Greek public procurement

Greek public procurement is governed by Law 4412/2016, which transposed the 2014 EU directives into national legislation. EAADHSY (Eniaiá Archí Dimosion Symvaseon — the Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority) serves as the independent regulatory body responsible for oversight, guidance, and dispute resolution. Annual public procurement spend exceeds EUR 12 billion, with a marked increase since the launch of Greece 2.0 — the country's EUR 31 billion national recovery and resilience plan funded through the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility and other EU programs.

The national e-procurement system ESIDIS (also known as Promitheus, accessible at promitheus.gov.gr) is mandatory for all public procurement above national thresholds. KIMDIS, a subsystem of Promitheus, serves as the central registry for recording all contracts regardless of value. Above EU thresholds, tenders also appear on TED. Duke's analysis shows that defense, infrastructure, and healthcare dominate Greek procurement by value, while IT and energy are the fastest-growing segments driven by EU-funded digitization and green transition projects. For an introduction to navigating Greek tenders, see our guide to finding Greek government contracts.

Greece follows standard EU procedure types: open procedure (anoiktí diadikasiá), restricted procedure, competitive dialogue, and negotiated procedure. The open procedure is by far the most commonly used, accounting for the vast majority of above-threshold contracts. Contracting authorities include central government ministries, 13 administrative regions (perifereies), 332 municipalities (dimoi), public hospitals, universities, and a large number of state-owned enterprises and public-sector organizations.

A notable feature of Greek procurement is the role of central purchasing bodies. The General Directorate of Government Procurement manages framework agreements for standardized goods and services used across government. For EU-funded projects, additional controls and audit requirements apply, and Greece has implemented specific anti-fraud measures as part of its recovery plan commitments. The language of procurement is Greek, which can be a barrier for international bidders — but above EU thresholds, eForms on TED provide standardized multilingual notices. Duke normalizes all Greek procurement data into a consistent English-language format. Visit our knowledge center to explore procurement concepts in depth.