Contracting passenger and goods movement by road
Ground transport is bought as a scheduled obligation rather than as a journey. The specification sets out routes or catchments, timetables or response windows, vehicle types and capacities, and the consequences of a service not running -- which in passenger transport is usually a deduction per missed departure. Contracts run for years because vehicles and drivers have to be committed to them, and they are frequently let in lots by geography so that operators of different sizes can compete for the part they can actually serve.
Driver supply, not vehicle supply, is the constraint that decides delivery. Bidders must show licensed drivers in the correct categories, compliance with driving hours and rest rules, tachograph or equivalent record keeping, and for services carrying children or vulnerable adults, background checks and often specific training. Buyers ask for the operator licence and the maintenance regime behind it, because a fleet taken off the road for defects is a service failure with no substitute. Where an incumbent workforce exists, employment transfer rules commonly apply as they do in other labour-intensive services.
Accessibility and safety requirements are specified in detail and are not optional. Wheelchair access and securement, boarding assistance, seat belts, passenger information in accessible formats, and increasingly vehicle emission standards tied to low-emission zones all appear as conditions rather than preferences. Fuel or energy price movement is normally handled by an indexation clause, and bidders should check whether one exists before assuming a multi-year price can be held: its absence is a material risk in a category where fuel is a large share of the cost.
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 ground transport in Romania?
GlobalGov holds 484 ground transport records from 208 distinct buying organisations in Romania. The most frequent publishers are Societatea COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC OLTENIA SA (46 records); Compania Nationala De Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere S.a. (9 records); Judetul SIBIU (9 records); Judetul Hunedoara (8 records); COMPANIA NATIONALA DE ADMINISTRARE A INFRASTRUCTURII RUTIERE S.A. prin DRDP Cluj (7 records); Distribuție Energie ElectricĂ Romania S.a. (7 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 18% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Societatea COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC OLTENIA SA | 46 | 9.5% |
| Compania Nationala De Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere S.a. | 9 | 1.9% |
| Judetul SIBIU | 9 | 1.9% |
| Judetul Hunedoara | 8 | 1.7% |
| COMPANIA NATIONALA DE ADMINISTRARE A INFRASTRUCTURII RUTIERE S.A. prin DRDP Cluj | 7 | 1.4% |
| Distribuție Energie ElectricĂ Romania S.a. | 7 | 1.4% |
What are ground transport contracts worth in Romania?
350 of the 484 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.8M and the largest single published value is $274.6M. By size, 1 under $100k, 126 between $100k and $1M, 132 between $1M and $10M, 91 above $10M. The remaining 134 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 | 1 | 0.3% |
| between $100k and $1M | 126 | 36% |
| between $1M and $10M | 132 | 38% |
| above $10M | 91 | 26% |
How long do bidders get to respond to ground transport tenders in Romania?
Across the 139 Romania ground transport 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 40. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.7%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are ground transport tenders published in Romania?
Romania published 7 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 193, spread across 55 separate months of activity since 14 June 2021. 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 ground transport markets?
Among the 31 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable ground transport market, Romania ranks 10th by number of records. The largest is France (3,436 records against 484 here). Within Romania itself, ground transport is the 23rd largest of the 61 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Romania ground transport records on this page come from?
These 484 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (484). 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 Ground Transport 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 ground transport notice in Romania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Romania – Non-scheduled air transport services – Servicii de transport aerian intern și/sau internațional (rezervare și emitere bilete pentru destinații interne și internaționale) pentru angajații Administrației Naționale a Penitenciarelor și/sau persoanelor care participă la întâlniri organizate de Autoritatea Contractantă și anumite servicii conexe
Romania – Hire of industrial vehicles with driver – Servicii de inchiriere utilaje pentru Sectia Productie - Repartizator mixtura pe senile - Acord cadru 2 ani
Romania – Public road transport services – SERVICIULUI PUBLIC DE TRANSPORT PERSOANE PRIN CURSE REGULATE IN ARIA DE COMPETENȚĂ A JUDEȚULUI – LOT NR. 3
Romania – Hire of trucks with driver – Servicii de inchiriere – Transport mixtura asfaltica produsa la statia de asfalt Vaslui
Romania – Public road transport services – Delegarea gestiunii serviciului de transport public local de persoane, prin curse regulate, în teritoriul administrativ al unităților administrativ-teritoriale membre a ASOCIAŢIEI DE DEZVOLTARE INTERCOMUNITARĂ (ADI) “ECO-TRANSPORT CÂMPULUNG MOLDOVENESC - SADOVA”
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