Procurement

  • General Information
  • Open/Restricted Tender Procedures
  • Low & Middle Value Negotiated Procedures

    • Frontex is an autonomous EU Agency and has therefore its own Financial Regulation.

    In accordance with this Regulation the relevant provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union (Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2018/1046 shall apply.

    According to the above mentioned  Regulation, Title VII - Procurement and concessions and Annex I - Procurement, the choice of the tender procedure and advertising requirements depend mainly on the threshold amounts of the contracts foreseen and is currently as follows:




    Value of the call for tender:
    < €15,000.01

    Minimum procedure required
    Negotiated procedure with a single supplier/service provider

    Means of advertising
    No advertising

    Value of the call for tender:
    €15,000.01 - €60,000.00

    Minimum procedure required
    Negotiated procedure with at least 3 candidates without a contract notice - Low Value Negotiated Procedure

    Means of advertising
    Advertising on Frontex Webpage

    Value of the call for tender:
    > €60,000.00 and less
    than €143,000 for supplies
    and services

    Minimum procedure required
    Negotiated procedure with at least 5 candidates without a contract notice - Middle Value Negotiated Procedure

    Means of advertising
    Advertising on Frontex Webpage

    Value of the call for tender:
    > €143,000.00 supplies
    and services

    Minimum procedure required
    Open tender procedure or restricted tender procedure with a contract notice published in the Official Journal

    Means of advertising
    TED Webpage

    Value of the call for tender:
    Services under Annex XIV
    to Directive 2014/24/EU

    Minimum procedure required
    Competitive procedure with negotiation

    Means of advertising
    TED Webpage

    Non-procurement procedures:
    Auction Sales

    Non-procurement procedures

    General questions related to Frontex procurement procedures shall be addressed to: procurement@frontex.europa.eu Expressions of interest related to the Low and Middle Value Negotiated Procedures should be sent to procurement.exante@frontex.europa.eu

    Frequently Asked Questions

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