Competence, certification and the paperwork that makes an installation legal
Electrical work is one of the most tightly regulated trades a public buyer procures, and competence is evidenced at two levels. The enterprise holds registration with a recognised body that audits its work; the individuals hold qualifications for the specific activity, including separate authorisation for high-voltage work, testing and inspection. Buyers verify both, and they verify the scope of the registration, because a contractor registered for domestic work is not thereby competent for a substation.
The deliverable that closes the job is a certificate, not a completed installation. Installation certificates, test results for continuity, insulation resistance, earth fault loop impedance and residual current device operation, and as-installed drawings and schedules are required before handover and are the evidence the buyer holds for its own statutory duties. Periodic inspection and testing on a defined cycle is a separate recurring requirement that is often let in the same contract and priced per circuit or per distribution board.
Work in occupied buildings is governed by isolation rather than by programme. Live working is normally prohibited, so the job depends on planned shutdowns agreed with the occupier, often at night or at weekends, under a permit to work with lock-off and proving procedures. Where standby generation, uninterruptible supplies or life safety systems are involved, the sequence of isolation is designed rather than improvised. Bidders who price the installation and not the access windows consistently underestimate these contracts, and buyers who do not specify the windows receive prices that assume the worst.
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 electrical installation in Romania?
GlobalGov holds 222 electrical installation records from 55 distinct buying organisations in Romania. The most frequent publishers are AQUATIM S.A. Timisoara (20 records); Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale Romgaz S.A. (19 records); Euro Apavol SA (15 records); APA Canal SIBIU SA (13 records); SPEEH Hidroelectrica SA (11 records); Vital S.A. BAIA Mare (11 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 40% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AQUATIM S.A. Timisoara | 20 | 9.0% |
| Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale Romgaz S.A. | 19 | 8.6% |
| Euro Apavol SA | 15 | 6.8% |
| APA Canal SIBIU SA | 13 | 5.9% |
| SPEEH Hidroelectrica SA | 11 | 5.0% |
| Vital S.A. BAIA Mare | 11 | 5.0% |
What are electrical installation contracts worth in Romania?
170 of the 222 records publish a contract value. The median is $9.7M and the largest single published value is $829.4M. By size, 6 between $100k and $1M, 80 between $1M and $10M, 84 above $10M. The remaining 52 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 | 6 | 3.5% |
| between $1M and $10M | 80 | 47% |
| above $10M | 84 | 49% |
How long do bidders get to respond to electrical installation tenders in Romania?
Across the 125 Romania electrical installation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 44 days. A quarter of them allowed 38 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 57. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are electrical installation tenders published in Romania?
Romania publishes about 3 notices a month in this category, 40 in the last twelve months. That is 38% fewer than the 65 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 161, spread across 56 separate months of activity since 21 October 2014. 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 Romania compare with other electrical installation markets?
Among the 19 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable electrical installation market, Romania ranks 4th by number of records. The largest is Germany (814 records against 222 here). Within Romania itself, electrical installation is the 32nd largest of the 61 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Romania electrical installation records on this page come from?
These 222 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (221), the Romania national tender archive (1). 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 Electrical Installation 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 electrical installation notice in Romania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Romania – Construction work for power plant – Proiectarea și Execuția lucrărilor pentru obiectivul de investitii: „Parc Fotovoltaic pe amplasamentul Depozitului de Zgură și Cenușă Episcopia Bihor – Etapa I”
Romania – Drinking-water treatment plant construction work – ”PROIECTUL REGIONAL DE DEZVOLTARE A INFRASTRUCTURII DE APĂ ȘI APĂ UZATĂ ÎN JUDEȚUL MUREȘ” MS-CL-G03-Lot 01 RG – Reabilitare stație de tratare Reghin MS-CL-G03-Lot 02 BZ – Extindere stație de tratare Bezid și conductă de aducțiune Bezid - Coroisânmartin
Romania – Cogeneration plant construction work – Încheiere contract la cheie pentru „Implementarea unei unități de cogenerare de înaltă eficienta in CTE București Sud”
Romania – Drinking-water treatment plant construction work – TR-CL-09 Reabilitarea si extinderea facilitatilor de captare si tratare in cadrul sistemului de alimentare cu apa Alexandria.
Romania – Construction work for power plant – Execuție de lucrări, achiziție echipamente și montaj, inclusiv dotări pentru proiectul: AMPLASARE PANOURI FOTOVOLTAICE LA CET 2 HOLBOCA
Romania – Drinking-water treatment plant construction work – TR-CL-11 – Reabilitarea si extinderea facilitatilor de captare si tratare in cadrul sistemului de alimentare cu apa Rosiorii de Vede
Romania – Construction work for power plant – Servicii de proiectare - Faza II, asistență tehnică din partea proiectantului și execuție lucrări în cadrul proiectului “Realizare centrala panouri fotovoltaice”
Romania – Drinking-water treatment plant construction work – CL-G-07: Proiectare si executie surse de alimentare cu apa, statii de tratare si rezervoare de inmagazinare pentru sisteme de alimentare cu apa din judetele Ialomita si Giurgiu – 3 loturi
Romania – Construction work for power plant – CENTRALA ELECTRICA FOTOVOLTAICA TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU – EXECUTIE PROIECT LA CHEIE
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