Sustainment, spares and the contracts that keep equipment available
Defence logistics is bought as sustained availability rather than as a series of deliveries. The dominant contract shapes are long-term support arrangements in which a supplier is paid for an equipment fleet being ready to use -- measured as availability, sortie rates or vehicles fit for task -- and is left to decide how much spares stock, repair capacity and preventive work that requires. The bidder's commercial risk moves from supplying parts to predicting failures, which is why reliability data and its ownership are negotiated early.
The supply chain itself is a specified deliverable. Requirements typically cover codification and unique identification of every item, packaging and preservation standards for long storage or harsh transit, shelf-life management, and configuration control so that a part fitted matches the approved build standard of the platform. Counterfeit parts avoidance and traceability to an approved manufacturing source are explicit obligations, not assurances, and an inability to evidence provenance is a disqualifying finding rather than a corrective action.
Access to the competition is controlled before capability is assessed. Security clearance for personnel and facilities, national security exemptions that restrict participation to particular suppliers, export control and end-use licensing, and offset or industrial participation obligations all determine who may bid. Deployed support adds its own requirements: contractors operating alongside deployed forces need defined status, insurance and medical arrangements, and the contract has to say what happens when the operation moves or the theatre closes.
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 military logistics in Bulgaria?
GlobalGov holds 97 military logistics records from 35 distinct buying organisations in Bulgaria. The most frequent publishers are International buyer (21 records); International buyer (9 records); International buyer (9 records); International buyer (7 records); International buyer (7 records); International buyer (4 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 59% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| International buyer | 21 | 22% |
| International buyer | 9 | 9.3% |
| International buyer | 9 | 9.3% |
| International buyer | 7 | 7.2% |
| International buyer | 7 | 7.2% |
| International buyer | 4 | 4.1% |
What are military logistics contracts worth in Bulgaria?
76 of the 97 records publish a contract value. The median is $343,658 and the largest single published value is $21.3M. By size, 13 under $100k, 41 between $100k and $1M, 19 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 21 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 | 13 | 17% |
| between $100k and $1M | 41 | 54% |
| between $1M and $10M | 19 | 25% |
| above $10M | 3 | 3.9% |
How long do bidders get to respond to military logistics tenders in Bulgaria?
Across the 26 Bulgaria military logistics notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 32 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 38. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are military logistics tenders published in Bulgaria?
Bulgaria has published nothing in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 45, spread across 45 separate months of activity since 2 May 2014. October is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 27 June 2025, 461 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 military logistics markets?
Among the 30 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable military logistics market, Bulgaria ranks 17th by number of records. The largest is Germany (723 records against 97 here). Within Bulgaria itself, military logistics is the 35th largest of the 53 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Bulgaria military logistics records on this page come from?
These 97 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (88), the Bulgaria national tender archive (9). 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 Military Logistics 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 military logistics notice in Bulgaria is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Bulgaria – Command, control, communication and computer systems – Доставка на оборудване за ъпгрейд на контролерите на система за управление „TOSMAP“ (D-EHC/TAC) на Турбина 1, 3 и 4 в „ТЕЦ Марица изток 2“ ЕАД
Bulgaria – Command, control, communication and computer systems – Ъпгрейд на Автоматизирана система за управление на технологичните процеси (АСУТП) на БЛОК 3 - подмяна на сървъри, работни станции и софтуер
Bulgaria – Police uniforms – „Доставка на униформено облекло за нуждите на служителите от ГД „Изпълнение на наказанията”, по обособени позиции
Bulgaria – Command, control, communication and computer systems – Доставка и изграждане на система за пренос на данни за двупосочна аудио-видео комуникация в реално време между четири операционни зали и лекционна зала/аула/ в сградата на УМБАЛ „Царица Йоанна-ИСУЛ“ ЕАД. Доставка и поддръжка на IP услуга.
Bulgaria – Police uniforms – Доставка на полицейски униформи - зимно и лятно камуфлирано облекло - модел 2023
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