Tenders in Switzerland

Public procurement in Switzerland

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 Act on Public Procurement (PPA / BöB) (2019)

Regulator

Federal Procurement Conference (BKB)

Official portal

simap.ch

WTO procurement agreement

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

Foreign bidders

Firms from countries that grant Switzerland market access under international agreements (such as the WTO GPA or the EU-Swiss agreement) may bid on the same terms. For contracts outside those treaties, foreign firms may bid if their home country grants reciprocal rights or if the contracting authority allows it.

Notice languages

German, French, Italian

Currency

CHF

Good to know

The revised federal act took effect on 1 January 2021. Cantons and communes follow their own intercantonal agreement (IVöB, adopted 2019), and federal and cantonal notices are published on simap.ch, generally in at least two official languages.

Trade snapshot

GDP (2025)

US$1.04 trillion

Exports (2025)

US$814.5 billion in goods and services

Imports (2025)

US$721.2 billion in goods and services

Trade share (2025)

147% of GDP

Average tariff (2022)

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

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

Switzerland on FreeTender right now

748 open notices; the busiest sectors are construction & infrastructure (495), it & telecom (57), transport & logistics (42), manufacturing & supply (34) and financial & professional services (27).

Most active buyers: Unité soumissions - Département de l'aménagement, des constructions et de la mobilité (DACM) de la Ville de Genève (20), Fachstelle Beschaffungswesen Stadt Bern (17), Ville de Lausanne - Service de la propreté urbaine (Architram) (15), Office fédéral des routes OFROU, Division Infrastructure routière Ouest, filiale Estavayer-le-Lac (12), Services industriels de Genève (SIG) - Direction Achats (9).

Sources: bkb.admin.ch · bkb.admin.ch · simap.ch

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