The two procurement routes, and what each asks of a bidder
Almost every building contract in this category is let one of two ways, and the notice usually says which in a single line that decides whether a firm can bid at all. Under a traditional route the buyer has already had the building designed and asks contractors to price that design, normally against a bill of quantities; competition is on price and programme and the design risk stays with the buyer. Under a design and build route the contractor takes on the design as well, so the bid team needs designers under contract before submission and the evaluation weights a proposed design as much as a price.
Prequalification is where most of the exclusion happens. Buyers ask for completed projects of comparable value, sector and complexity, audited accounts showing turnover at a multiple of the contract value, professional indemnity and contract works insurance at stated limits, and an accident and enforcement history. Bid bonds at tender and a performance bond at award are standard, as is retention held against practical completion and released only after a defects liability period. These requirements are why a capable regional contractor often bids as part of a joint venture rather than alone.
Once on site the terms that matter are dated rather than technical. Sectional completion, liquidated damages running per week of delay, extension of time provisions and the mechanism for valuing variations govern the outcome far more than the specification does. Public buyers increasingly add obligations that are scored and then audited: apprenticeships and local labour, supply chain payment terms, waste diversion and embodied carbon reporting. They are contractual commitments, not narrative, and they are measured.
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 building construction in Lithuania?
GlobalGov holds 172 building construction records from 92 distinct buying organisations in Lithuania. The most frequent publishers are Valstybės įmonė Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija (12 records); Lietuvos automobilių kelių direkcija prie Susisiekimo ministerijos (9 records); VĮ Turto bankas (7 records); „Litgrid“, AB (6 records); AB Via Lietuva (pv) (5 records); AB „Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ (4 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 25% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Valstybės įmonė Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija | 12 | 7.0% |
| Lietuvos automobilių kelių direkcija prie Susisiekimo ministerijos | 9 | 5.2% |
| VĮ Turto bankas | 7 | 4.1% |
| „Litgrid“, AB | 6 | 3.5% |
| AB Via Lietuva (pv) | 5 | 2.9% |
| AB „Lietuvos geležinkeliai“ | 4 | 2.3% |
What are building construction contracts worth in Lithuania?
36 of the 172 records publish a contract value. The median is $267,346 and the largest single published value is $432.0M. By size, 8 under $100k, 19 between $100k and $1M, 5 between $1M and $10M, 4 above $10M. The remaining 136 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 | 8 | 22% |
| between $100k and $1M | 19 | 53% |
| between $1M and $10M | 5 | 14% |
| above $10M | 4 | 11% |
How long do bidders get to respond to building construction tenders in Lithuania?
Across the 77 Lithuania building construction notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 30 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 38. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 4 (5.2%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are building construction tenders published in Lithuania?
Lithuania publishes about 5 notices a month in this category, 62 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 69, spread across 57 separate months of activity since 8 July 2016. August is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 8 September 2026.
How does Lithuania compare with other building construction markets?
Among the 46 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable building construction market, Lithuania ranks 36th by number of records. The largest is Tanzania (13,749 records against 172 here). Within Lithuania itself, building construction is the 21st largest of the 52 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Lithuania building construction records on this page come from?
These 172 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (172). 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 Building Construction tenders in Lithuania
Showing 10 of the 17 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the Lithuania 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.
Lithuania – Facility related sanitation services – Viešųjų konteinerinių tualetų priežiūros paslaugos
Lithuania – Crossroad construction work – Krašto kelio Nr. 130 Kaunas–Prienai–Alytus sankryžų, esančių 8,536 km ir 8,568 km (su vietinės reikšmės keliais), rekonstravimo projekto parengimas, projekto vykdymo priežiūra ir darbų atlikimas
Lithuania – Harbour construction works – Hidrotechninio statinio – uosto statinių rekonstravimo, kapitalinio remonto, paskirties keitimo, susisiekimo statinių ir transporto paskirties pastatų naujos statybos rangos darbai su darbo projektu
Lithuania – Railway construction works – 32966 Geležinkelio linijos Juodšiliai - Rūdininkų poligonas elektrifikavimas (Rūdninkų poligono geležinkelių infrastruktūra)
Lithuania – Construction work for school buildings – Všį Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Ugnės Karvelis gimnazijos pastato rekonstravimo darbai (III etapas)
Lithuania – Historical monument or memorial construction work – Projekto Nr. 06-005-P-0002- „Kauno centrinio pašto modernizavimas ir įveiklinimas“ tvarkomieji statybos ir tvarkybos darbai, II etapas
Lithuania – Construction work for sports facilities – Sporto paskirties pastato (ledo arenos) Paryžiaus Komunos g. 5, Klaipėda, statybos darbai su darbo projekto parengimu.
Lithuania – Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations – Nuotolinės rodmenų nuskaitymo įrangos iš apskaitos prietaisų šuliniuose ir pastatų įvaduose priežiūros teikimo paslaugos
Lithuania – Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations – Silpnų srovių sistemų remonto ir techninės priežiūros paslaugos
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