Costa Rica tender market report, October 2026
Published 14 Nov 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 32 notices
- Notices published
- 32
- +28% vs September 2026
- Still open
- 7
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 13 days
- middle half: 5–21 days
- With a stated value
- 1
- 3% of notices
Summary
In October 2026, FreeTender recorded 32 new procurement notices from buyers in Costa Rica (+28% on September 2026). The largest sector was Financial & Professional Services with 9 notices (28% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 13 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (28% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Financial & Professional Services9 notices+125%
- Media, Printing & Advertising2 notices+100%
- Construction & Infrastructure2 notices-33%
- Education & Training2 notices-33%
- Defence & Security1 notices
- Agriculture & Food1 notices-67%
- Electronics & Semiconductors1 notices+0%
- Governance & Public Institutions1 notices
- Facility Management & Cleaning1 notices-50%
- Healthcare & Pharma1 notices
- Research, Studies & Evaluation1 notices
- Manufacturing & Supply1 notices
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Request for quotation19 notices
- Request for proposal6 notices
- Contract award3 notices
- Expression of interest3 notices
- Open tender1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday4 notices
- Tuesday3 notices
- Wednesday8 notices
- Thursday9 notices
- Friday8 notices
- Saturday0 notices
- Sunday0 notices
Most active buyers in Costa Rica
Stated values
1 of 32 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 50 thousand | 50 thousand | 50 thousand |
Largest notices of the month
- Consulting to support research and capacity building of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund · USD 50 thousand · closed
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.