Tenders in Austria

Public procurement in Austria

Key facts for bidders, checked against official sources (2026-10). General information, not legal advice. Always confirm the rules in the tender documents and on the official portal.

Main procurement law

Federal Procurement Act 2018 (Bundesvergabegesetz 2018, BVergG 2018) (2018) — implements the EU public procurement directives

Regulator

Federal Ministry of Justice – Procurement Law Unit (BMJ Stabsstelle für Vergaberecht)

Official portal

USP Tender Search (Ausschreibungssuche), Business Service Portal

WTO procurement agreement

Austria is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) through the EU: above set value thresholds, suppliers from other GPA parties must be treated like local ones.

Foreign bidders

Austria applies the EU procurement directives, and the federal business portal states that the same rules apply to businesses from all EU member states. Any company, including SMEs and sole traders, may take part in public tenders.

Notice languages

German

Currency

EUR

Good to know

There is no single tendering platform. Contracting authorities publish notices as 'core data' (Kerndaten) referenced on data.gv.at, usually through commercial procurement platforms, and the USP search brings them together. The Vergaberechtsgesetz 2026 amended the BVergG 2018, including aligning national notices with eForms.

Trade snapshot

GDP (2025)

US$579.5 billion

Exports (2025)

US$317.0 billion in goods and services

Imports (2025)

US$303.2 billion in goods and services

Trade share (2025)

107% of GDP

Average tariff (2022)

1.3% (applied, trade-weighted, all products)

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Austria on FreeTender right now

415 open notices; the busiest sectors are construction & infrastructure (212), it & telecom (44), transport & logistics (42), manufacturing & supply (28) and financial & professional services (16).

Most active buyers: Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft (61), Verkehrsbetriebe Burgenland GmbH (28), Oberösterreichische Gesundheitsholding GmbH (17), Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H. (14), Landeskrankenanstalten-Betriebsgesellschaft - KABEG (13).

Sources: usp.gv.at · usp.gv.at · bmj.gv.at

About tenders in Austria

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