2026-10-24 · Data Innovations

Nordic public procurement: where a Lithuanian company can find tenders

Public procurement in the Nordic countries is a large market for Lithuanian contractors, manufacturers and service companies. Often the hardest part is not winning but finding the right tender in time. Here is where to look and how to avoid spending hours on daily searches.

Main sources

Country	Where it is published	Notes
All EU countries	TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)	Procurements above EU value thresholds
Norway	Doffin	Both national procurements and those above EU thresholds
Finland	Hilma	Both national procurements and those above EU thresholds
Sweden, Denmark	TED and national notice platforms	Smaller procurements are published on national platforms

Tender documents are often downloaded not from the notice portal itself but from the procurement system named in the notice. This usually requires registration.

Value thresholds: what is published where

TED publishes only procurements above the thresholds set by the EU (they differ for supplies, services and works and are updated periodically). Smaller procurements stay on national portals. So if you monitor only TED, you see most of the value but not all the tenders.

The language barrier

Notices are written in the country's language: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish. Two practical rules:

Search by CPV codes. They are the same across the EU; for example, division 45 covers construction works.
Write keywords in the local language and use word stems (e.g. "sykehus*", Norwegian for hospital).

TED, Doffin and Hilma in one place

MarketScope collects notices by your CPV codes and keywords, links them into projects and scores them 0–100.

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How to filter without drowning

Choose 2–4 CPV groups that genuinely match your works.
Specify countries and, if relevant, regions.
Set a minimum value below which bidding is not worth it for you.
Monitor winners too: if you do not bid yourself, the winner may become your customer.

What to do when you find a tender

Check the deadline and the qualification requirements, download the documents from the procurement system named in the notice and assess whether you need a local partner. If the tender is too large, find out who will bid and offer subcontracting.