How design services are procured and why fee is rarely the decisive score
Design services are procured on capability because the fee is a small fraction of what the design commits the buyer to spend. Competitions in this category typically run in two stages: a selection stage assessing the practice's relevant completed projects, professional indemnity cover, insurance and the qualifications of named individuals, followed by an award stage where a shortlist responds to the actual brief. Design contests, in which anonymous concepts are judged by a panel including independent professionals, are a recognised route of their own for buildings with civic significance.
Scope is defined by work stages rather than by deliverables in the abstract, and appointment is frequently incremental: a practice is engaged to concept stage, and continuation to detailed design and site supervision depends on the project proceeding. Bidders therefore price a commission that may stop. Fees are quoted as a percentage of construction cost or as a lump sum per stage, with an hourly rate schedule for additional services; the clause defining what triggers additional services is where most fee disputes begin.
The obligations that persist longest are liability and information. Professional indemnity insurance must be maintained for years after completion, which is a continuing cost a bidder carries long after the final fee is paid, and collateral warranties or third-party rights are commonly required in favour of funders and future occupiers. Buyers increasingly specify the digital information model, the level of detail expected at each stage and the format in which it is handed over, because the model is an asset they intend to operate the building from rather than a drawing tool the designer happens to use.
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 architecture and engineering in Slovenia?
GlobalGov holds 581 architecture and engineering records from 150 distinct buying organisations in Slovenia. The most frequent publishers are Ministrstvo Za Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije Za Infrastrukturo (121 records); LUKA KOPER, pristaniški in logistični sistem, delniška družba (20 records); Družba Za Avtoceste V Republiki Sloveniji D.d. (15 records); Ministrstvo za naravne vire in prostor Direkcija Republike Slovenije za vode (13 records); Mestna Občina Ljubljana (10 records); Mestna Občina Maribor (8 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 32% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministrstvo Za Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije Za Infrastrukturo | 121 | 21% |
| LUKA KOPER, pristaniški in logistični sistem, delniška družba | 20 | 3.4% |
| Družba Za Avtoceste V Republiki Sloveniji D.d. | 15 | 2.6% |
| Ministrstvo za naravne vire in prostor Direkcija Republike Slovenije za vode | 13 | 2.2% |
| Mestna Občina Ljubljana | 10 | 1.7% |
| Mestna Občina Maribor | 8 | 1.4% |
What are architecture and engineering contracts worth in Slovenia?
51 of the 581 records publish a contract value. The median is $368,543 and the largest single published value is $9.1M. By size, 5 under $100k, 33 between $100k and $1M, 13 between $1M and $10M. The remaining 530 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 | 5 | 9.8% |
| between $100k and $1M | 33 | 65% |
| between $1M and $10M | 13 | 25% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How often are architecture and engineering tenders published in Slovenia?
Slovenia publishes about 12 notices a month in this category, 138 in the last twelve months. That is 160% more than the 53 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 256, spread across 56 separate months of activity since 21 May 2021. 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.
Where do the Slovenia architecture and engineering records on this page come from?
These 581 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (581). 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 Architecture and Engineering tenders in Slovenia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 581 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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