, there is a possibility to publish advance notices or purchases which the authority intends to make in the future, referred to as Prior Information Notices (PIN’s). The contract notice must be published in the Official Journal of the EU and its electronic equivalent Tenders Electronic Daily and are published in the biggest Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið every Sunday.

Even if a competition is not required under the EC Directives, for example because the estimated value of the contract falls below the relevant threshold, the authorities must ensure competition and to abide by EC Treaty principles.

Procedures for awarding contracts