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 Greece?
GlobalGov holds 770 food aid and nutrition records from 373 distinct buying organisations in Greece. The most frequent publishers are International buyer (22 records); International buyer (10 records); International buyer (10 records); International buyer (9 records); International buyer (9 records); International buyer (8 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 8.8% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| International buyer | 22 | 2.9% |
| International buyer | 10 | 1.3% |
| International buyer | 10 | 1.3% |
| International buyer | 9 | 1.2% |
| International buyer | 9 | 1.2% |
| International buyer | 8 | 1.0% |
What are food aid and nutrition contracts worth in Greece?
675 of the 770 records publish a contract value. The median is $457,280 and the largest single published value is $271.1M. By size, 32 under $100k, 497 between $100k and $1M, 132 between $1M and $10M, 14 above $10M. The remaining 95 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 | 32 | 4.7% |
| between $100k and $1M | 497 | 74% |
| between $1M and $10M | 132 | 20% |
| above $10M | 14 | 2.1% |
How long do bidders get to respond to food aid and nutrition tenders in Greece?
Across the 310 Greece food aid and nutrition notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 37 days. A quarter of them allowed 35 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 40. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are food aid and nutrition tenders published in Greece?
Greece publishes about 9 notices a month in this category, 112 in the last twelve months. That is 19% fewer than the 139 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 426, spread across 61 separate months of activity since 25 May 2021. May 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 Greece compare with other food aid and nutrition markets?
Among the 39 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable food aid and nutrition market, Greece ranks 8th by number of records. The largest is France (4,020 records against 770 here). Within Greece itself, food aid and nutrition is the 7th largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Greece food aid and nutrition records on this page come from?
These 770 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (770). 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 Greece
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 Greece is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Provision of Third-Party in-Flight Catering Ramp Handling Services to Airport Users
Greece – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ 8/2026 Ηλεκτρονικού Ανοικτού Διαγωνισμού άνω των ορίων, για την προμήθεια: «ΕΙΔΩΝ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗΣ» CPV: 15000000-8 για την κάλυψη των αναγκών του Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Χαλκίδας.
Greece – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – Διαγωνισμός Προμήθειας Ειδών ΚΨΜ 95 ΑΔΤΕ
Greece – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – Προμήθεια Απαιτούμενων Ειδών Συσσιτίου
Greece – Miscellaneous food products – ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗ ΑΝΟΙΚΤΗ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΑΣΙΑ ΣΥΝΑΨΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣ ΣΥΜΒΑΣΗΣ, ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑΣ ΑΝΩ ΤΩΝ ΟΡΙΩΝ. ΚΡΙΤΗΡΙΟ ΑΝΑΘΕΣΗΣ: Η ΠΛΕΟΝ ΣΥΜΦΕΡΟΥΣΑ ΑΠΟ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΨΗ ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΑ ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΒΑΣΕΙ ΤΙΜΗΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΙΤΛΟ: «ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ & ΠΟΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΙΣ ΑΝΑΓΚΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΔΟΜΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΤΩΝ» ΠΟΛΥΕΤΟΥΣ ΔΑΠΑΝΗΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ Ο.Ε. 2025-2026-2027 1.565.251,12 € ευρώ συμπεριλαμβανομένου του Φ.Π.Α. 1.384.335,90 € ευρώ
Greece – Meal delivery service – ΠΑΡΟΧΗ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΗΣ ΓΕΥΜΑΤΩΝ
Greece – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ 11/2025/ΑΣΔΥΣ/ΔΕΜ
Greece – Food, beverages, tobacco and related products – ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΙΠΩΝ ΑΝΑΛΩΣΙΜΩΝ
Greece – Yoghurt – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ 06/2025/ΑΣΔΥΣ/ΔΕΜ
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