How road and highway work is packaged, priced and prequalified
Road work divides into two markets that share a category and behave nothing alike. Capital schemes -- a new alignment, a widening, a junction rebuild -- are one-off works contracts, usually let under a standard international or national form of contract with a bill of quantities that the contractor prices item by item. Term maintenance -- surfacing, patching, drainage, winter service -- is let for years at a time against a schedule of rates with no guaranteed volume. A bidder set up for one is frequently uncompetitive at the other, because the first rewards plant and programme and the second rewards depot coverage and response.
Prequalification is the real gate. Buyers ask for completed projects of comparable value and technical nature, usually within a recent window, plus evidence of financial standing, owned or committed plant, and a safety record. Bid security and a performance bond are normal, and retention is withheld against a defects liability period that runs long after the road opens. A contractor without a bonding line cannot bid at this scale whatever its technical ability, which is why joint ventures and nominated subcontracting are so common in this category.
The priced bill is not the final price and both sides know it. Quantities are re-measured as built, ground conditions vary, and variations are priced from the rates in the original bid -- so an unbalanced bid that loads rates onto items likely to increase is a recognised tactic and a recognised reason for rejection. Traffic management, environmental and social safeguards, and land or utility diversions are the items that most often decide whether a scheme runs to programme, and they are usually where the tender documents are most specific.
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 roads and highways infrastructure in Romania?
GlobalGov holds 2,138 roads and highways infrastructure records from 494 distinct buying organisations in Romania. The most frequent publishers are Compania Nationala De Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere S.a. (150 records); Euro Apavol SA (52 records); Compania Nationala De Transport Al Energiei Electrice "Transelectrica" S.a. (44 records); Municipiul Oradea (42 records); Ecoaqua SA (40 records); Aparegio GORJ S.A. (37 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 17% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Compania Nationala De Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere S.a. | 150 | 7.0% |
| Euro Apavol SA | 52 | 2.4% |
| Compania Nationala De Transport Al Energiei Electrice "Transelectrica" S.a. | 44 | 2.1% |
| Municipiul Oradea | 42 | 2.0% |
| Ecoaqua SA | 40 | 1.9% |
| Aparegio GORJ S.A. | 37 | 1.7% |
What are roads and highways infrastructure contracts worth in Romania?
1,616 of the 2,138 records publish a contract value. The median is $10.9M and the largest single published value is $4.6B. By size, 9 under $100k, 88 between $100k and $1M, 659 between $1M and $10M, 860 above $10M. The remaining 522 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 | 9 | 0.6% |
| between $100k and $1M | 88 | 5.4% |
| between $1M and $10M | 659 | 41% |
| above $10M | 860 | 53% |
How long do bidders get to respond to roads and highways infrastructure tenders in Romania?
Across the 818 Romania roads and highways infrastructure notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 40 days. A quarter of them allowed 36 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 46. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 3 (0.4%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are roads and highways infrastructure tenders published in Romania?
Romania publishes about 15 notices a month in this category, 182 in the last twelve months. That is 63% fewer than the 486 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 1,149, spread across 66 separate months of activity since 14 December 2007. 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 roads and highways infrastructure markets?
Among the 46 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable roads and highways infrastructure market, Romania ranks 5th by number of records. The largest is Kenya (21,922 records against 2,138 here). Within Romania itself, roads and highways infrastructure is the 4th largest of the 61 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Romania roads and highways infrastructure records on this page come from?
These 2,138 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (2,129), the Romania national tender archive (9). 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 Roads and Highways Infrastructure 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 roads and highways infrastructure notice in Romania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Romania – Transformer substation – Proiectarea DDE, As Built si executia Modernizare statia 110/20 kV Costesti, orasul Costesti, str. Industriilor, nr. 3, jud. Arges
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Proiectare DDE, As Built si executie de lucrari: "Trecerea la tensiunea de 20 kV a retelei de 6kV aferente statiei 110/20/6kV Barbatesti, imbunatatire grad de siguranta in functionare retea MT Barbatesti si Turburea"
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate clientilor prin modernizare trafo 110/20 kV statia de transformare Zimnicea, LE 20 kV Zimnicea-Soimu, posturi de transformare , retea jt si bransamente aferente PT din localitatile: Izvoarele, Pauleasca, Frumoasa, Rareanca, Soimu, Smardioasa, Cervenia, Beiu si Storobaneasa, judetul Teleorman
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Pr DDE, As Built si ex lucrarii de investitii: Creșterea eficienței energetice și a calității energiei furnizate clientilor, prin modernizarea transformatoarelor 110/20 kv din statia de transformare Costești, modernizarea grupurilor de tratare neutru, modernizarea rețelei de mt, modernizarea posturilor de transformare, modernizarea rețelei de jt t și a branșamentelor,oras Costesti,jud
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Pr. DDE, As Built si ex. lucrarii de investitii: Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate consumatorilor prin modernizare posturi de transformare, retea JT si bransamente aferente PT alimentate din LEA 20 kv Filiasi- Argetoaia: PTA 20 KV Lunca lui Buza, PTA 20 KV Malumnic, PTA 20 KV 1, 2 si SMA Argetoaia, PTA 20 KV 2 Sfircea, PTA 20 KV 1 si 2 Valea lui Patru...
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Proiectarea DDE, As Built si executia Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate clientilor prin modernizare posturi de transformare, retea jt si bransamente aferente PT din comuna Vadastra: PTA 6.184 3 Vadastra, PTA SISRPP VI Vadastra, PTA 6.41 1 Vadastra, PTA 6.42 Vinalcool Vadastra; PTA 6.43 2 Vadastra; comuna Bucinisu: PTA BUCINISU MIC, PTA SMA BUCINISU, PTA 2 BUCINISU M
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Proiectare DDE, As Built si executia -Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate clientilor prin modernizare posturi de transformare, retea jt si bransamente aferente PT din oras Scornicesti: PTA 3 Negreni (Isaroaia), comuna Tatulesti: PTA CAP Tatulesti, PTA Distilarie Tatulesti, PTA Sfat Tatulesti, PTA Barbalai, PTA 1 Magura, PTA 2 Magura, PTA Mircesti, PTA Momaiu
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – proiectarea DDE, As Built si executia Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate clientilor prin modernizare trafo 110/20 kV statia de transformare Vedea, LE 20 kV Vedea-Zimnicea, posturi de transformare, retea jt si bransamente aferente PT din localitatile: Poroschia, Tiganesti si Branceni, judetul Teleorman
Romania – Construction work for electricity power lines – Pr DDE, As Built si ex lucrarii de investitii: Cresterea eficientei energetice si a calitatii energiei furnizate clientilor, prin modernizarea transformatoarelor 110/20 kV din statia de transformare Jiblea, modernizarea retelei de medie tensiune, modernizarea posturilor de transformare, modernizarea retelei de joasa tensiune si a bransamentelor, oras Calimanesti, judetul Valcea
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