The two procurement routes, and what each asks of a bidder
Almost every building contract in this category is let one of two ways, and the notice usually says which in a single line that decides whether a firm can bid at all. Under a traditional route the buyer has already had the building designed and asks contractors to price that design, normally against a bill of quantities; competition is on price and programme and the design risk stays with the buyer. Under a design and build route the contractor takes on the design as well, so the bid team needs designers under contract before submission and the evaluation weights a proposed design as much as a price.
Prequalification is where most of the exclusion happens. Buyers ask for completed projects of comparable value, sector and complexity, audited accounts showing turnover at a multiple of the contract value, professional indemnity and contract works insurance at stated limits, and an accident and enforcement history. Bid bonds at tender and a performance bond at award are standard, as is retention held against practical completion and released only after a defects liability period. These requirements are why a capable regional contractor often bids as part of a joint venture rather than alone.
Once on site the terms that matter are dated rather than technical. Sectional completion, liquidated damages running per week of delay, extension of time provisions and the mechanism for valuing variations govern the outcome far more than the specification does. Public buyers increasingly add obligations that are scored and then audited: apprenticeships and local labour, supply chain payment terms, waste diversion and embodied carbon reporting. They are contractual commitments, not narrative, and they are measured.
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 building construction in Slovenia?
GlobalGov holds 243 building construction records from 117 distinct buying organisations in Slovenia. The most frequent publishers are Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije za infrastrukturo (25 records); Ministrstvo Za Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije Za Infrastrukturo (14 records); Državna Revizijska Komisija Za Revizijo Postopkov Odddaje Javnih Naročil (8 records); Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji d.d. (8 records); Ministrstvo ZA Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije ZA Infrastrukturo (8 records); Družba ZA Avtoceste V Republiki Sloveniji D.d. (6 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 28% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije za infrastrukturo | 25 | 10% |
| Ministrstvo Za Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije Za Infrastrukturo | 14 | 5.8% |
| Državna Revizijska Komisija Za Revizijo Postopkov Odddaje Javnih Naročil | 8 | 3.3% |
| Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji d.d. | 8 | 3.3% |
| Ministrstvo ZA Infrastrukturo, Direkcija Republike Slovenije ZA Infrastrukturo | 8 | 3.3% |
| Družba ZA Avtoceste V Republiki Sloveniji D.d. | 6 | 2.5% |
What are building construction contracts worth in Slovenia?
38 of the 243 records publish a contract value. The median is $1.5M and the largest single published value is $21.3M. By size, 6 under $100k, 6 between $100k and $1M, 20 between $1M and $10M, 6 above $10M. The remaining 205 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 | 6 | 16% |
| between $100k and $1M | 6 | 16% |
| between $1M and $10M | 20 | 53% |
| above $10M | 6 | 16% |
How long do bidders get to respond to building construction tenders in Slovenia?
Across the 88 Slovenia building construction notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 26 days. A quarter of them allowed 17 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 31. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 13 (15%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are building construction tenders published in Slovenia?
Slovenia publishes about 9 notices a month in this category, 113 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 118, spread across 62 separate months of activity since 2 September 2016. August is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 18 September 2026.
How does Slovenia compare with other building construction markets?
Among the 46 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable building construction market, Slovenia ranks 32nd by number of records. The largest is Tanzania (13,749 records against 243 here). Within Slovenia itself, building construction is the 11th largest of the 28 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Slovenia building construction records on this page come from?
These 243 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (243). 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.
Open Building Construction tenders in Slovenia
Showing 10 of the 36 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the Slovenia market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
Slovenia – Construction work – Izvedba GOI del za Satelitski urgentni center Velenje in energetsko sanacijo trakta A Zdravstvenega doma Velenje
Slovenia – Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services – Strokovna podpora pri določitvi sistemsko povezanih ukrepov za zmanjševanje poplavne in erozijske ogroženosti ter izboljšanje hidromorfološkega stanja voda na porečjih in povodjih v Sloveniji
Slovenia – Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services – A-30/26; Izdelava PZI rekonstrukcije državnih cest R3-710/0247 Ptuj–Hajdina od 2+470 do 2+719 in R2-454/1495 Hajdina (Mariborska c.–Gomile) od 0+000 do 1+930
Slovenia – Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services – Strokovna podpora pri določitvi sistemsko povezanih ukrepov za zmanjševanje poplavne in erozijske ogroženosti ter izboljšanje hidromorfološkega stanja voda na porečjih in povodjih v Sloveniji
Slovenia – Construction work – Vzpostavitev dinamičnega nabavnega sistema za Investicijsko vzdrževalna dela na cestni in komunalni infrastrukturi na območju Mestne občine Kranj, z upoštevanjem okoljskih vidikov
Slovenia – Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services – A-6/26; PZI Obnova glavne ceste in zidov G2 – 102/1036 Želin – Sp. Idrija, etapa III od km 2,000 do km 3,030
Slovenia – Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work – Izdelava projektne dokumentacije in gradnja stanovanjske soseske Rakova jelša I v Ljubljani
Slovenia – Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services – A-21/25; Izdelava DGD in PZI izvennivojskega križanja deviacije regionalne ceste R3-679/3909 čez glavno železniško progo št. 10 državna meja Dobova–Ljubljana
Slovenia – Construction work – Vzpostavitev dinamičnega nabavnega sistema za Investicijsko vzdrževalna dela na cestni in komunalni infrastrukturi na območju Mestne občine Kranj, z upoštevanjem okoljskih vidikov
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