Why after-sales coverage decides these awards more often than price
Agricultural machinery is bought to be used a long way from a workshop, in a season that does not wait. That turns after-sales support into the dominant evaluation criterion in most of these competitions. Buyers ask for the location of dealer or service points relative to where the equipment will operate, guaranteed response times in the working season, the stock of fast-moving spares held in country, and a commitment to parts availability for a stated number of years. A machine that is cheaper and unsupported is scored as what it is: an asset that will stop and stay stopped.
Specification is written in performance terms rather than by model -- power output, implement compatibility and hitch category, working width, tank or hopper capacity, ground clearance, fuel consumption -- because the buyer wants competing manufacturers to be able to answer. Where the equipment is for smallholder or cooperative use, the specification frequently favours simplicity and field repairability over sophistication, and bidders who offer the most advanced machine can lose to one that a village mechanic can maintain.
Two practical requirements decide delivery. Operator and maintenance training, delivered in the working language with manuals to match, is normally a priced obligation rather than a courtesy, and acceptance can depend on it. And field demonstration is a real evaluation stage: buyers commonly require shortlisted machines to be demonstrated under local soil and crop conditions, which excludes bidders who cannot get a machine into the country for a trial. Delivery terms to rural destinations, including offloading at sites without handling equipment, belong in the price rather than in a later claim.
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 agricultural equipment in Romania?
GlobalGov holds 857 agricultural equipment records from 224 distinct buying organisations in Romania. The most frequent publishers are Regia Nationala a Padurilor - Romsilva Ra (344 records); Municipiul Oradea (20 records); REGIA NATIONALA A PADURILOR - ROMSILVA RA - prin Directia Silvica Dolj (14 records); Regia Publica Locala a Padurilor Piatra Craiului R.A. (12 records); Regia Nationala a Padurilor - ROMSILVA RA - Directia Silvica Suceava (11 records); Judetul Vrancea(consiliul Judetean) (10 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 48% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regia Nationala a Padurilor - Romsilva Ra | 344 | 40% |
| Municipiul Oradea | 20 | 2.3% |
| REGIA NATIONALA A PADURILOR - ROMSILVA RA - prin Directia Silvica Dolj | 14 | 1.6% |
| Regia Publica Locala a Padurilor Piatra Craiului R.A. | 12 | 1.4% |
| Regia Nationala a Padurilor - ROMSILVA RA - Directia Silvica Suceava | 11 | 1.3% |
| Judetul Vrancea(consiliul Judetean) | 10 | 1.2% |
What are agricultural equipment contracts worth in Romania?
663 of the 857 records publish a contract value. The median is $332,378 and the largest single published value is $335.7M. By size, 80 under $100k, 457 between $100k and $1M, 111 between $1M and $10M, 15 above $10M. The remaining 194 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 | 80 | 12% |
| between $100k and $1M | 457 | 69% |
| between $1M and $10M | 111 | 17% |
| above $10M | 15 | 2.3% |
How long do bidders get to respond to agricultural equipment tenders in Romania?
Across the 334 Romania agricultural equipment notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 36 days. A quarter of them allowed 34 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 37. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 3 (0.9%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are agricultural equipment tenders published in Romania?
Romania publishes about 6 notices a month in this category, 67 in the last twelve months. That is 66% fewer than the 198 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 449, spread across 70 separate months of activity since 7 November 2011. March 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 Romania compare with other agricultural equipment markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable agricultural equipment market, Romania ranks 8th by number of records. The largest is France (4,262 records against 857 here). Within Romania itself, agricultural equipment is the 16th largest of the 61 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Romania agricultural equipment records on this page come from?
These 857 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (838), the Romania national tender archive (19). 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 Agricultural Equipment tenders in Romania
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 agricultural equipment notice in Romania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Romania – Services incidental to agricultural production – Prestări servicii agricole
Romania – Tractors – Achiziție bunuri pentru îmbunătățirea condițiilor de desfășurare a condițiilor a procesului de educație și formare profesională din unitatea de învățământ - ECHIPAMENT AGRICOL-TRACTOR-
Romania – Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment – Repair and maintenance services for agricultural and forestry equipment, Parts and accessories for agricultural and forestry equipment DS MM
Romania – Forestry services – Servicii silvice-Impaduriri si intretinere plantatii
Romania – Timber harvesting services – DS IS - „Servicii de exploatare forestiera DS Iasi 2026” - Editia I - Rarituri
Romania – Timber harvesting services – Servicii de exploatare forestiera 2026 DS-VN
Romania – Forestry services – Servicii pentru silvicultura in cadrul O.S. Tarnaveni, DS Mures
Romania – Forestry services – Servicii de regenerare a pădurilor 4/2026 dssv
Romania – Tree-clearing services – „Servicii de întreținere a culoarelor de trecere a LEA care trec prin zone cu vegetație arboricolă”
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