🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina · Government procurement
How to find and win government tenders in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina publishes public procurement notices on ejn.gov.ba, the country's official e-procurement portal operated by the Agency for Public Procurement. This guide explains how the system is structured, how suppliers can participate, and how Sell to State helps track opportunities across the country's complex institutional landscape.
Four steps to your first Bosnia and Herzegovina government contract.
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Register on ejn.gov.ba
Create a supplier account on the e-Procurement portal (ejn.gov.ba). Domestic businesses use their official company registration details; foreign companies submit equivalent documentation from their home jurisdiction.
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Search active procurement notices
Use the portal's search tools to find open tenders by institution, subject, or category. Sell to State indexes ejn.gov.ba so you can search across all Bosnia and Herzegovina public opportunities in plain English.
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Prepare a compliant tender submission
Download the tender dossier, meet all qualification requirements set by the contracting authority, and submit your bid through the portal before the stated deadline.
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Track awards and repeat buyers
Award decisions are published on ejn.gov.ba. Save the search and turn on its alert: once a day, we email you the number of new open and awarded tenders that match it.
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Search Bosnia and Herzegovina government tenders
ejn.gov.ba is Bosnia and Herzegovina's central e-procurement system, overseen by the Agency for Public Procurement. The country has a layered governance structure — the state level, two entities (Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska), and the Brčko District — and contracting authorities from all levels publish on the portal. This makes the procurement landscape notably diverse in terms of institutions and volumes.
Foreign suppliers may participate in Bosnia and Herzegovina public tenders. Procurement law broadly allows international competition, and qualification requirements are set per tender. Most tender documentation is in Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian; foreign bidders often engage local partners for complex procedures. BiH's procurement framework has been subject to reform as part of EU integration efforts.
With hundreds of contracting authorities publishing across multiple governance levels, manually tracking ejn.gov.ba is demanding. Sell to State indexes Bosnia and Herzegovina tender data from the portal and provides plain-English search and daily email alerts on saved searches to keep your pipeline in one place without constant manual monitoring.
Requirements for government contractors in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2026)
What a company needs to register, bid and sign a public contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is a draft from the World Bank Global Public Procurement Database (profile year 2022), compiled on . We have not yet checked it against the portal and the law, so confirm each point in the tender documents.
| Procurement law | The public procurement law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as linked in the World Bank GPPD profile |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Public procurement agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| E-procurement portal | Electronic Information System for public procurement (IS e-Procurement) (www.ejn.gov.ba) |
| Supplier registration | The GPPD profile lists Electronic Information System for public procurement (IS e-Procurement) as the e-procurement system, launched in 2014. Check on the portal how suppliers register; the tender documents state who may bid. Tender documents can be downloaded from the system. Fees that the profile records: Other: DESCRIBE, Free of charge. |
| Foreign companies | The GPPD profile does not record the rules for foreign bidders. Read the eligibility section of each tender, and check if the law gives a domestic preference. |
| Bid security | The law has a clause on bid securities or bid-securing declarations (GPPD reference: Article 61 of the Public procurement law (Offical Gazette of BiH no.39/14)). |
| Domestic preference | The law has a domestic preference clause (GPPD reference: Article 67 of the Public procurement law (Offical Gazette of BiH no.39/14)). |
| Language | The e-procurement system supports Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English. |
| Thresholds | The law sets tender thresholds (GPPD reference: BAM 250,000.00, BAM 400,000,00 and BAM 800,000.00, depending of the type of contracting authority for goods and services; BAM 9.000.000,00 for all contracting authorities for works). |
| Complaints | The law sets a period to resolve complaints (GPPD reference: Part three of the Public procurement law (Offical Gazette of BiH no.39/14)). |
Documents to prepare before you bid in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Company registration documents, or the foreign equivalents
- A tax compliance certificate
- The bid in the format of the tender documents
- Bid security or a bid-securing declaration, when the tender documents require it
What changed in 2025 and 2026
Not yet checked for 2025-2026 changes. The GPPD profile is for 2022.
Sources: World Bank Global Public Procurement Database: Bosnia and Herzegovina profile (2022); Public procurement agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Electronic Information System for public procurement (IS e-Procurement); Public procurement law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (GPPD link); Public procurement law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (GPPD link).
Frequently asked questions
What is ejn.gov.ba and which institutions publish there?
ejn.gov.ba is Bosnia and Herzegovina's official public e-procurement portal. Contracting authorities from the state level, Federation of BiH, Republika Srpska, and Brčko District all publish procurement notices, tender documents, and award decisions there.
Can international suppliers bid on Bosnia and Herzegovina tenders?
Yes. BiH public procurement law generally permits foreign companies to compete in open procedures. Suppliers must meet the eligibility and financial or technical qualifications specified in the individual tender notice.
Is ejn.gov.ba free to access?
Registration and access to published tender notices on ejn.gov.ba is free for suppliers. Individual contracting authorities may specify additional steps for obtaining complete tender dossiers.
How can Sell to State help me keep track of BiH procurement opportunities?
Save a keyword or category search in Sell to State and choose to follow specific contracting authorities. Turn on the alert for the saved tender search: once a day, we email you the number of new open and awarded tenders that match it.
What Bosnia and Herzegovina data does Sell to State cover?
Sell to State indexes procurement notices and award data sourced from ejn.gov.ba, spanning contracting authorities across state, entity, and district levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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