What a civil works package contains, and how risk is allocated in it
Civil works covers the part of a project that is in the ground rather than above it: earthworks, drainage, foundations, retaining structures, culverts, hard standing and the services that run beneath. It is bought under measured contracts because the quantities genuinely change -- rock where clay was expected, a higher water table, contamination nobody logged -- and the bill of quantities is re-measured as built rather than treated as a fixed price. Bidders who read the ground investigation report before the drawings are reading in the right order.
Ground risk is the defining commercial question and the contract answers it explicitly. Some forms place unforeseeable physical conditions with the buyer, entitling the contractor to time and money when conditions differ materially from what an experienced contractor could have anticipated; others transfer it wholly to the contractor, who must then price an allowance for the unknown. The same scope under those two allocations is not the same contract, and a bid priced against the wrong one is either uncompetitive or unrecoverable.
Qualification is about plant and continuity as much as experience. Buyers look for owned or committed earthmoving plant, the capacity to keep a spread working, and evidence of completed works of comparable scale, alongside bonds and insurance. On site, temporary works design, excavation support, dewatering, environmental controls on runoff and dust, and the diversion or protection of existing utilities generate most of the delay and most of the claims. Utilities in particular are held by third parties on their own timescales, which is why the programme risk around them is usually the first thing an experienced bidder prices.
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 civil construction in Lithuania?
GlobalGov holds 244 civil construction records from 83 distinct buying organisations in Lithuania. The most frequent publishers are Kauno miesto savivaldybės administracija (25 records); Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė Kauno klinikos (17 records); VšĮ Respublikinė Vilniaus universitetinė ligoninė (13 records); Vilniaus universitetas (9 records); Tauragės rajono savivaldybės administracija (8 records); UAB "Vilniaus vystymo kompanija" (8 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 33% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kauno miesto savivaldybės administracija | 25 | 10% |
| Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė Kauno klinikos | 17 | 7.0% |
| VšĮ Respublikinė Vilniaus universitetinė ligoninė | 13 | 5.3% |
| Vilniaus universitetas | 9 | 3.7% |
| Tauragės rajono savivaldybės administracija | 8 | 3.3% |
| UAB "Vilniaus vystymo kompanija" | 8 | 3.3% |
What are civil construction contracts worth in Lithuania?
47 of the 244 records publish a contract value. The median is $6.1M and the largest single published value is $1.9B. By size, 2 under $100k, 8 between $100k and $1M, 20 between $1M and $10M, 17 above $10M. The remaining 197 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 | 2 | 4.3% |
| between $100k and $1M | 8 | 17% |
| between $1M and $10M | 20 | 43% |
| above $10M | 17 | 36% |
How long do bidders get to respond to civil construction tenders in Lithuania?
Across the 69 Lithuania civil construction notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 33 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 35. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (1.4%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are civil construction tenders published in Lithuania?
Lithuania published 9 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 93, spread across 65 separate months of activity since 21 January 2019. January 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 Lithuania compare with other civil construction markets?
Among the 34 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable civil construction market, Lithuania ranks 24th by number of records. The largest is Germany (51,509 records against 244 here). Within Lithuania itself, civil construction is the 17th largest of the 52 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Lithuania civil construction records on this page come from?
These 244 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (244). 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 Civil Construction tenders in Lithuania
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 civil construction notice in Lithuania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Lithuania – Overhaul and refurbishment work – Viešojo ir privataus sektorių partnerystės projekto „Karinio miestelio infrastruktūros sukūrimas Klaipėdos rajone, Kairiuose“ įgyvendinimo investuotojo atranka
Lithuania – Installation of telecommunications equipment – Informacija pateikiama pirkimo dokumentuose
Lithuania – Overhaul and refurbishment work – Kultūros pastato – Rotušės, Didžioji g. 31, Vilniuje, kapitalinis remontas
Lithuania – Installation of cable infrastructure – Projekto „Elektros energijos tiekimo nuo kranto įrangos, skirtos ro-ro ir ro-pax terminalams, adresu Baltijos pr. 40A ir Minijos g. 180, Klaipėda, įsigijimas“ 10kV elektros tinklų statybos darbai
Lithuania – Construction work – Baseino komplekso infrastruktūros sukūrimas Vilkaviškyje
Lithuania – Overhaul and refurbishment work – DAUGIABUČIŲ NAMŲ ATNAUJINIMO (MODERNIZAVIMO) RANGOS DARBŲ BE/SU PROJEKTAVIMU CENTRALIZUOTAS VIEŠASIS PIRKIMAS, TAIKANT DINAMINĘ PIRKIMO SISTEMĄ
Lithuania – Building installation work – Negyvenamųjų pastatų paprastojo remonto darbų centralizuotas viešasis pirkimas, siekiant sukurti dinaminę pirkimo sistemą
Lithuania – Refurbishment work – DPS Negyvenamųjų pastatų paprastojo remonto darbų pirkimas
Lithuania – Construction work – AB KLAIPĖDOS JŪRŲ KROVINIŲ KOMPANIJA (KLASCO) SELECTION OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OFFSHORE WIND POWER TERMINAL ON THE SMELTE PENINSULA
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