How food commodities and nutrition programmes are contracted
Food procurement for public and humanitarian programmes is a commodity trade wrapped in a quality regime. The specification fixes the product in technical terms -- moisture content, broken grain or defect tolerances, protein or fat content, milling standards, and for fortified commodities the micronutrient premix and its dosage. Packaging is specified as tightly as the food: bag weight and material, marking, stacking strength and pallet configuration all appear in the tender, because a sack that fails in a warehouse loses the commodity it contains.
The commercial terms are shipping terms. Bids are almost always invited against defined delivery terms that decide who carries freight, insurance, port charges and inland transport, and a price that looks competitive under one term can be uncompetitive under another. Inspection by an independent surveyor at loading, certificates of analysis, phytosanitary and fumigation certificates, and a minimum remaining shelf life on arrival are conditions of payment rather than paperwork. Because commodity prices move, contracts frequently carry a validity window measured in days and price adjustment against a published index.
Nutrition programmes add a layer that pure commodity supply does not have. Therapeutic and supplementary foods are bought against product standards and supplier qualification schemes rather than open specification, and the list of qualified producers is short. Local and regional purchase policies, which favour buying near the point of need to support local markets and shorten lead times, increasingly override pure price comparison. Bidders should expect their production capacity, traceability and recall procedures to be audited, not merely declared.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys food aid and nutrition in Bulgaria?
GlobalGov holds 770 food aid and nutrition records from 304 distinct buying organisations in Bulgaria. The most frequent publishers are International buyer (19 records); International buyer (17 records); International buyer (16 records); International buyer (14 records); International buyer (13 records); International buyer (11 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 12% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| International buyer | 19 | 2.5% |
| International buyer | 17 | 2.2% |
| International buyer | 16 | 2.1% |
| International buyer | 14 | 1.8% |
| International buyer | 13 | 1.7% |
| International buyer | 11 | 1.4% |
What are food aid and nutrition contracts worth in Bulgaria?
738 of the 770 records publish a contract value. The median is $252,085 and the largest single published value is $24.0M. By size, 171 under $100k, 459 between $100k and $1M, 103 between $1M and $10M, 5 above $10M. The remaining 32 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 171 | 23% |
| between $100k and $1M | 459 | 62% |
| between $1M and $10M | 103 | 14% |
| above $10M | 5 | 0.7% |
How long do bidders get to respond to food aid and nutrition tenders in Bulgaria?
Across the 278 Bulgaria food aid and nutrition notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 33 days. A quarter of them allowed 30 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 35. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.4%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are food aid and nutrition tenders published in Bulgaria?
Bulgaria publishes about 5 notices a month in this category, 65 in the last twelve months. That is 55% fewer than the 143 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 353, spread across 61 separate months of activity since 6 January 2014. October is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Bulgaria compare with other food aid and nutrition markets?
Among the 39 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable food aid and nutrition market, Bulgaria ranks 7th by number of records. The largest is France (4,020 records against 770 here). Within Bulgaria itself, food aid and nutrition is the 10th largest of the 53 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Bulgaria food aid and nutrition records on this page come from?
These 770 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (769), the Bulgaria national tender archive (1). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Food Aid and Nutrition tenders in Bulgaria
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical food aid and nutrition notice in Bulgaria is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Bulgaria – Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies – “Delivery and installation of professional kitchen and refrigeration equipment for the kitchen block of Kindergarten No. 48 “Ran Bosilek”, located in UPI II-“for kindergarten”, quarter 36 according to the plan of the village of Topoli, on separate positions”
Bulgaria – Miscellaneous food products and dried goods – „Доставка на хранителни продукти за нуждите на Домашен социален патронаж, Дневен център за пълнолетни лица с увреждания, Комплекс за социални услуги за деца и семейства и Проект BG05SFPR003-1.001–0108-C06 – „Осигуряване на топъл обяд на територията на община Брацигово“ по обособени позиции
Bulgaria – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – Доставка на месо, месни продукти и колбаси за нуждите на Студентски общежития и столове при Медицински университет “Проф. д-р Параскев Стоянов” – Варна, по две обособени позиции
Bulgaria – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – „Доставка на хранителни продукти за нуждите на детски градини и домашен социален патронаж на територията на Община Завет“
Bulgaria – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – Доставка на напитки и продукти за вендинг автомати за нуждите на Студентски общежития и столове при Медицински университет “Проф. д-р Параскев Стоянов” – Варна, по три обособени позиции
Bulgaria – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – „ДОСТАВКА НА ХРАНИТЕЛНИ ПРОДУКТИ ЗА НУЖДИТЕ НА ДГ „ЕВЛАМПИЯ ВЕКИЛОВА”, ОБЩИНСКО ЗВЕНО „ДОМАШЕН СОЦИАЛЕН ПАТРОНАЖ” И „ТОПЪЛ ОБЯД”, ПО ОБОСОБЕНИ ПОЗИЦИИ“
Bulgaria – Baby food – Доставка на адаптирани млека за новородени деца за срок от 24 месеца
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