Buying supply, generation and efficiency under one heading
Energy notices cover three different transactions that a bidder should separate before responding. The first is supply: a contract to deliver electricity or gas to meter points, priced as a unit rate with standing charges, awarded for a term and increasingly specified by generation source. The second is generation or connection assets -- plant, substations, heat networks, storage -- which is capital works with commissioning and grid connection at its centre. The third is performance-based efficiency work, which is a financing structure as much as a construction one.
Supply contracts turn on when the price is fixed. Buyers may take a fixed price for the whole term, fix in tranches as the market moves, or buy flexibly against a wholesale index with a supplier managing the purchasing, and the tender states which. Each puts the price risk in a different place, and comparing bids across mechanisms is not possible without modelling them on a common basis. Where renewable or low-carbon content is required, buyers now ask for certificate-backed evidence rather than a description of the supplier's generation mix.
Performance contracting deserves its own reading. In these arrangements the supplier designs and installs measures -- lighting, controls, heat generation, fabric -- and is paid from the savings, sometimes with a guarantee that underwrites them. The whole contract then rests on the measurement and verification protocol: the agreed baseline, the adjustments for weather and occupancy, and who measures. Bidders and buyers who negotiate the technology before the measurement protocol usually end up arguing about the measurement protocol.
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 energy in Italy?
GlobalGov holds 105 energy records from 90 distinct buying organisations in Italy. The most frequent publishers are ASST di Monza (2 records); Aler Milano (2 records); Provincia di Padova (2 records); Società consortile Energia Toscana (2 records); A.C.I.A.M. S.p.A. (1 record); Abbanoa S.p.A. (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 9.5% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ASST di Monza | 2 | 1.9% |
| Aler Milano | 2 | 1.9% |
| Provincia di Padova | 2 | 1.9% |
| Società consortile Energia Toscana | 2 | 1.9% |
| A.C.I.A.M. S.p.A. | 1 | 1.0% |
| Abbanoa S.p.A. | 1 | 1.0% |
What are energy contracts worth in Italy?
83 of the 105 records publish a contract value. The median is $2.4M and the largest single published value is $186.6M. By size, 26 between $100k and $1M, 41 between $1M and $10M, 16 above $10M. The remaining 22 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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $100k and $1M | 26 | 31% |
| between $1M and $10M | 41 | 49% |
| above $10M | 16 | 19% |
How long do bidders get to respond to energy tenders in Italy?
Across the 27 Italy energy notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 32 days. A quarter of them allowed 28 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 35. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are energy tenders published in Italy?
Italy publishes about 2 notices a month in this category, 26 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 29, spread across 49 separate months of activity since 6 July 2016. June is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 8 September 2026.
How does Italy compare with other energy markets?
Among the 34 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable energy market, Italy ranks 23rd by number of records. The largest is United States (2,062 records against 105 here). Within Italy itself, energy is the 52nd largest of the 69 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Italy energy records on this page come from?
These 105 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (105). 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.
Open Energy tenders in Italy
Showing 6 of the 6 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the Italy market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
Italy – Solar installation – FP0064 - FORNITURA E POSA IN OPERA DI IMPIANTI FOTOVOLTAICI IN COPERTURA DI 5 EDIFICI DI PROPRIETA' COMUNALE – ARCHIVIO/SEDE PROTEZIONE CIVILE, AUDITORIUM, BIBLIOTECA, SCUOLA SECONDARIA REGINA MARGHERITA, SCUOLA INFANZIA SANT’ANNA - CUI F80009770282202600001 - CUP B52C24000650004
Italy – Energy and related services – Rep. n. 103_2025 C.F. 01349670156
Italy – Energy and related services – Rep. n. 104_2025 C.F. 01349670156
Italy – Gas oils – PROCEDURA APERTA PER L’APPALTO DELLA FORNITURA DI GASOLIO DA AUTOTRAZIONE PER I MEZZI D’OPERA DELL’IMPIANTO DI RECUPERO TOTALE DI RIFIUTI DI SAN ZENO, AREZZO (AR)
Italy – Hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen – Lotto 7 PISA - PONTEDERA - Gara a procedura aperta ai sensi dell’art. 71 del D.lgs. n. 36/2023 per la fornitura in lotti di gas da laboratorio e servizi connessi
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