Lithuania Public Procurement Explained Laws, CVP IS Portal and How to Submit Bids

Lithuania is one of those countries where procurement is not “mysterious,” it’s just procedural. If you follow the rules and submit clean documentation, you can compete. If you don’t, the system won’t argue with you. It will just reject you and move on with its day.

This guide explains Lithuania’s public procurement framework, how bidding works in practice, what suppliers must prepare, and where companies usually mess up.

1) Legal framework: what governs public procurement in Lithuania?

Lithuania’s procurement rules are built around several core laws. The Public Procurement Office (VPT) summarizes that procurement procedures and concessions are governed by four main laws, including the Law on Public Procurement for the “classical sector.” vpt.lrv.lt

Lithuania is also actively modernizing and professionalizing procurement, with policy emphasis on efficiency, centralization, and strategic procurement (like innovation procurement targets). OECD+1

What this means for suppliers:

• The legal basis is clear.

• Tender documents and procedure rules matter a lot.

• Formal compliance is not “optional styling,” it’s a pass/fail gate.

2) Where tenders are published and how the system actually runs

Lithuania runs procurement electronically on a single central platform:

• All electronic public procurement procedures take place on one portal: the Central Public Procurement Information System (CVP IS / CPP IS), administered by the Public Procurement Office. vpt.lrv.lt

So the practical workflow is:

• Notice published

• Documents and clarifications published there

• Bid submitted there (unless the tender explicitly says otherwise)

If you’re used to fragmented portals in some countries, Lithuania is refreshingly centralized.

3) Typical procurement procedures you’ll see

Lithuania follows EU-style procedure logic (open, restricted, negotiated variants, etc.) because it operates within the broader EU procurement environment. The exact procedure and rules for each tender are defined in the tender documentation, and the platform supports suppliers submitting tenders for different procurement types. pirkimai.eviesiejipirkimai.lt+1

Your job as a bidder is simple (but humans still fail it daily):

• Identify the procedure

• Read the instructions like they’re a legal contract (because they are)

• Submit exactly what is requested, in the requested structure

4) Supplier registration and bid readiness

Before you chase tenders, prepare a reusable “Lithuania-ready” package:

Company admin

• registration and representation documents

• declarations required by the tender (often standardized forms)

Capacity and experience

• project references (relevant, recent, verifiable)

• staff CVs and qualifications for service contracts

• equipment/capacity statements for works

Technical and financial

• technical proposal aligned with specs

• pricing tables completed exactly as requested

Then test your process on CVP IS (accounts, uploads, signatures). A lot of “we lost” stories are really “we couldn’t upload the right file in time.”

5) Bid submission: how to not get eliminated for silly reasons

In practice, disqualifications usually come from:

• missing one mandatory document

• wrong form/version of a declaration

• not following file naming or packaging rules

• submitting too late because someone decided to upload at the deadline

Lithuania’s platform centralization helps, but it also means deadlines are enforced cleanly.

6) Complaints, disputes, and what to do when something feels unfair

Lithuania has a structured approach to disputes and claims. The Public Procurement Office provides guidance on how complaints/reports are used and can trigger review/inspection processes. vpt.lrv.lt

Translation: there are channels, but they’re procedural. If you want to challenge something, do it properly and on time.

7) Contract execution and eInvoicing expectations

One “modern procurement” detail that matters operationally: Lithuania has clear requirements around eInvoicing for public procurement contracts above EU thresholds (acceptance/processing of eInvoices compliant with the European standard). European Commission

If you win, your finance/ops team needs to be able to invoice in the expected standard where applicable.

8) Common mistakes foreign suppliers make in Lithuania

• Treating tender instructions as “guidelines”

• Submitting partially translated documentation (or the wrong language format)

• Weak references (not comparable scope, not provable)

• Underestimating admin declarations

• Leaving submission to the last minute

Lithuania is fair, but not forgiving.

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