On Public Procurement

(shall be invalid from 1 January 2027 - 9 February 2023, No. 2549)

Law of Georgia

On Public Procurement

Article 1. Scope of the Law🔗

1. This Law establishes the general legal, organizational and economic principles of public procurement.

2. The rules established by this Law apply to all types of public procurement, except for public procurement related to state secrets as defined by the Law of Georgia "On State Secrets", as well as cases provided for by Article 19¹ of the Code of Product Safety and Free Movement and the Law of Georgia "On Energy Labelling".

[ 2. The rules established by this Law apply to all types of public procurement, except for public procurement related to state secrets as defined by the Law of Georgia "On State Secrets", as well as cases provided for by Articles 13⁴ and 13⁵ of the Code of Product Safety and Free Movement and the Law of Georgia "On Energy Labelling". (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

3. The list of objects of public procurement related to state secrets as defined by the Law of Georgia "On State Secrets" and the procedure for conducting procurement shall be approved by the Government of Georgia.

3¹. This Law shall not apply to the following public procurements:

a) public procurements related to the implementation of monetary-credit and currency policy by the National Bank of Georgia and the provision of the country's economy with cash, in accordance with the Organic Law of Georgia "On the National Bank of Georgia", as well as public procurement of audit firm services for conducting the external audit of the National Bank of Georgia's reporting. Procurements from the budget of administrative and capital expenditures approved by the Council of the National Bank of Georgia, except for public procurements related to intangible assets, gold bars, GEL banknotes and coins intended for collection and/or other needs, as well as reproduction of GEL banknotes and coins, shall be regulated by this Law;

b) public procurements to be carried out with funds of those legal entities of public law which, under the legislation of Georgia, are considered religious organizations;

c) public procurements of electricity, guaranteed capacity, natural gas and water supply;

d) (removed);

d¹) public procurements of motor vehicles carried out for diplomatic representations and consular institutions of Georgia abroad, for defence attachés, for representatives of the Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia and the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia;

e) on state procurements to be carried out for ensuring the organization of meetings and visits of the President of Georgia, the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, the Prime Minister of Georgia, a Minister of Georgia, a State Minister of Georgia and/or the Mayor of Tbilisi Municipality, the reception of delegations in the Parliament of Georgia and visits abroad of delegations of the Parliament of Georgia, for ensuring the organization of the reception of delegations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and visits abroad of delegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, as well as with funds allocated from the reserve funds of the President of Georgia, the Government of Georgia and the Mayor's Office of Tbilisi Municipality;

f) on state procurements of the services of persons employed under an administrative contract and an employment contract provided for by the article "Goods and Services" of the budget classification of Georgia, and of the services of an intern of a public institution, as well as on state procurements to be carried out during a business trip;

g) (removed);

h) on state procurement of expert services, if the procurement of the said service is carried out in accordance with Articles 144–147 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia;

i) on state procurements related to the state procurement of immovable property, as well as to the acquisition of immovable property with the right of use.

j) on the financing, through the use of a voucher, of the relevant services/goods of education, healthcare and social protection, as well as on operations related to the cashing of a voucher and to cashing;

k) on state procurements related to the lease of the relevant area for holding meetings;

k¹) on state procurements related to the dissemination of social advertising through mass media, including a website and a social network (except for state procurement related to the purchase of television and radio broadcasting time, which is carried out in accordance with this Law, under the conditions determined by paragraph 2 of Article 66¹ of the Law of Georgia "On Broadcasting");

l) on state procurement, by a legal entity of public law – the Public Broadcaster, of products intended for television, radio, as well as a website and a social network (programme, broadcast, film, performance, series, report, cultural event) and/or of services necessary for their creation, as well as on state procurement of services related to the dissemination and/or reception of television and radio products by means of a satellite (except for state procurement of goods and construction works necessary for the creation of television and radio products and/or for broadcasting, as well as of services not provided for by this subparagraph);

m) on the procurement of sovereign credit rating services and credit rating services related to state securities, as well as on the reimbursement to the provider of the said service of the incidental expenses of the credit rating service;

n) state procurement of services related to the storage of lottery tickets by the lottery organizer or agent, and/or the free distribution of the lottery organizer's advertising goods, as provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games”;

o) state procurement of services by the lottery organizer, as provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games”, from a person having the right to manage the share in state ownership in the said enterprise;

p) state procurement of information and technological support necessary for organizing and/or conducting a lottery by the lottery organizer, as provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games”;

q) state procurement of goods purchased by LLC “Georgian Post” from trade facilities for the purpose of sale;

r) state procurement of postal and courier services by the procuring organization from LLC “Georgian Post”;

(“r” subparagraph was declared invalid - Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 18 April 2019 No. 1/1/655 – website, 23.04.2019.

s) state procurement of services by the procuring organization of the Legal Entity of Public Law – Levan Samkharauli National Bureau of Forensic Expertise;

t) state procurement of the goods intended for the unified laboratory system, the list of which is determined by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia, in accordance with the Agreement “on the transfer of costs and responsibilities related to the provision of the unified laboratory system for the detection of especially dangerous pathogens, epidemiological surveillance and response, and of the Richard Lugar Public Health Research Center of Georgia” between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the United States of America;

t¹) procurement of an innovative (new original) pharmaceutical product carried out under the managed entry agreement on a pharmaceutical product, as provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Medicines and Pharmaceutical Activity”;

u) state procurement of goods, services and construction works within the framework of a public-private partnership project, as provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Public-Private Partnership”;

v) procurement by the Legal Entity of Public Law − the Pension Fund of Georgia related to the implementation of investment activity, as well as procurement by the Pension Fund of Georgia related to the services of a specialized depositary (including in the case related to the specialized depositary provided for by paragraph 12 of Article 26 of the Law of Georgia “On Accumulative Pension”), an asset management company and an audit firm for conducting an independent audit of the reporting of the Pension Fund of Georgia;

w) on the selection of a public service railway operator provided for by the Railway Code of Georgia and the public service contract to be concluded with such operator;

x) on public procurement of substances subject to special control exercised by a legal entity, as provided for by Articles 28–30 of the Law of Georgia “On Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, Precursors and Narcological Assistance”;

y) on public procurement of arbitration and mediation services;

z) on public procurement of the following legal services:

z.a) protection of a client’s interests by a lawyer/law firm:

z.a.a) in the process of using arbitration proceedings, mediation or another dispute resolution mechanism in Georgia or a foreign country, as well as before international arbitration, mediation or another dispute resolution mechanism;

z.a.b) in a court of Georgia or a foreign country, an administrative or law enforcement body, as well as an international court, tribunal or institution;

z.b) legal consultation, if it is related to preparation for any proceeding provided for by subparagraph „z.a“ of this paragraph, or if there is a clear indication and high probability that the matter to which the legal consultation relates will become the subject of consideration in accordance with the same subparagraph;

z.c) notarial certification and confirmation of a document, certification of a document by apostille or legalization;

z.d) legal services provided by a court or by a representative and guardian appointed by law, the purpose of which is the performance of special tasks under the supervision of a court or an authorized body determined by law;

z.e) other types of legal services related to the exercise of public-law powers;

aa) on procurements related to the participation of a witness, expert and/or interpreter in the process of using arbitration proceedings, mediation or another dispute resolution mechanism, before international arbitration, mediation or another dispute resolution mechanism, as well as in a court, administrative or law enforcement body, international court, tribunal or institution of a foreign country, for the protection of the interests of the procuring organization in a foreign country;

[ bb) on procurements of services provided for by paragraph 5 of Article 20⁶ of this Law from a Legal Entity of Public Law – the central purchasing body (hereinafter – the central purchasing body). (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

3². Selection of a contractor in accordance with the Law of Georgia “On Public-Private Partnership” shall be carried out on the basis of the public procurement rules established by this Law, provided that the effect of Article 9, paragraphs 11, 2 and 7 of Article 16¹, and Chapters IV and V of this Law shall not extend to the process of selecting a contractor in accordance with the Law of Georgia “On Public-Private Partnership”.

3³. A dispute related to the process of selecting a contractor (hereinafter – the selection process) in accordance with the Law of Georgia “On Public-Private Partnership” shall be considered in accordance with the procedure established by Chapter VI of this Law.

4. When carrying out state procurement, the procurement procedures defined by the World Bank, the United Nations Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, the German Credit Bank for Reconstruction (KFW) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) may be applied, if these organizations are participants of the legal relations related to the carrying out of procurement. In the event that the said organizations are not participants of the legal relations related to the carrying out of procurement, their procurement procedures, as well as the procurement procedures of other organizations, may be applied only on the basis of an order of the Government of Georgia.

5. (removed).

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 3027.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 26 September 2008 No. 294-LHG I, No. 22, 9 October 2008, Art. 152

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12 December 2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 19 June 2009 No. 1236-LHG I, No. 13, 2 July 2009, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2009 No. 1690-LHG I, No. 29, 12 October 2009, Art. 173

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 7 December 2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 6 July 2010 No. 3353-LHG I, No. 35, 12 July 2010, Art. 217

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19 July 2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2010 No. 3619-LHG I. No. 51, 29 September 2010, Art. 332

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I. No. 74, 24 December 2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 1 July 2011 No. 5011 – website, 15 July 2011

Law of Georgia of 28 October 2011 No. 5169 – website, 11 November 2011

Law of Georgia of 9 December 2011 No. 5454 – website, 22 December 2011

Law of Georgia of 5 June 2012 No. 6389 – website, 19 June 2012

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2012 No. 6577 – website, 10 July 2012

Law of Georgia of 20 September 2013 No. 1255 – website, 2 October 2013

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2013 No. 1284 – website, 8 October 2013

Law of Georgia of 31 October 2014 No. 2761 – website, 18 November 2014

Law of Georgia of 24 December 2014 No. 2960 – website, 30 December 2014

Law of Georgia of 4 February 2015 No. 3018 – website, 16 February 2015

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2015 No. 3133 – website, 23 March 2015

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3967 – website, 15 July 2015

Law of Georgia of 27 October 2015 No. 4349 – website, 11 November 2015

Law of Georgia of 21 December 2016 No. 152 – website, 28 December 2016

Law of Georgia of 15 June 2017 No. 1015 – website, 29 June 2017

Law of Georgia of 7 December 2017 No. 1687 – website, 14 December 2017

Law of Georgia of 21 February 2018 No. 1967 – website, 5 March 2018

Law of Georgia No. 2275 of 4 May 2018 – website, 24.05.2018.

Law of Georgia No. 2759 of 29 June 2018 – website, 19.07.2018.

Law of Georgia No. 3310 of 21 July 2018 – website, 06.08.2018.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia No. 1/1/655 of 18 April 2019 – website, 23.04.2019.

Law of Georgia No. 5079 of 2 October 2019 – website, 07.10.2019.

Law of Georgia No. 5689 of 20 December 2019 – website, 26.12.2019.

Law of Georgia No. 6356 of 23 June 2020 – website, 01.07.2020.

Law of Georgia No. 6895 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.07.2020.

Law of Georgia No. 3606 of 1 November 2023 – website, 20.11.2023.

Law of Georgia No. 3808 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Law of Georgia No. 4241 of 30 May 2024 – website, 13.06.2024.

Law of Georgia No. 4398 of 5 September 2024 – website, 23.09.2024.

Law of Georgia No. 919 of 2 July 2025 – website, 02.07.2025.

Law of Georgia No. 1056 of 12 November 2025 – website, 17.11.2025.

Law of Georgia No. 1450 of 1 April 2026 – website, 03.04.2026.

Article 2. Purpose of the Law🔗

The purpose of this Law is:

a) to ensure the rational expenditure of monetary funds allocated for state procurement;

b) to develop healthy competition in the field of production of goods, provision of services and performance of construction works necessary for state needs;

c) to ensure a proportionate, non-discriminatory approach and equal treatment towards procurement participants in the implementation of state procurement;

d) to ensure the publicity of state procurement;

e) to create a unified electronic system of state procurement and to establish public trust in it.

Law of Georgia No. 3163-LHG I of 28 June 2010, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia No. 617 of 6 April 2017 – website, 21.04.2017.

Article 3. Definition of terms used in this Law🔗

1. The terms used in this Law have the following meaning:

a) public procurement – in the cases established by this Law, the purchase by a procuring organisation, using electronic or other means, of any goods, services and construction works with the following funds:

a.a) with the funds of the State Budget of Georgia and funds consolidated in the State Budget;

a.b) with the funds of the budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara;

a.c) with the funds of a municipality's budget;

a.d) with the funds of organisations and institutions financed from the State Budget of Georgia, the budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and a municipality's budget;

a.e) with funds received, in the form of a grant and credit, by budgetary organisations, legal entities of public law, non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities – a higher educational institution and the development fund of a higher educational institution, as well as by enterprises carrying out public procurement and provided for by subparagraph „a.h“ of this paragraph, from foreign countries and international organisations on the basis of international treaties, as well as from persons resident in another state, except for the case provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 1 of this Law;

a.f) with credit and investment funds received under a state guarantee;

a.g) with the funds of non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities – a higher educational institution and the development fund of a higher educational institution, as well as of a legal entity of public law (except for a membership-based legal entity of public law), regardless of the source of origin of these funds, except for the exceptions provided for by subparagraphs „a“ and „b“ of paragraph 3¹ of Article 1 of this Law;

a.h) with the funds of an enterprise, more than 50% of whose shares or interest is/are held by the state or a municipality/municipalities, except for the case where the said enterprise, when purchasing goods or services related to the specifics of its activity, is guided by a special rule established by the Government of Georgia for the purchase of these goods or services, the term of validity of which may not exceed 2 years. The special rule to be established by the Government of Georgia shall be developed and submitted to the Government of Georgia for approval by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Georgia or the Ministry of Regional Development of Georgia on the basis of proposals of the relevant enterprises and municipalities. In the event of failure by the Government of Georgia to establish the special rule, the procurement shall be carried out in accordance with this Law;

b) procuring organization – the person carrying out procurement with the funds defined by subparagraph „a“ of this paragraph, which is registered in the unified electronic system of state procurement in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act approved by the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency;

c) procurement object – goods, services or construction works to be procured;

d) (removed);

d¹) homogeneous procurement objects – procurement objects having identical, as well as non-identical but similar components, technical indicators (characteristics) and/or functions. The homogeneity of procurement objects shall be determined in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act approved by the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency;

e) (removed);

f) goods – property of any kind and description (except immovable property), whether in solid, liquid or gaseous state, as well as services accompanying the supply of goods, if the value of such services does not exceed the value of the goods;

g) construction works (hereinafter – works) – any work related to the construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair or renovation of a building, structure or other object (including the arrangement of a construction site, excavation of soil, erection of a building or structure, installation of equipment, cladding and facing works, works for the arrangement of communication networks related to construction), as well as services accompanying construction, such as drilling, geodetic works, space and aerial photography, seismic research and other similar services provided for by the state procurement contract, if the value of such services does not exceed the value of the construction works;

h) services – any procurement object other than goods and works. In the case of state procurement of services, matters related to the notice on holding a competition, an electronic tender or a consolidated tender, the tender/competition documentation, the estimated value of the procurement object and the price of the tender/competition bid shall be determined by a subordinate normative act approved by the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency;

[ h) services – any procurement object other than goods and works. In the case of state procurement of services, matters related to the notice on holding a competition or an electronic tender, the tender/competition documentation, the estimated value of the procurement object and the price of the tender/competition bid shall be determined by a subordinate normative act approved by the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency, while the matters indicated in this subparagraph related to centralized procurement – by the respective legal act of the Government of Georgia; (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

h¹) person wishing to participate in procurement – a person who has the wish to participate in procurement procedures;

i) (removed);

i¹) Bidder – a person who paid a fee for the purpose of participating in a public procurement procedure;

j) Supplier – a person who concluded a contract for public procurement with a procuring organization;

k) Urgent necessity – a situation that poses a real threat to the functioning of the procuring organization and that could not have been predetermined, and/or the occurrence of which is not caused by an action of the procuring organization, or that may cause significant harm to Georgia's state and/or public interests or to the property of the procuring organization;

l) Register of Unfair Persons Participating in Procurement (hereinafter – black list) – the black list, which the State Procurement Agency maintains electronically and posts on its official website. The black list shall reflect data of those unfair persons, bidders and suppliers participating in public procurement who, for 1 year from their inclusion in the black list, do not have the right to participate in public procurement and to conclude a contract for public procurement. The black list is accessible to any person. The rules and conditions for maintaining the black list shall be determined by a subordinate normative act approved by the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency (hereinafter – subordinate normative act);

l¹) Register of Qualified Suppliers Participating in Procurement (hereinafter – white list) – the white list, which the State Procurement Agency maintains electronically and posts on its official website. The white list shall reflect data of those qualified suppliers participating in public procurement who meet the criteria established by the subordinate normative act for registration in the white list. A qualified supplier registered in the white list, when participating in public procurement, shall enjoy the simplified procedures provided for by the subordinate normative act. The rules and conditions for maintaining the white list shall be determined by the subordinate normative act;

l²) Unified guarantee – a guarantee by which the supplier's obligation is secured, in the case of advance payment, before all those procuring organizations with which the supplier concludes a contract for public procurement. The unified guarantee may also be used to secure the performance of a contract for public procurement. The term of validity of the unified guarantee, the rules and conditions for its issuance and submission shall be determined by the subordinate normative act;

[ l²) Unified guarantee – a guarantee by which the supplier's obligation is secured in the case of advance payment to all procuring organisations with which the supplier concludes a contract for state procurement. The unified guarantee may also be used to secure the performance of a contract for state procurement. The term of validity of the unified guarantee, as well as the rules and conditions for its issuance and submission, shall be determined by a subordinate normative act, while the matters related to centralised procurement specified in this subparagraph – by the relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia; (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

m) (repealed);

n) Fee – a mandatory amount payable to the account of the State Procurement Agency in the amount established by this Law for the submission of a tender or competition bid, which is non-refundable, except for a fee paid by mistake;

n¹) Publication fee – a mandatory amount payable to the account of the State Procurement Agency by a procuring organisation for the electronic publication of a competition notice and competition documentation or a tender notice and tender documentation. In the cases of a competition and an electronic tender, the amounts of the publication fee and the payment rules shall be determined by a subordinate normative act;

[ n¹) Publication fee – a mandatory amount payable to the account of the State Procurement Agency by a procuring organisation/central procuring body for the electronic publication of a competition notice and competition documentation or a tender notice and tender documentation, the amount of which is GEL 100. In the cases of a competition, an electronic tender and a consolidated tender, the rules for payment and refund of the publication fee shall be determined by a subordinate normative act; (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

n²) Fee for submitting a complaint – an amount payable to the State Budget of Georgia by a complainant, in the amount established by this Law, for submitting a complaint to the Council for the Review of Disputes Related to State Procurement;

o) Electronic means – means by which information may be processed (including digital processing), received and transmitted, disseminated and stored by cable, optical, broadcast and/or other electronic means;

p) Electronic tender – in the case of procurement of goods or services – a means of state procurement of homogeneous goods or services of a value of GEL 10,000 or more than GEL 10,000, and in the case of procurement of works – of homogeneous works of a value of GEL 20,000 or more than GEL 20,000 (except for the exceptional case provided for by subparagraph „r1“ of this paragraph), which includes the procedures established by this Law and a subordinate normative act for an electronic tender;

q) (repealed - 6 April 2017, No. 617);

r) (repealed);

r¹) simplified procurement – a public procurement method used in the case provided for by paragraph 3 of Article 10¹ of this Law or in the case of procurement of goods or services – homogeneous goods or services with a value of up to 10,000 GEL, and in the case of procurement of works – homogeneous works with a value of up to 20,000 GEL (in the case of procurement by a diplomatic representation or consular institution of Georgia abroad of homogeneous goods, services or works with a value of up to 50,000 GEL, in the case of procurement related to defence, security or protection of public order by a purchasing organisation within the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, a purchasing organisation within the system of the State Security Service of Georgia, a purchasing organisation within the system of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, or the Special State Protection Service – homogeneous goods, services or works with a value of up to 20,000 GEL) in the case of public procurement;

s) electronic commerce – a constituent procedure of an electronic tender during which a bidder, within the period established by the legislation of Georgia, may, through the unified electronic system of public procurement, reduce the price submitted by it for the purpose of winning the procurement procedure;

s¹) status – a specific stage of the conduct of a competition, electronic tender or consolidated tender;

t) (removed);

[ t¹) centralised procurement – performance by the central purchasing body of activities related to centralised procurement as defined by Chapter III¹ of this Law; (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

u) consolidated tender – a procedure carried out by the State Procurement Agency for the purpose of procuring homogeneous procurement objects in the case determined by the Government of Georgia, during which the best tender bid is identified;

[ u) consolidated tender – a procedure carried out by the central purchasing body in the case determined by the Government of Georgia, the purpose of which is the procurement of homogeneous procurement objects and/or the performance of that procurement whose value equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the Government of Georgia. The detailed rules and conditions for conducting a consolidated tender shall be determined by the relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia; (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

v) representation expenses – representation expenses as defined by the Tax Code of Georgia, taking into account the peculiarities of this Law;

w) Alternative procurement – by a substantiated decision of the procuring entity, for the purpose of ensuring the stable and secure functioning of the relevant information technology system, the alternative procurement of communication services from a different supplier. In such a case, the participation of the existing supplier of communication services in the procurement procedures shall not be permitted. Additional conditions related to alternative procurement shall be determined by a subordinate normative act;

x) Competition – for the purposes of this Law, an alternative means of state procurement of design services, which is used by decision of the procuring organisation;

y) Affidavit – for the purposes of this Law, a written document, the signatory of which confirms the accuracy of the information and circumstances indicated in the document and, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, is liable for the accuracy of the said information and circumstances;

z) Artificial division of state procurement – the procurement by a procuring organisation, during one budget year, of homogeneous procurement objects from one funding source in an artificially reduced quantity and/or volume, or another action the purpose of which is to avoid the monetary thresholds and other requirements established by this Law and the subordinate normative acts adopted in accordance with it.

2. (Removed).

3. For the purposes of this Law, the term "person" means a natural or legal person of Georgia or of a foreign country, or another organisational formation provided for by the legislation of Georgia or by the legislation of the respective country.

4. For the purposes of this Law, unless a working day is directly indicated, the term "day" means a calendar day.

Law of Georgia of 25 July 2006 No. 3524-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 239

Law of Georgia of 26 December 2006 No. 4095-LHG I, No. 49, 29.12.2006, Art. 373

Law of Georgia of 2 March 2007 No. 4408-LHG I, No. 8, 23.03.2007, Art. 72

Law of Georgia of 28 December 2007 No. 5664-LHG I, No. 50, 29.12.2007, Art. 438

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 19 June 2009 No. 1236-LHG I, No. 13, 02.07.2009, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 12 March 2010 No. 2760-LHG I, No. 12, 24.03.2010, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I. No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No. 4272 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No. 4273 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No. 4632 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4950 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4959 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5559 – website, 28.12.2011

Law of Georgia No. 5975 of 30 March 2012 – website, 19 April 2012.

Law of Georgia No. 2163 of 21 March 2014 - website, 27 March 2014.

Law of Georgia No. 3967 of 8 July 2015 - website, 15 July 2015.

Law of Georgia No. 617 of 6 April 2017 - website, 21 April 2017.

Law of Georgia No. 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16 July 2020.

Law of Georgia No. 6895 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28 July 2020.

Law of Georgia No. 2664 of 23 March 2023 – website, 5 April 2023.

Law of Georgia No. 492 of 16 April 2025 – website, 16 April 2025.

Law of Georgia No. 1056 of 12 November 2025 – website, 17 November 2025.

Article 4. Authorized Body🔗

1. The body authorized to ensure compliance with and fulfillment of the requirements of this Law is the independent legal entity of public law established on the basis of this Law – the State Procurement Agency (hereinafter – the Agency), whose chairperson is appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Georgia.

2. The legal basis for the Agency's activities is the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties, the Law of Georgia on Energy Efficiency, this Law, and the Agency's statute developed in accordance with them.

3. The structure and statute of the Agency shall be approved by the Government of Georgia.

3¹. The reorganization and liquidation of the Agency shall be carried out by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia.

4. State control over the Agency's activities shall be exercised by the Government of Georgia.

5. The Agency shall be financed by:

a) targeted funds allocated from the State Budget of Georgia;

b) fees paid by a person wishing to participate in procurement;

c) other income permitted by the legislation of Georgia.

6. The main functions of the Agency are:

a) development and issuance of normative acts and standard tender documentation necessary for the operation of this Law, and their harmonization with international norms;

b) systematic study and analysis of the situation existing in the country in the field of procurement on the basis of reports received from procuring organizations, and submission of proposals to the Government of Georgia for the adoption of appropriate decisions;

c) preparation of special training programs, teaching-methodical materials and standard forms of documentation, and conduct of seminars and trainings for central and municipal government bodies, media representatives and other interested persons;

d) creation, improvement and supervision of the unified procurement information database;

e) provision of advisory and recommendation services to procuring organizations;

f) facilitation of the introduction of modern information and communication technology tools into the procurement system;

g) ensuring the accessibility of relevant normative acts and a special guidance bulletin for the publicity of procurement;

h) (removed - 2 July 2020, No. 6730);

i) supervision of the legality of procurement procedures and determination of the policy for regulating the procurement process;

j) maintenance of the black list;

j¹) maintenance of the white list;

k) (removed);

l) in special cases, on the basis of a written request from the procuring organization or by its own decision, to identify and/or integrate the procurement object into the classifier by an individual administrative-legal act;

m) detection of facts of artificial division of state procurement and appropriate response.

7. For the purpose of the functioning of the unified electronic state procurement system and to ensure electronic document flow in the procurement process, the Agency is authorized to:

a) store and issue, in the form of an electronic copy, any document created by it or kept with it;

b) to receive, issue or provide any information and/or document using unified automated management tools.

8. (Deleted – 21.04.2017, No. 645).

9. The Agency has an account in the State Treasury. At the same time, the Agency shall be entitled, in cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia, to also have an account in a commercial bank.

10. The Agency shall draw up an annual report on its activities and, by 15 May of each following year, submit it to the Government of Georgia. The report shall be published on the official website of the Agency.

11. Through the unified electronic system of state procurement, procurements may also be carried out by a person who is not a procuring organisation provided for by this Law. The use by this person of the unified electronic system of state procurement shall automatically mean consent to the use of this system in accordance with the established rules. The rules and conditions for the carrying out of procurements by the said person through the unified electronic system of state procurement and for the use of this system shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

Law of Georgia No 2719-LHG I of 2 March 2006, No 7, 20.03.2006, Art. 54

Law of Georgia No 3423-LHG I of 30 June 2006, No 27, 17.07.2006, Art. 223

Law of Georgia No 3481-LHG I of 18 July 2006, No 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia No 4408-LHG I of 2 March 2007, No 8, 23.03.2007, Art. 72

Law of Georgia No 627-LHG I of 5 December 2008, No 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia No 2107-LHG I of 20 November 2009, No 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia No 2760-LHG I of 12 March 2010, No 12, 24.03.2010, Art. 67

Law of Georgia No 3163-LHG I of 28 June 2010, No 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia No 4068-LHG I of 15 December 2010, No 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia No 4272 of 25 February 2011 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia No 4632 of 5 May 2011 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia No 5559 of 20 December 2011 – website, 28.12.2011

Law of Georgia No 5975 of 30 March 2012 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia No 6577 of 28 June 2012 – website, 10.07.2012

Law of Georgia No 1284 of 24 September 2013 – website, 08.10.2013

Law of Georgia No 2163 of 21 March 2014 – website, 27.03.2014

Law of Georgia No 2945 of 12 December 2014 – website, 24.12.2014

Law of Georgia No 645 of 21 April 2017 – website, 10.05.2017

Law of Georgia No 1945 of 23 December 2017 – website, 11.01.2018

Law of Georgia No 2275 of 4 May 2018 – website, 24.05.2018

Law of Georgia No 5899 of 21 May 2020 – website, 28.05.2020

Law of Georgia No 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16.07.2020

Law of Georgia No 6895 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.07.2020

Article 5. Rights and obligations of the Chairperson of the Agency🔗

1. The Chairperson of the Agency:

a) issues, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, normative acts (orders), the implementation of which is mandatory for purchasing organisations and other persons participating in procurement;

b) issues directives on internal organisational matters;

c) regulates matters assigned to the Agency's administration;

d) monitors the performance of their duties by the Agency's structural subdivisions and, in accordance with the established procedure, controls the activities of employees;

e) within the scope of his/her competence, appoints and dismisses the Agency's employees;

f) manages the Agency's funds and controls their use;

g) on matters assigned to the Agency's administration, submits proposals to the Government of Georgia in accordance with the established procedure for the adoption of relevant decisions.

2. The Chairperson of the Agency shall be liable for the Agency's activities in accordance with the procedure established by law.

Law of Georgia of 2 March 2007 No 4408-LHG I, No 8, 23.03.2007, Art. 72

Article 6. (Deleted)🔗

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No 3481-LHG I, No 3027.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 2 March 2007 No 4408-LHG I, No 8, 23.03.2007, Art. 72

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No 3163-LHG I, No 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No 4272 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No 5559 – website, 28.12.2011

Article 7. Rights and obligations of the procuring organization🔗

1. The procuring organization is entitled to:

a) select a supplier and conclude a contract on state procurement with it (hereinafter – the contract), in compliance with the rules established by this Law and the relevant normative acts;

b) disqualify bidders in accordance with the procedure established by this Law;

c) (repealed);

c¹) in the cases of a competition and an electronic tender, at any time before the conclusion of the contract, terminate the procurement procedure, if this becomes necessary due to objective reasons independent of it and unforeseen in advance, as well as proceeding from the state interests of Georgia and/or public interests;

d) exercise control and supervision over the supplier's fulfillment of the terms of the contract;

e) in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, suspend or terminate the operation of the contract, if the qualification data submitted by the supplier prove to be false, as well as in other cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia.

2. The procuring organization shall:

a) carry out procurements rationally and taking into account the state interests of Georgia, within the limits of the allocations allocated to it, in compliance with the rules established by this Law and the relevant normative acts;

b) (repealed);

b¹) if the value of the goods, services or works to be procured is less than the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement, shall, before carrying out the procurement, agree with the Agency, in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 3³ of the same Article, the decision adopted on carrying out state procurement by simplified procurement on the basis provided for by subparagraphs „a“, „c“ or „d“ of paragraph 3 of Article 10¹ of this Law, and the decision adopted on carrying out state procurement by simplified procurement on the basis provided for by subparagraph „b“ of the same paragraph;

b²) not conclude a contract on simplified procurement within 10 calendar days from the publication of the decision provided for by paragraph 3⁴ of Article 10¹ of this Law, except in the case of urgent necessity;

c) submit to the Agency reports on completed procurements in accordance with the procedure established by Article 22 of this Law;

d) immediately upon delivery of goods, performance of works and provision of services, reimburse suppliers the value of the goods, works and services, unless otherwise provided for by the contract;

d¹) (repealed);

d1. a) (repealed);

d1. b) (repealed);

d²) in the event of an appeal against its decision/action before the conclusion of the contract, suspend the state procurement procedure in accordance with the procedure established by this Law and a subordinate act;

e) (repealed);

f) in the cases provided for by this Article, notify the Agency and all bidders of the decision to terminate the public procurement procedure and of its basis. When a public procurement procedure is suspended or terminated, the procuring organisation shall not be obliged to reimburse the expenses related to participation in the public procurement.

2¹. The rule for resuming a suspended public procurement procedure shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

3. Responsibility for compliance with the rules and norms established by this Law and the respective normative acts, and for the rational conduct of procurement, shall rest entirely with the procuring organisation.

Law of Georgia No. 3481-LHG I of 18 July 2006, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia No. 627-LHG I of 5 December 2008, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia No. 2107-LHG I of 20 November 2009, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia No. 3163-LHG I of 28 June 2010, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia No. 3164-LHG I of 28 June 2010, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia No. 4632 of 5 May 2011 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia No. 5926 of 27 March 2012 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia No. 4104 of 24 July 2015 – website, 04.08.2015

Law of Georgia No. 617 of 6 April 2017 – website, 21.04.2017

Law of Georgia No. 1945 of 23 December 2017 – website, 11.01.2018

Law of Georgia No. 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16.07.2020

Article 8. Conditions for the prevention of a conflict of interests🔗

1. The conditions for the prevention of a conflict of interests apply to the following activities related to the conduct of public procurement:

a) review, selection and evaluation of qualification data and tender bids;

b) holding negotiations in the cases provided for by this Law and a subordinate normative act;

c) control and supervision over the performance of a contract;

d) (removed);

e) selection of a supplier in the case of simplified procurement;

f) review of a tender bid and selection of a supplier through a tender;

g) review of a dispute related to public procurement.

2. A natural person carrying out the activity defined by paragraph 1 of this Article shall have a conflict of interests with a candidate or a supplier if there are relations between them as provided for by Article 19 of the Tax Code of Georgia. If the candidate or the supplier is a procuring organisation defined by subparagraph "b" of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law, the cases of application of the provisions of Article 19 of the Tax Code of Georgia to matters related to a conflict of interests shall be determined by a subordinate normative act, taking into account the peculiarities of public procurement.

3. It shall be inadmissible for a candidate or a supplier to directly or indirectly exert influence on a person carrying out the activity defined by paragraph 1 of this Article for the purpose of obtaining a decision favourable to him/her.

4. After the identity of the candidate or the supplier becomes known to a person carrying out the activity defined by paragraph 1 of this Article, he/she shall be obliged to confirm in writing that his/her participation in the conduct of this procurement does not give rise to a conflict of interests.

5. If a conflict of interests arises for a person carrying out the activity defined by paragraph 1 of this Article, he/she shall immediately declare the same and shall cease participation in the conduct of this procurement.

[6. Other matters related to a conflict of interests within the framework of centralised procurement (including the matter provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article) shall be determined by a relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia No 627-LHG I of 5 December 2008, No 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia No 2107-LHG I of 20 November 2009, No 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia No 3163-LHG I of 28 June 2010, No 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia No 4068-LHG I of 15 December 2010, No 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia No 4632 of 5 May 2011 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia No 5975 of 30 March 2012 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia No 1056 of 12 November 2025 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 8¹. Market research🔗

1. In order to prepare a state procurement, the purchasing organisation shall conduct market research. For this purpose, it is entitled to approach an independent expert, an organisation and/or a potential supplier in order to obtain advice, as well as to collect the necessary information. The purchasing organisation shall ensure that the use of the advice and information received during the conduct of the market research does not violate the objectives of this Law provided for by Article 2 of this Law.

2. The purchasing organisation shall also conduct primary market research in order to develop the annual plan.

3. The procedure for conducting market research by the purchasing organisation shall be established by an order of the Chairperson of the Agency.

[4. The central purchasing body shall conduct market research in order to prepare a consolidated tender. The procedure for conducting the said market research shall be established by the relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

5. The requirements of this Article shall not apply to the cases provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 1 of this Law.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 9. Procurement Planning🔗

1. A procuring organization shall carry out procurements in accordance with the annual plan of pre-determined procurements, the form and rules for drawing up of which shall be determined by a subordinate normative act. The annual procurement plan of a municipality shall be approved by the executive body of the municipality. The matter of carrying out a multi-year procurement (except for the procurement of such continuous service as is carried out before 1 February of the following year) with the funds provided for by subparagraphs “a.a”–“a.d” of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law shall, after obtaining the consent of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and/or the relevant body of the municipality, be notified to the Agency in the form of a notification. A multi-year procurement shall be reflected annually in the procurement plan of the respective budget year. A procurement shall not be considered a multi-year procurement if it is carried out only with appropriations provided for during the current budget year, while delivery takes place during the following budget year. The National Bank of Georgia shall carry out multi-year procurements without agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.

1¹. By agreement of procuring organizations, state procurement may be carried out jointly in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

2. (Removed – 27 March 2012, No. 5926).

3. The procurement by a procuring organization, during a budget (financial) year, of homogeneous goods, services or works shall be considered one procurement if they are financed from one source, except for the cases provided for by subparagraphs “a”−“c” of paragraph 3¹ of this Article. Artificial division of state procurement in order to avoid the use of state procurement means and deadlines corresponding to the monetary thresholds established by this Law and the fulfillment of other requirements shall be prohibited.

3¹. Artificial division of state procurement means the reduction and/or division of the quantity or volume of procurement of homogeneous procurement objects, when it is known in advance to the procuring organization that during the same budget year it will become necessary to additionally procure the same or a homogeneous procurement object, and funds for the additional procurement are provided in advance in the state procurement plan of the same budget year. The following cases shall not be considered artificial division of state procurement:

a) the carrying out of procurement through separate procedures is caused by a geographical factor and/or is justified from the standpoint of rational expenditure of funds;

b) the carrying out of procurement through separate procedures is caused by objective conditions that the procuring organization could not have taken into account in advance;

c) the separate procurement of homogeneous procurement objects from one source of financing during one budget year, if the procurement is carried out using electronic procurement means.

4. The head of the procuring organisation shall submit the annual procurement plan for the following year to the Agency not later than 20 November of the current year, after which the procuring organisation may commence the state procurement necessary for the following year/years. Before the entry into force of the respective normative act on the State Budget of Georgia, the republican budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and the municipal budget, the annual procurement plan of persons carrying out state procurement with the funds determined by subparagraphs „a.a“–„a.d“ of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law shall correspond to the draft State Budget of Georgia, the draft republican budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara or the draft municipal budget submitted to the respective representative body at the time of submission of the annual procurement plan.

4¹. If, as a result of the entry into force of the respective normative act on the State Budget of Georgia, the republican budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and the municipal budget, it becomes necessary to bring the annual procurement plan submitted to the Agency on the basis of this paragraph into conformity therewith, persons carrying out state procurement with the funds determined by subparagraphs „a.a“–„a.d“ of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law shall, within 10 calendar days from the publication of the respective normative act on the State Budget of Georgia, the republican budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and the municipal budget, ensure that the respective amendments are made to the annual procurement plan and that the amended annual procurement plan is submitted to the Agency.

5. If a procuring organisation is created (founded) or receives an additional source of funding from the funds provided for by subparagraphs „a.e“ and „a.f“ of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law, the annual procurement plan shall be approved by the head of the procuring organisation and submitted to the Agency not later than the 20th day of the month following the month of creation (founding) or receipt of such additional funding.

6. When developing the draft annual procurement plan, the following shall be taken into account:

a) the necessity of carrying out the procurement;

b) the homogeneity of the procurement objects;

c) experience in carrying out similar procurement;

d) determination of the procurement object (goods, services, works);

e) the results of market research for the purpose of identifying potential suppliers and determining contract terms acceptable to the procuring organisation;

e¹) the procurement object, if any, to the procurement of which by means of a consolidated tender the procuring organisation also consents;

f) the basis for selecting the procurement method, the estimated timeframes of the procurement procedures;

g) the quantity of goods to be supplied, the volume of works to be performed or services to be rendered, taking into account existing stocks;

h) the estimated value of the procurement objects;

i) the costs related to carrying out the procurement;

j) financial obligations provided for by long-term contracts or by contracts concluded in the previous year, for the current year;

k) the estimated time limits for the performance of the contract to be concluded;

l) other circumstances related to the procurement.

7. The requirements of this Article shall not apply to the cases provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 1 of this Law.

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 2 March 2007 No. 4408-LHG I, No. 8, 23.03.2007, Art. 72

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 19 June 2009 No. 1236-LHG I, No. 13, 02.07.2009, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2009 No. 1690-LHG I, No. 29, 12.10.2009, Art. 173

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I, No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No. 4272 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4959 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 27 March 2012 No. 5926 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6895 – website, 28.07.2020

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 10. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 7 October 2008 No. 320-LHG I, No. 24, 20.10.2008, Art. 161

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 10¹. Means of Electronic State Procurement🔗

1. Electronic state procurement shall be carried out by means of a competition, an electronic tender and a consolidated tender.

2. By decision of the procuring organization, simplified procurement may be carried out electronically, in accordance with the procedures established for electronic tender.

3. State procurement may be carried out by simplified procurement if:

a) supply of goods, performance of works or provision of services is the exclusive right of only one person and there is no appropriate alternative to replace the procurement object. A case shall not be considered an exclusive right when:

a.a) the estimated value of the goods or services to be procured exceeds 2,000,000 GEL, and that of works – 4,000,000 GEL, and outside the country, within reasonable territorial limits, there is another person who can supply the same goods, perform the same works or provide the same services;

a.b) the estimated value of the goods or services to be procured does not exceed 2,000,000 GEL, and that of works – 4,000,000 GEL, and within the country there is another person who can supply the same goods, perform the same works or provide the same services;

b) there is an urgent necessity; in such case, the quantity of goods to be procured, the volume of works or services shall not exceed the relevant timeframes necessary to resolve the problems caused by the urgent necessity;

c) by decision of the procuring organization, in order to prevent deterioration of the quality of the object procured from the supplier and/or to ensure its further operation, it is necessary that the procurement be carried out from the same supplier or from a subcontractor provided for by a contract concluded with the same supplier, except when the estimated value of the procurement object to be carried out exceeds the value of the initially procured object;

d) for the purpose of holding, within limited timeframes and without hindrance, an event of state and public importance, the implementation of procurements was established by a legal act of the Government of Georgia, in the case of state procurements using funds from the republican budgets of the autonomous republics and/or the budgets of municipalities located within the administrative boundaries of the autonomous republics, as well as in the case of state procurements using other funds of organizations and institutions financed from the budgets of the autonomous republics and the respective municipalities – also by legal acts of the governments of the autonomous republics, and in the case of the need for the National Bank of Georgia to hold, without hindrance, an event of state and public importance – by a legal act of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia;

e) (removed – 15 June 2017, No. 1015);

f) state procurement related to representation expenses is carried out;

g) state procurement is carried out by way of payment of charges established by a normative act of Georgia;

h) state procurement of the technical servicing of a motor vehicle under guarantee and/or of spare parts and/or lubricants required for such servicing, with the age and/or conditions determined by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia;

i) a Legal Entity of Public Law − a higher education institution carries out the procurement of literature (placed on a printed, electronic or audiovisual medium), reagent, computer program, pharmaceutical product (medicinal product), laboratory equipment and database;

j) a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity founded by the State and carrying out higher educational activity − a higher education institution and a higher education institution development fund carry out state procurement with the consent of the Regents' Council. In such case, the consent of the Regents' Council is issued on the basis of a motivated application of the procuring organisation;

k) state procurement provided for by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia and related to the repatriation to Georgia of a citizen of Georgia who died abroad is carried out.

3¹. In order to conduct, without hindrance, an event of state and public importance within a limited period, when procuring procurement objects with an estimated value of GEL 150,000 or more in the case of goods and services, and with an estimated value of GEL 300,000 or more in the case of works, during one budget year, for the purpose of familiarisation with the tender notice and the tender documentation, as well as for the submission of a tender bid, the respective time limits defined by subparagraphs „a“ and „c“ of paragraph 3 of Article 15¹ of this Law may be established by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. The said paragraph shall not apply to a case where the estimated value of goods, services and works equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement.

3². The Government of Georgia is entitled to delegate the authority provided for by paragraph 3¹ of this Article to the governments of the autonomous republics for a period of not more than 1 year (in relation to state procurements carried out with the funds of the autonomous republics and the municipalities located on their territories, as well as with the funds of organisations and institutions financed from the budgets of the autonomous republics and the respective municipalities).

3³. The purchasing organisation shall be obliged, prior to the procurement, in the manner established by a sub-legislative normative act, to coordinate with the Agency the decision taken on carrying out the state procurement by simplified procurement on the ground provided for by subparagraphs „a“, „c“ or „d“ of paragraph 3 of this Article, and the decision taken on carrying out the state procurement by simplified procurement on the ground provided for by subparagraph „b“ of the same paragraph — if the value of the goods, services or works to be purchased is less than the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement. The purchasing organisation shall coordinate with the Agency the decision on carrying out the state procurement by simplified procurement through the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement. In this system, the application of the purchasing organisation to the Agency is public and interested persons may express their opinions in relation thereto. When taking a decision, the Agency shall consider, together with the application of the purchasing organisation, the said opinions of interested persons. The rules and conditions for coordinating with the Agency a decision on carrying out the state procurement by simplified procurement shall be determined by a sub-legislative normative act.

3⁴. When carrying out a state procurement by simplified procurement, if the value of the goods, services or works to be purchased equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement, the purchasing organisation shall be obliged to publish the decision related to the conclusion of the contract on simplified procurement, in the manner established by a sub-legislative normative act, in the relevant module created in the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement.

4. It shall be inadmissible to artificially divide a state procurement for the purpose of evading the use of the state procurement means and time limits corresponding to the monetary thresholds established by this Law and the fulfilment of other requirements.

5. By decision of the purchasing organisation, during one budget (financial) year, the procurement of homogeneous procurement objects may be carried out in stages, using the state procurement means and time limits corresponding to the monetary thresholds established by this Law for the total value of the procurement objects.

6. (Removed - 06.04.2017, No. 617).

7. (Removed).

8. (Removed).

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I, No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No. 4272 - website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No. 4632 - website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4959 - website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 13 October 2011 No. 5126 – website, 27.10.2011.

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2012 No. 6577 – website, 10.07.2012.

Law of Georgia of 17 May 2013 No. 611 – website, 06.06.2013.

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2013 No. 1284 – website, 08.10.2013.

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2013 No. 1285 – website, 08.10.2013.

Law of Georgia of 7 March 2014 No. 2099 – website, 14.03.2014.

Law of Georgia of 24 July 2015 No. 4104 – website, 04.08.2015.

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017.

Law of Georgia of 15 June 2017 No. 1015 – website, 29.06.2017.

Law of Georgia of 29 November 2019 No. 5425 – website, 10.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6895 – website, 28.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 10². Competition🔗

1. By decision of the procuring organisation, the state procurement of design services may be carried out through a state procurement different from simplified procurement and electronic tender – a competition.

2. The competition notice and the competition documentation shall be published in the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement, as a result of which the competition notice is assigned a unique number and the competition notice and the competition documentation are considered officially published. The procuring organisation pays the publication fee for the publication of the competition notice and the competition documentation. Where necessary, the procuring organisation has the right to use other, additional means of disseminating the competition notice and the competition documentation.

3. The procedure and conditions for the publication of the competition notice and the competition documentation shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

4. The procedure and conditions for the state procurement of design services through a competition shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

5. (Removed – 06.04.2017, No. 617).

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No. 4632 – website, 25.05.2011.

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017.

Article 11. Rules for the creation and activity of the tender commission🔗

1. (Removed).

1¹. An electronic tender shall be conducted by a tender commission, which shall be created with a composition of no fewer than 3 members by the head of the purchasing organization.

2. The head of the purchasing organization and/or his/her deputies, and the heads of the structural subdivisions of this organization shall be appointed as members of the tender commission. In the event that the number of relevant candidates is insufficient, other employees of the purchasing organization may also be appointed as members of the commission.

3. The tender commission shall be chaired by the head of the purchasing organization or a person appointed by him/her.

4. (Removed).

5. On the basis of a decision of the tender commission, specialists of the relevant field may be invited to the commission as experts and consultants, with the right of an advisory vote.

5¹. (Removed).

6. For the purpose of technical and organizational support of the activity of the tender commission, by a decision of the head of the purchasing organization, an apparatus of the tender commission shall be created from among the employees of this organization, which shall be headed by the chairperson of the tender commission.

7. (Removed).

7¹. The tender commission shall take a decision by a majority of the listed composition of the members of the commission. A member of the tender commission who does not agree with a decision of the commission shall have the right to present his/her opinion in writing, which shall be attached to the decision of the tender commission. In the event of an equal distribution of votes, the vote of the chairperson of the tender commission shall be decisive. The tender commission shall take a decision on the winning bidder in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

8. Minutes shall be drawn up on the sitting of the tender commission, which shall be signed by the members of the commission present at the sitting.

Law of Georgia of 14 December 2006 No. 3978-LHG I, No. 48, 22.12.2006, Art. 346

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

Article 12. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 12¹. Notice on conducting an electronic tender and tender documentation🔗

1. When conducting an electronic tender, the tender commission shall, on behalf of the procuring organization, place the notice on conducting the electronic tender and the tender documentation in Georgian in the unified electronic system of state procurement. The procuring organization is entitled to also place the notice on conducting the electronic tender in the unified electronic system of state procurement in English as well. If the estimated value of the goods, services or works to be procured exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement, the placement of the notice on conducting the electronic tender in the unified electronic system of state procurement in English shall be mandatory.

2. In the case of an electronic tender, the tender notice and the tender documentation shall be published in the unified electronic system of state procurement, as a result of which the tender notice is assigned a unique number and the tender notice and the tender documentation are considered officially published. The procuring organization shall pay the publication fee for the publication of the tender notice and the tender documentation. If necessary, the procuring organization has the right to use other additional means of disseminating the tender notice and the tender documentation.

3. The form of the notice on conducting an electronic tender, the data to be indicated in the notice, and the procedure for publishing the notice and placing it in the unified electronic system of state procurement shall be established by a subordinate normative act.

3¹. When carried out through the unified electronic system of state procurement, the guarantee securing the tender bid shall be submitted to the Agency through the unified electronic system of state procurement. The procedure and conditions for submitting the guarantee to the Agency, the types and amount of the guarantee shall be established by a subordinate normative act.

4. The tender documentation shall be approved by the tender commission.

5. The tender documentation shall contain:

a) the qualification requirements that the bidder must satisfy;

b) (removed);

c) (removed);

d) the quantity of the goods to be procured, the volume of works or services, the time limit, place and form of delivery of the goods, performance of the works or provision of the services;

e) a complete description of the technical, performance and/or functional specifications of the procurement object, including plans, drawings, sketches, information on quality, functioning, safety, dimensions, packaging, marking and labelling, production method and process, symbols, terms, conformity requirements established by the procuring organization, and other matters;

f) the essential terms of the contract that are known in advance to the procuring organization, as well as an indication of the form of the contract and the guarantee securing the contract (if any);

g) the methods by which the value of the tender bid shall be calculated, indicating whether it shall include, in addition to the value of the goods, works or services, other expenses as well (transportation, insurance, taxes and others);

h) (removed);

i) the means and procedure for requesting additional information and clarifications regarding the tender documentation;

j) the identity and contact information of the member of the staff of the tender commission who is entitled to provide information and clarifications regarding the procurement procedures;

k) (removed);

l) on the alternative procurement of communication services, if any.

5¹. The tender documentation shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

6. The procuring organisation shall, when describing the technical, performance and/or functional specifications of the procurement object, harmonise the textual materials and other indicators used with international, European or Georgian standards. The procuring organisation shall indicate the relevant standard used (if any). At the same time, preference shall be given to a general description of performance and functional specifications. In the description of the procurement object, reference to a trademark, patent, model, source of origin or manufacturer shall not be permitted, except where no other means of accurately describing the procurement object exists. In such a case, when describing the procurement object, the term "similar" or "equivalent" and others must be used.

7. Documents confirming qualification data may be submitted in either Georgian or foreign languages, by decision of the procuring organisation. If documents are submitted in a foreign language, they shall be accompanied by translations into Georgian executed in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia. When resolving disputed issues related to documentation, the question of giving priority between a document in a foreign language and its translation into Georgian shall be decided by the procuring organisation.

8. (removed - 06.04.2017, No. 617).

9. After the publication of the notice on the conduct of an electronic tender and of the tender documentation, the tender commission shall be entitled to amend the information indicated in the tender notice and the tender documentation, except for the procurement object and the state procurement means. In such a case, the period for reviewing the tender notice and the tender documentation shall be extended by the period elapsed from the announcement of the electronic tender until the respective amendment is made.

10. (removed).

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I. No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No. 4632 - website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4950 - website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 22 May 2012 No. 6296 – website, 29.05.2012.

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017.

Article 13. Requirements for bidders🔗

Requirements relating to the technical, performance and/or functional specifications of the procurement object, as well as to the qualification data of bidders, shall be determined by the procuring organisation, in the manner established by a subordinate normative act, for each specific procurement. The said requirements shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory, shall promote the establishment of healthy competition and equal treatment of bidders.

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017.

Article 14. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 15. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 15¹. Rules for Conducting an Electronic Tender🔗

1. The procedures of the electronic tender to be carried out from the submission of a tender bid until the conclusion of a contract with the winning bidder shall be determined by this Article and a subordinate normative act.

2. The affidavit, the tender bid and its accompanying documents, the sample (if any) and the documents confirming qualification data shall be submitted to the tender commission in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

3. The following time periods shall be determined for familiarization with the notice on conducting an electronic tender and the tender documentation, as well as for the submission of a tender bid:

a) In the case of purchase of goods and services with an estimated value of up to GEL 150,000 – not less than 7 days, of which at least the first 5 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and the next 2 days – for the submission of a tender bid;

b) In the case of purchase of goods and services with an estimated value of GEL 150,000 or more – not less than 10 days, of which at least the first 7 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and the next 3 days – for the submission of a tender bid. At the same time, if the estimated value of the goods or services to be purchased equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the EU directives in force in the field of public procurement, not less than 30 days shall be determined, of which at least the first 25 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and 5 days – for the submission of a tender bid;

c) In the case of purchase of works with an estimated value of up to GEL 300,000 – not less than 10 days, of which at least the first 7 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and the next 3 days – for the submission of a tender bid;

d) In the case of purchase of works with an estimated value of GEL 300,000 or more – not less than 20 days, of which at least the first 15 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and the next 5 days – for the submission of a tender bid. At the same time, if the estimated value of the works to be purchased equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the EU directives in force in the field of public procurement, not less than 30 days shall be determined, of which at least the first 25 days are allocated for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation, and 5 days – for the submission of a tender bid.

4. After the announcement of an electronic tender, the reduction of the time period established for familiarization with the tender notice and tender documentation shall be inadmissible.

5. A candidate has the right, within the period established for the submission of a tender bid, to submit a tender bid through the unified electronic system of state procurement and, by way of electronic auction, to change the price of the submitted tender bid. If the expiry of the deadline for the receipt of tender bids in an announced electronic tender falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the deadline for the receipt of tender bids shall expire on the next working day.

6. The monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement shall be reflected in a subordinate normative act.

7. Issues related to the accessibility of information and documentation placed by a candidate in the unified electronic system of state procurement shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

8. The tender commission shall adopt a decision on the candidate winning the electronic tender in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

9. The tender commission shall publish the contract concluded with the candidate winning the electronic tender and the documents related to the electronic tender, as determined by a subordinate normative act, in the unified electronic system of state procurement within the period and in the manner determined by a subordinate normative act.

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 26 October 2010 No. 3767-LHG I, No. 62, 05.11.2010, Art. 398

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No. 4068-LHG I, No. 74, 24.12.2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4950 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 16. (repealed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 16¹. Conclusion of a contract with the winning bidder🔗

1. On the basis of the conditions defined by the winning bidder's tender bid, a state procurement contract shall be concluded between the winning bidder and the purchasing organisation.

1¹. In the case of unilateral termination of the contract by the purchasing organisation, it shall not be liable for the damage caused as a result of the termination of the contract, except in the cases provided by the legislation of Georgia, as well as in the case where the termination of the contract is caused by the necessity, in the case provided for by paragraph 4¹ of Article 9 of this Law, of bringing the annual procurement plan of the purchasing organisation into compliance with the relevant normative act on the State Budget of Georgia, the republican budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and the municipal budget, and as a result of the foregoing it is impossible to continue the contract.

2. By decision of the purchasing organisation, the contract may be concluded in both Georgian and foreign languages. In the case of concluding the contract in a foreign language, it shall be translated into Georgian in the manner provided by the legislation of Georgia.

3. (Removed).

4. (Removed).

5. In the case of disqualification of the winning bidder or its refusal to conclude the contract, the purchasing organisation has the right to consider the tender bid of the next bidder with the best price or to terminate the state procurement procedure in the cases provided by a subordinate normative act.

6. (Removed).

7. In the case of procurement of large-volume works, if the construction site is located on the territory of Georgia, additional conditions related to the contract may be defined by the relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia.

8. (Removed - 06.04.2017, No. 617).

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No. 4950 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 27 March 2012 No. 5926 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2013 No. 1284 – website, 08.10.2013

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 - website, 21.04.2017

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6895 – website, 28.07.2020

Article 17. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Article 18. (Removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 18¹. Prohibition of holding negotiations during an electronic tender🔗

The tender commission shall not be entitled to hold negotiations with a person wishing to participate in an electronic tender and with a bidder, except in cases provided for by a subordinate normative act.

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Article 19. (removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 19¹. Fee rate🔗

1. In the case of competition or electronic tender procedures, a fee in the amount of GEL 50 shall be established for the submission of a competition or tender bid, and in the case of consolidated tender procedures, a fee in the amount of GEL 5,000 shall be established for the submission of a tender bid. By a subordinate normative act, a fee different from the fee determined by this paragraph may be established for the submission of a competition or tender bid in a competition or electronic tender, and by a decision of the Government of Georgia − a fee different from the fee determined by this paragraph for the submission of a tender bid in a consolidated tender.

2. The procedure and conditions for payment of the fee and for the refund of an erroneously paid fee shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No. 4272 – website, 02.03.2011

Law of Georgia of 5 June 2012 No. 6389 – website, 19.06.2012

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2012 No. 6577 – website, 10.07.2012

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

[Article 19¹. Fee rate

1. In the case of a competition, electronic tender or consolidated tender, a fee shall be established for the submission of a competition or tender bid, the amount of which is GEL 100.

2. In the case of a consolidated tender, the winning bidder, in addition to the fee for the submission of a tender bid provided for by the first paragraph of this Article, shall pay to the account of the central purchasing body an amount not exceeding 1% of the value of the contract to be concluded. The amount of this sum and the rules for its payment and refund shall be determined by the relevant legal act of the Government of Georgia.

3. The rules and conditions for payment of the fee provided for by the first paragraph of this Article and for the refund of an erroneously paid fee shall be determined by a subordinate normative act. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 20. (repealed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3164-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 234

Article 20¹. (repealed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Article 20². Consolidated tender🔗

1. By a decision of the Government of Georgia, the holding of a consolidated tender may be determined for the purchase of homogeneous procurement objects.

2. In the case provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, on the basis of the documentation provided by the Government of Georgia, the Agency shall ensure the holding of the consolidated tender and the identification of the best tender bid in accordance with the procedure and conditions established by a subordinate normative act.

3. The Agency shall ensure the placement in the unified electronic system of state procurement of the data provided for by a subordinate normative act on the consolidated tender held.

4. A procuring organisation may, and the procuring organisation which, in accordance with subparagraph „e1“ of paragraph 6 of Article 9 of this Law, indicated in the annual procurement plan the implementation of the state procurement by means of a consolidated tender, shall be obliged to, conclude a contract on state procurement with the supplier identified in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act.

5. In the case provided for by this Article, the composition of the tender commission shall be determined by the Government of Georgia.

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

[Article 20². (repealed) (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 20³. Two-stage state procurement🔗

1. The two-stage state procurement of a procurement object determined by a subordinate normative act may be carried out by means of a two-stage electronic tender.

2. The procedure and conditions for holding a two-stage electronic tender shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

3. The procedure and conditions for holding a two-stage electronic tender, taking into account the peculiarities of the said means of state procurement, may contain provisions different from the provisions established by this Law for an electronic tender.

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No. 4632 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

Article 20⁴. Central purchasing body🔗

1. The central purchasing body is an independent legal entity of public law established on the basis of this Law, which carries out the activities provided for by this Chapter.

2. The legal basis for the activities of the central purchasing body are: the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties of Georgia, this Law and the statute of the central purchasing body.

3. The structure and statute of the central purchasing body shall be approved by the Government of Georgia.

4. Reorganisation of the central purchasing body shall be carried out by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia.

5. State control over the central purchasing body shall be exercised by the Government of Georgia.

6. The main functions of the central purchasing body are:

a) carrying out activities related to the centralised procurement defined by this Chapter;

b) systematic study and analysis of the situation existing in the field of centralised procurement and elimination of the identified deficiencies, and, where the resolution of a specific issue is beyond its competence, submission of a relevant proposal to the Government of Georgia;

c) development of methodological instructions and recommendations;

d) provision of consultative-advisory services to purchasing organisations in relation to centralised procurement;

e) performance of other functions defined by the legislation of Georgia and the statute of the central purchasing body.

7. The central purchasing body shall be financed:

a) by targeted funds allocated from the State Budget of Georgia;

b) by the fee provided for by this Law, paid to its account;

c) by other income permitted by the legislation of Georgia.

8. The central purchasing body has an account in the State Treasury. At the same time, the central purchasing body is entitled, in the cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia, to also have an account in a commercial bank.

9. The central purchasing body shall prepare an annual report on its activities and shall submit it to the Government of Georgia by 15 May of each following year. This report shall be published on the official website of the central purchasing body.

10. By a decision of the Government of Georgia, the right to carry out activities related to centralised procurement in a specific field may also be granted to another purchasing organisation. In this case, the operation of paragraph 3 of Article 20⁶ of this Law shall extend to the purchasing organisation operating in the said field.

11. The central purchasing body shall be responsible for compliance with the rules and norms established by this Chapter and the relevant normative acts in relation to centralised procurement, as well as for the rational implementation of centralised procurement by it.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 20⁵. Head of the central purchasing body🔗

1. The central purchasing body shall have a head, who shall be appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Georgia.

2. The head of the central purchasing body:

a) regulates the matters assigned to the competence of the central purchasing body;

b) issues orders on internal organisational matters;

c) monitors the performance of their duties by the structural subdivisions of the central purchasing body and, in accordance with the established procedure, controls the activities of the employees of this body;

d) within the scope of his/her competence, appoints and dismisses employees of the central purchasing body;

e) manages the funds of the central purchasing body and controls their use;

f) submits to the Government of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, proposals on matters assigned to the competence of the central purchasing body for the adoption of relevant decisions;

g) represents the central purchasing body in relations with state authorities, local and international organisations and third parties;

h) exercises other powers determined by the legislation of Georgia and the statute of the central purchasing body.

3. The head of the central purchasing body shall be liable for the activities of the central purchasing body in accordance with the procedure established by law.

4. The head of the central purchasing body may have a deputy/deputies. The number of deputies of the head of the central purchasing body and the rules for their appointment to and dismissal from office shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 20⁶. Activities related to centralized procurement🔗

1. By a decision of the Government of Georgia, for the purpose of procuring homogeneous procurement objects and/or carrying out a procurement whose value equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the Government of Georgia, the holding of a consolidated tender may be determined.

2. In the case provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, the central procuring body shall ensure the holding of a consolidated tender in accordance with the procedure and conditions established by a legal act of the Government of Georgia.

3. A procuring organization shall be entitled, and in cases determined by the Government of Georgia, a procuring organization provided for by a legal act of the Government of Georgia and the tender documentation shall be obliged, to procure goods, works or services within the framework of centralized procurement.

4. The consolidated tender shall be held by the tender commission of the central procuring body, which shall be created with a composition of no fewer than 3 members by the head of the central procuring body. The requirements established by paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7¹ and 8 of Article 11 of this Law shall apply to the creation and activity procedure of the tender commission of the central procuring body. Other issues related to the tender commission of the central procuring body shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia.

5. Except for the case provided for by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the central procuring body shall carry out activities related to centralized procurement on the basis of an application by a procuring organization, without remuneration or for remuneration. The mandatory nature and/or amount of this remuneration shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. The said activity may include:

a) provision of consultations related to the planning or carrying out of procurement;

b) planning and carrying out of the procurement in favour of the respective procuring organization and at its own expense.

6. The detailed rules and conditions for carrying out centralized procurement, the detailed rules and conditions for posting relevant data in the Unified Electronic System of Public Procurement within the framework of centralized procurement, as well as the issues provided for by paragraph 5 of this Article, shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia.

Law of Georgia No. 1056 of 12 November 2025 – website, 17 November 2025.

Article 20⁷. Tender notice on holding a consolidated tender and tender documentation of a consolidated tender🔗

1. The tender notice on holding a consolidated tender and the tender documentation of a consolidated tender shall be approved by the tender commission of the central purchasing body. The form of the tender notice on holding a consolidated tender and the data to be indicated therein, the rules for publishing this notice and placing it in the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement, as well as the rules for drawing up the tender documentation of a consolidated tender shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia.

2. Within the framework of a consolidated tender, the mandatory nature of the submission of a tender bid security guarantee, the amount of this guarantee and the rules for its submission, entry into force and return shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. If, within the framework of a consolidated tender, the submission of a tender bid security guarantee is not required, another means/other means of securing it may be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia in order to secure the conclusion of the contract. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 21. Terms of a state procurement contract and the rules for their review🔗

1. (removed);

1¹. A state procurement contract shall be concluded in written form, taking into account the terms determined by this Law and a subordinate normative act. The conclusion of a state procurement contract shall not be mandatory:

a) by a diplomatic representation and consular institution of Georgia abroad, as well as by a defence attaché, representatives of the Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia and the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, when carrying out state procurement by means of simplified state procurement, and in cases provided for by a subordinate normative act;

b) when carrying out state procurement by means of simplified procurement ordered via the Internet;

c) when carrying out state procurement related to representation expenses;

d) when carrying out state procurement by way of payment of charges established by a normative act of Georgia.

2. In order to ensure the performance of a state procurement contract, depending on the specifics of the procurement object, a requirement of a performance guarantee or insurance may be applied, except for the cases provided for by paragraph 3¹ of this Article.

2¹. If the procurement object is petroleum products (fuel), the value of which, due to its specifics, depends on the fluctuating price on the international commodity exchange and/or the official exchange rate of the national currency, the supplier shall, before concluding the contract, submit to the procuring organisation the unit price of the goods to be supplied, calculated in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act. This requirement shall not apply to the purchase of petroleum products (fuel) by a diplomatic representation and consular institution of Georgia abroad, as well as by a defence attaché, representatives of the Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia and the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

[ 2

1. If, within the framework of a consolidated tender, the procurement object is petroleum products (fuel), the value of which, due to its specifics, depends on the fluctuating price on the international commodity exchange and/or the official exchange rate of the national currency, matters related to the calculation of the unit price of the goods shall be determined in accordance with the procedure established by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. This requirement shall not apply to the purchase of petroleum products (fuel) by a diplomatic representation and consular institution of Georgia abroad, as well as by a defence attaché, representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia and the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

3. (removed);

3¹. A requirement of a guarantee or insurance for the performance of a state procurement contract shall be mandatory if the total value of the contract amounts to or exceeds GEL 200,000. By a decision of the procuring organisation, a bidder or a potential supplier may be exempted from submitting the guarantee provided for by this paragraph, taking into account its business reputation and the quality and recognition of the goods, services and works produced by it.

[ 3¹. A requirement of a guarantee or insurance for the performance of a contract shall be mandatory if the total value of the contract amounts to or exceeds GEL 200,000. At the same time, within the framework of centralised procurement, the mandatory nature of the requirement of a bank guarantee, as well as, where necessary, its different threshold, shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. By a decision of the procuring organisation, a bidder or a potential supplier may be exempted from submitting the guarantee provided for by this paragraph, taking into account its business reputation and the quality and recognition of the goods, services and works produced by it, except where the state procurement is carried out within the framework of centralised procurement. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

3². If a guarantee or insurance for the performance of a state procurement contract is required by the procuring organisation, a supplier that has submitted a unified guarantee provided for by this Law shall be entitled not to submit a guarantee or insurance for the performance of the contract. In such a case, the unified guarantee shall be used to secure the performance of the state procurement contract.

3³. The beneficiary of a unified guarantee may be any procuring organisation in respect of which the holder of the unified guarantee (the principal) has an obligation arising under the guarantee, of which the beneficiary procuring organisation shall notify the issuer of the guarantee (the guarantor) in the manner established by a subordinate normative act.

4. The essential terms of a state procurement contract and the rules for applying the requirement of a guarantee and insurance shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

[ 4. The essential terms of a contract and the rules for applying the requirement of a guarantee and insurance shall be determined by a subordinate normative act, while the matters related to centralised procurement and indicated in this paragraph shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

5. Amendment of the terms of a contract concluded with a supplier shall be inadmissible if, as a result of such amendment, the value of the contract increases for the procuring organisation or the terms of the contract deteriorate, except for the cases provided for by Article 398 of the Civil Code of Georgia.

5¹. In accordance with Article 398 of the Civil Code of Georgia, the terms for amending a state procurement contract shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

[ 5¹. In accordance with Article 398 of the Civil Code of Georgia, the conditions for amending a contract are determined by a subordinate normative act, while the matters specified in this paragraph and related to centralized procurement – by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

5². (removed).

5³. In the cases provided for by subparagraphs „a“–„d“ of paragraph 1¹ of this Article, state procurement shall be carried out on the basis of a document (for example, a cheque or a receipt) confirming payment of the value of the procurement object and containing the information provided for by a subordinate normative act, or of a contract (if any).

6. (removed).

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No 3481-LHG I, No 30, 27.07.2006, Art.237

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No 627-LHG I, No 36, 12.12.2008, Art.235

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No 2107-LHG I, No 40, 07.12.2009, Art.290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No 3163-LHG I, No 39, 19.07.2010, Art.233

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No 4632 – website, 25.05.2011

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2011 No 4950 – website, 11.07.2011

Law of Georgia of 30 March 2012 No 5975 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No 3967 – website, 15.07.2015

Law of Georgia of 2 October 2019 No 5079 – website, 07.10.2019

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 21¹. Conditions of Advance Settlement🔗

1. In the case of advance settlement, the supplier shall be obliged to submit to the purchasing organisation a guarantee in an amount identical to the amount to be paid in advance, except for the cases provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article and by a subordinate normative act.

2. By decision of the purchasing organisation, the release of the supplier from the submission of a guarantee in an amount identical to the amount to be paid in advance by the purchasing organisation may be effected if:

a) the amount to be paid in advance to the supplier is credited to a separate bank account designated for that purpose and this amount is used under the control of the purchasing organisation throughout the entire period of validity of the state procurement contract;

b) the total value of the contract for the specific state procurement exceeds the threshold established by a subordinate normative act. In such a case, the release of the supplier by the purchasing organisation from the submission of a guarantee in an amount identical to the amount to be paid in advance may be effected taking into account its business reputation, the quality of the goods produced by it, the services rendered and the works performed, and its recognition;

c) the supplier's liability towards the purchasing organisation is continuously secured by a single guarantee, in the manner established by a subordinate normative act.

3. The peculiarities of applying the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article to qualified suppliers registered in the white list shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

4. The supplier shall be obliged to use the funds received as a result of advance settlement only for the performance of obligations related to the state procurement contract.

5. The procedure and conditions for the submission of a guarantee and for release from submission in respect of the amount to be paid in advance provided for by paragraphs 1–3 of this Article shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

[6. Within the framework of centralised procurement, the matters related to advance settlement provided for by this Article shall be determined by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 30 March 2012 No. 5975 – website, 19.04.2012

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 22. Report on Procurement🔗

1. (Deleted).

2. (Deleted).

2¹. In the case of conducting an electronic tender, the report on procurement shall be accompanied by the conclusions of experts and consultants participating in the tender (if any), the minutes of the meetings of the tender commission, as well as other documents provided for by a subordinate normative act.

3. (Deleted).

3¹. Procuring organizations shall submit a report on the progress of contract performance in accordance with the simplified procedure established by a subordinate normative act, no later than 30 January of the following year, if the estimated total value of the annual procurement plan is less than GEL 50,000.

4. Reports on procurement shall be available to all interested persons upon their request.

5. The head of the procuring organization shall submit in writing to the Prime Minister of Georgia a report on the procurement of an object worth more than GEL 2,000,000 within 20 days from the conclusion of the contract on state procurement. The operation of this paragraph shall not apply to the National Bank of Georgia, which, in accordance with the Organic Law of Georgia "On the National Bank of Georgia", submits the report on procurement to the Council of the National Bank of Georgia.

6. The Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the ministries of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara in the field of finance, and the respective bodies of municipalities shall be obliged to provide the Agency quarterly with information on funds actually allocated to budgetary organizations and institutions.

7. The Agency shall be entitled, at any stage of procurement, to request from procuring organizations and procurement participants any documents and information related to procurement, including information related to the performance of contracts.

[ 7. The Agency shall be entitled, at any stage of procurement, to request from the central purchasing body, procuring organizations and procurement participants any documents and information related to procurement, including information related to the performance of contracts. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

8. For the purpose of ensuring transparency of the procurement process, the Agency shall monitor compliance in the procurement process with such principles as publicity, fairness and non-discrimination, exact implementation of established procedures and reporting, ensuring open and effective competition, and the possibility of rational and free choice.

9. (Deleted).

10. The form of reports on the progress of performance of simplified procurement, electronic tender, contest, consolidated tender, as well as contract and state procurement provided for by paragraph 1¹ of Article 21 of this Law, the procedure, time limit and conditions for their preparation, submission and storage shall be established by a subordinate normative act.

[ 10. The form of reports on the progress of simplified procurement, electronic tender, competition, as well as of the performance of a contract and of state procurement provided for by paragraph 1¹ of Article 21 of this Law, the rules for their preparation, submission and storage, the time limits and conditions shall be determined by a subordinate normative act, while the matters specified in this paragraph relating to centralised procurement – by a legal act of the Government of Georgia. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 5 December 2008 No. 627-LHG I, No. 36, 12.12.2008, Art. 235

Law of Georgia of 24 September 2009 No. 1690-LHG I, No. 29, 12.10.2009, Art. 173

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 20 December 2011 No. 5560 – website, 28.12.2011

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No. 617 – website, 21.04.2017

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6895 – website, 28.07.2020

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 22¹. Audit of procurement by the State Audit Office🔗

1. The State Audit Office shall audit procurement through an audit of the procuring organisation.

2. The procuring organisation shall, at the request of the State Audit Office, submit to it any document and/or information related to the procurement.

3. A procurement participant shall, at the request of the procuring organisation, submit to it the relevant document and/or information related to the procurement.

4. (removed).

Law of Georgia of 26 December 2008 No. 882-LHG I, No. 1, 15.01.2009, Art. 3

Law of Georgia of 19 June 2009 No. 1236-LHG I, No. 13, 02.07.2009, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 22 June 2012 No. 6550 – website, 29.06.2012

[Article 22¹. Audit of procurement by the State Audit Office

1. The State Audit Office shall audit procurement through an audit of the procuring organisation/central procuring body.

2. The procuring organisation/central procuring body shall, at the request of the State Audit Office, submit to it any document and/or information related to the procurement.

3. A procurement participant shall, at the request of the procuring organisation/central procuring body, submit to it the relevant document and/or information related to the procurement. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025

Article 22². Additional control mechanism for state procurement carried out and to be carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia🔗

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall submit to the Parliament of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia, detailed information on non-classified state procurement to be carried out, and shall also submit, at least once a year, a report on the non-classified activities carried out and ongoing in connection with state procurement.

Law of Georgia of 23 December 2015 No. 4707 – website, 29.12.2015.

Law of Georgia of 6 December 2018 No. 3898 – website, 14.12.2018.

Article 23. Bodies hearing disputes🔗

1. A dispute related to state procurement and the selection process may be heard by the Council for Hearing Disputes Related to State Procurement (hereinafter – the Council) or by a court.

2. This Chapter establishes the procedure for hearing by the Council of a dispute related to state procurement and the selection process.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Article 23¹. Right to appeal a decision/action to the Council🔗

1. A person wishing to participate in procurement, a bidder or a supplier shall have the right to appeal to the Council, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law, a decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission related to the conduct of state procurement.

[1. A person wishing to participate in procurement, a bidder, a supplier shall have the right to appeal to the Council, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law, a decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission of the procuring organisation related to the conduct of state procurement. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

2. A person wishing to participate in the selection process or a participant in the selection process shall have the right to appeal to the Council, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law, a decision/action of the authorised body/selection commission (hereinafter – the authorised body/selection commission) provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Public-Private Partnership", as determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Council.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 23². Council🔗

1. The Council is an impartial and independent body established on the basis of this Law, whose purpose is the prompt, effective and fair resolution of disputes in accordance with this Law.

2. The Council is separate from all bodies/persons, is independent in its activities and is subject only to law. Influence on the Council or a member of the Council for the purpose of affecting its decision-making process shall be prohibited.

3. In its activities, the Council shall be guided by the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties of Georgia, this Law, the Council's Rules of Procedure and other normative acts.

4. The Government of Georgia shall approve the Council's Rules of Procedure by Resolution.

5. The Chairperson of the Council shall, no later than 1 March of each year, submit to the Parliament of Georgia, the Prime Minister of Georgia and the Agency information on the Council's activities in the previous year. This information shall indicate statistical data and analysis, main trends, as well as, where necessary, proposals on improving the legislation regulating public procurement. The said information shall be published on the Council's website.

Law of Georgia No. 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16.07.2020.

Article 23³. Election of Council Members and Termination of Their Powers🔗

1. The Council shall consist of 5 members appointed by the Prime Minister of Georgia for a term of 5 years. The same person may be appointed as a member of the Council only twice. A member of the Council is a state servant.

2. A citizen of Georgia without a criminal record who has a higher legal education/higher economic education with at least a master's degree or an academic degree equivalent thereto and at least 5 years of experience working in the specialty may be appointed as a member of the Council. At the same time, at least half of the members of the Council shall have the legal education defined by this paragraph.

3. A member of the Council may not:

a) be employed in another public institution and/or private institution;

b) engage in other remunerated activity, except for scientific activity, pedagogical activity and/or creative activity;

c) provide consultations to a procuring organization, a person wishing to participate in procurement, a bidder, a supplier, a person wishing to participate in the selection process, or a participant in the selection process;

d) be a member of a political party and/or participate in political activity.

4. For the purpose of selecting candidates for membership of the Council, the Prime Minister of Georgia shall establish a selection commission, which, along with other members, shall include the chairpersons of the Economic Policy Committee and the Finance and Budget Committee of the Parliament of Georgia.

5. For the purpose of selecting candidates for membership of the Council in an open, transparent and competitive environment, the selection commission shall announce a public competition on the website administered by the Administration of the Government of Georgia. Any interested person shall have the right to participate in the competition. A candidate for membership of the Council shall be given a period of at least 10 days from the announcement of the competition to submit an application for participation in the competition.

6. After receipt of the applications, no later than 20 days, the selection commission shall select, from among the persons who meet the qualification requirements established by this Law for membership of the Council, twice as many candidates as the vacant positions in the Council. In the process of selecting candidates for membership of the Council, the selection commission shall be guided by the principles of objectivity and impartiality. The assessment of candidates for membership of the Council shall be based on their reputation, professional knowledge and activity, and work experience.

7. If the selection commission fails to select candidates for membership of the Council, it shall, no later than 5 days, re-announce the competition in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article.

8. The selection commission shall submit the selected candidates for membership of the Council to the Prime Minister of Georgia for appointment. The Prime Minister of Georgia shall, within 10 days, appoint the member(s) of the Council or refuse to appoint him/her/them. In the latter case, the selection commission shall, no later than 5 days, re-announce the competition in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article.

9. From the day of commencement of the exercise of his/her powers, a member of the Council shall resign from the incompatible position defined by paragraph 3 of this Article or terminate the incompatible activity defined by the same paragraph.

10. The powers of a member of the Council shall terminate upon the expiry of his/her term, unless he/she is reappointed to the position in such a way that the continuity of his/her powers is maintained. Early termination of the powers of a member of the Council shall be inadmissible, except in the following cases:

a) submission of a personal application;

b) death;

c) recognition by a court as missing or declaration as deceased;

d) recognition by a court as a person with limited legal capacity or recognition as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;

e) loss of citizenship of Georgia;

f) entry into legal force of a final conviction judgment of a court;

g) holding an incompatible position defined by paragraph 3 of this Article or carrying out an incompatible activity defined by the same paragraph;

h) non-exercise of powers for more than 4 months during the last 12 months and the existence of a medical opinion confirming that the member of the Council will be unable to exercise his/her powers in the future as well.

11. The powers of a member of the Council shall be terminated early:

a) in the case provided for by subparagraph „a“ of paragraph 10 of this Article – immediately upon the submission of the application by the member of the Council to the Chairperson of the Council. The powers of the Chairperson of the Council shall terminate immediately upon his/her submission of the application to the Council;

b) in the case provided for by subparagraphs „b“–„f“ of paragraph 10 of this Article – from the moment of confirmation of the occurrence of the relevant circumstance in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia;

c) in the case provided for by subparagraph „g“ or „h“ of paragraph 10 of this Article – from the moment of issuance of a legal act of the Prime Minister of Georgia on the termination of the powers of the member of the Council.

12. The Chairperson of the Council shall be obliged to immediately provide the Prime Minister of Georgia with information on the termination of the powers of a member of the Council or on the emergence of the ground/grounds for its termination. If the powers of the Chairperson of the Council have been terminated or the ground/grounds for the termination of his/her powers have emerged, the relevant information shall be provided to the Prime Minister of Georgia by the Deputy Chairperson of the Council.

13. A person whose powers as a member of the Council have been terminated may appeal its termination to a court in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

14. The process of selecting a member of the Council shall begin not earlier than 60 days and not later than 40 days before the expiry of the term of powers of the relevant member of the Council, and in the case of early termination of the powers of the relevant member of the Council – not later than 10 days after the termination of his/her powers. A newly appointed member of the Council shall begin exercising his/her powers immediately upon the expiry of the term of powers of the predecessor member of the Council. If the powers of the predecessor member of the Council have already been terminated, the newly appointed member of the Council shall begin exercising his/her powers immediately upon appointment.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 20 February 2025 No. 320 – website, 21.02.2025.

Law of Georgia of 13 May 2025 No. 538 – website, 14.05.2025.

Article 23⁴. Chairperson of the Council and Deputy Chairperson of the Council🔗

1. The Council has a Chairperson. The Chairperson of the Council:

a) convenes, opens, chairs and conducts the Council's sessions;

b) represents the Council in relations with state authorities, other local and international organizations, as well as third parties;

c) signs the Council's correspondence;

d) provides general guidance to the Council's apparatus;

e) submits motions to the Chairperson of the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency of Georgia (hereinafter – the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency) regarding the encouragement of the employees of the Council's apparatus and the application of disciplinary liability measures to them;

f) exercises other powers determined by the legislation of Georgia, the Council's rules of procedure and the regulation of the Council's apparatus.

2. The Chairperson of the Council has a Deputy. The Deputy Chairperson of the Council performs the duties of the Chairperson of the Council in his/her absence or upon termination of his/her powers. In the event of the simultaneous absence of the Chairperson of the Council and the Deputy Chairperson of the Council, the duties of the Chairperson of the Council shall be performed, upon the instruction of the Chairperson of the Council, by one of the members of the Council.

3. The Chairperson of the Council and the Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall be elected from among the composition of the Council. At least 2 members of the Council have the right to nominate the respective candidate. A candidate shall be considered elected if, in a secret ballot, he/she is supported by not less than half of the full composition of the Council. The same person may be elected as the Chairperson of the Council only once. Only a member of the Council who has the legal education determined by paragraph 2 of Article 23³ of this Law may be elected as the Chairperson of the Council or the Deputy Chairperson of the Council.

4. The Chairperson of the Council and the Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall be considered elected for the term of his/her powers as a member of the Council. Upon expiry of this term, the said member of the Council shall cease, respectively, to hold the powers of the Chairperson of the Council or the Deputy Chairperson of the Council, regardless of whether or not he/she is again appointed as a member of the Council.

5. The powers of the Chairperson of the Council and the Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall, respectively, be terminated early by a personal statement – upon submission of the statement to the Council.

6. Elections of a new Chairperson of the Council or Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall be held, respectively, not later than 5 days before the expiry of the term of powers of the incumbent Chairperson of the Council or Deputy Chairperson of the Council, and in the case of early termination of powers – not later than 5 days after the termination of powers.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16 July 2020.

Law of Georgia of 16 September 2020 No. 7133 – website, 21 September 2020.

Law of Georgia of 28 May 2021 No. 526 – website, 28 May 2021.

Law of Georgia of 22 December 2022 No. 2524 – website, 29 December 2022.

Law of Georgia of 29 November 2023 No. 3757 – website, 11 December 2023.

Law of Georgia of 13 December 2024 No. 148 – website, 29 December 2024.

Law of Georgia No. 328 of 20 February 2025 – website, 20.02.2025.

Article 23⁵. Organizational and financial support of the Council's activities🔗

1. A member of the Council shall be paid remuneration. The official salary of the Chairperson of the Council shall be determined in an amount equal to the official salary of the Chairperson of a district (city) court, the official salary of the Deputy Chairperson of the Council – in an amount equal to the official salary of the Chairperson of a collegium of a district (city) court, and the official salary of another member of the Council – in an amount equal to the official salary of a judge of a district (city) court.

2. The Council shall be financed from the State Budget of Georgia, from the budgetary appropriations provided for the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency, in the amount that ensures the performance of the Council's functions and its independence.

3. To ensure the Council's activities, the Council shall have an apparatus. The number and remuneration of the employees of the Council's apparatus shall be determined by the Chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency. The regulation and structure of the Council's apparatus shall be determined by the Government of Georgia by legal acts, upon the submission of the Chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency. The Council's apparatus shall be a structural unit of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency.

4. The Council's apparatus:

a) conducts the internal procedures for preparing the hearing of disputes;

b) organizes the Council's sessions;

c) draws up the minutes of the Council's sessions;

d) conducts the Council's correspondence and internal documentation;

e) performs other functions determined by this Law, the Council's rules of procedure and the regulation of the Council's apparatus.

5. The Council's apparatus shall be accountable to the Chairperson of the Council/the Council. For the lawful use of the material and technical means of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency, the Council's apparatus shall also be accountable to the Chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency.

6. The employees of the Council's apparatus shall be selected by competition, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia. Members of the Council shall also participate in the competition commission created for holding the competition.

7. An employee of the Council's apparatus shall bear disciplinary liability in accordance with the procedure established by the internal regulations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency. An employee of the Council's apparatus may be held disciplinary liable only with the consent of the Chairperson of the Council.

8. The Competition and Consumer Protection Agency shall provide the Council and the Council's apparatus with the material and technical means necessary for their activities.

Law of Georgia No. 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia No. 7133 of 16 September 2020 – website, 21.09.2020.

Law of Georgia No. 526 of 28 May 2021 – website, 28.05.2021.

Law of Georgia No. 2524 of 22 December 2022 – website, 29.12.2022.

Law of Georgia No. 3757 of 29 November 2023 – website, 11.12.2023.

Law of Georgia No. 148 of 13 December 2024 - website, 29.12.2024.

Article 23⁶. Special Electronic Module Intended for the Council🔗

1. For the purpose of effectively and publicly conducting the activities of the Council, a special electronic module intended for the Council (hereinafter – the electronic module) functions within the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement.

2. The following shall be published in the electronic module: complaints submitted to the Council, documents attached thereto, decisions adopted by the Council on complaints, other materials related to the consideration of complaints, as well as other information determined by this Law and the Council's Rules of Procedure.

3. The Council/Council's apparatus shall send any notification/information related to the consideration of a complaint through the electronic module, which shall be considered as delivery of the notification/information to the respective person.

4. The Council/Council's apparatus is entitled to use other means of communication (mail, electronic mail, telephone (including short text message)) for sending the notification/information defined by paragraph 3 of this Article, which shall be considered as an officially sent notification.

5. Information existing in the electronic module is public, except for personal data which, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, is not subject to publication.

6. The electronic module is part of the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement. The functioning of the electronic module shall be ensured by the Agency. The Agency shall ensure that, for the performance of the actions provided for by this Article, members of the Council/relevant employees of the Council's apparatus have unhindered access to the said system. The Agency shall develop the electronic module and make appropriate changes therein on the basis of a request by the Council to the Agency or the Council's consent. The Council shall, before submitting to the Government of Georgia, agree with the Agency on that part of the Council's Rules of Procedure or of the draft amendment to be made therein the adoption of which requires making an appropriate change in the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement/electronic module.

Law of Georgia No. 6730 of 2 July 2020 – website, 16 July 2020.

Article 23⁷. Appeal of a decision/action to the Council🔗

1. The right to appeal a decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission shall be held by:

a) both a person wishing to participate in procurement and a tenderer, if the complaint concerns:

a.a) a decision/action related to the tender/competition notice and the tender/competition documentation;

a.b) any decision/action which does not fall under the case provided for by subparagraph "a.a" of this paragraph and was taken/performed before the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids;

a.c) a decision by which, on the basis of a decision of the Council, a decision provided for by subparagraph "a.a" or "a.b" of this paragraph was reviewed;

b) only a tenderer, if the complaint concerns a decision/action taken/performed after the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids which does not fall under the cases provided for by subparagraph "a" of this paragraph;

c) a person registered in the unified electronic system of state procurement with the status of supplier in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act – in the case of simplified procurement, if, when state procurement is carried out by simplified procurement, the value of the goods, services or works to be procured equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the EU directives in force in the field of state procurement and the complaint concerns a decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement.

2. A decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission shall not be appealed if the complaint concerns:

a) the selection of the means and method of state procurement in accordance with this Law and a subordinate normative act;

b) a decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement − if the value of the procurement is less than the monetary thresholds established by the EU directives in force in the field of state procurement;

c) in the case of an appeal to the Council − the suspension of the state procurement procedure.

3. A decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission may be appealed within the following time limits:

a) a decision/action provided for by subparagraph "a.a" of the first paragraph of this Article − before the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids;

b) a decision provided for by subparagraph "a.b", "a.c" or "b" of the first paragraph of this Article − no later than 10 days from the uploading of the said decision to the unified electronic system of state procurement, and an action – no later than 10 days from the performance of this action, but only before the conclusion of the contract as a result of the relevant state procurement;

c) a decision provided for by subparagraph "c" of the first paragraph of this Article − no later than 10 days from the uploading of the said decision to the relevant module of the unified electronic system of state procurement.

[ 1. The right to appeal a decision/action of the procuring organisation/tender commission of the procuring organisation shall be held by:

a) both a person wishing to participate in procurement and a bidder, if the complaint concerns:

a.a) a decision/action related to the tender/competition notice and the tender/competition documentation;

a.b) any decision/action which is not covered by the case provided for by subparagraph „a.a“ of this paragraph and was adopted/performed before the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids;

a.c) a decision by which, on the basis of a decision of the Council, a decision provided for by subparagraph „a.a“ or „a.b“ of this paragraph was reviewed;

b) only a bidder, if the complaint concerns a decision/action adopted/performed after the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids which is not covered by the cases provided for by subparagraph „a“ of this paragraph;

c) a person registered in the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement with the status of supplier in accordance with the procedure established by a subordinate normative act – in the case of a simplified procurement, if, when the state procurement is carried out by simplified procurement, the value of the goods, services or works to be procured equals or exceeds the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement and the complaint concerns a decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement.

2. A decision/action of a procuring organisation/a tender commission of a procuring organisation shall not be subject to appeal if the complaint concerns:

a) the selection of the means and method of carrying out the state procurement in accordance with this Law and a subordinate normative act;

b) a decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement − if the value of the procurement is less than the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of state procurement;

c) in the case of an appeal to the Council − the suspension of the state procurement procedure.

3. A decision/action of a procuring organisation/a tender commission of a procuring organisation may be appealed within the following time limits:

a) a decision/action provided for by subparagraph „a.a“ of paragraph 1 of this Article − before the commencement of the receipt of tender/competition bids;

b) a decision provided for by subparagraph „a.b“, „a.c“ or „b“ of paragraph 1 of this Article − not later than 10 days after the uploading of the said decision to the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement, and an action – not later than 10 days after its performance, but only before the conclusion of a contract as a result of the relevant state procurement;

c) a decision provided for by subparagraph „c“ of paragraph 1 of this Article − not later than 10 days after the uploading of the said decision to the relevant module of the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

4. A complaint to the Council shall be submitted electronically, through the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement. The form of the complaint and the procedure for its submission shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Council.

5. Not later than 2 working days after the submission of the complaint, the Board shall consider the issue of admissibility of the complaint. The Board shall declare the complaint inadmissible if:

a) it was submitted by an unauthorized person;

b) the time limit for its submission has expired or, by the time of consideration of the issue of admissibility of the complaint, a contract has already been concluded;

c) it does not concern a decision/action of the contracting organization/tender commission/authorized body/selection commission;

d) the relevant decision/action of the contracting organization/tender commission/authorized body/selection commission, in accordance with this Law, is not subject to appeal to the Board;

e) the subject matter of the dispute does not exist;

f) a case is in the Board's proceedings in a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds;

g) there is a decision of the Board between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds;

h) the issue indicated therein is cognizable by the court;

i) a case is in court proceedings in a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds.

[ 5. Not later than 2 working days after the submission of the complaint, the Board shall consider the issue of admissibility of the complaint. The Board shall declare the complaint inadmissible if:

a) it was submitted by an unauthorized person;

b) the time limit for its submission has expired or, by the time of consideration of the issue of admissibility of the complaint, the contract has already been concluded;

c) it does not concern a decision/action of the contracting organization/tender commission of the contracting organization/authorized body/selection commission;

d) the relevant decision/action of the contracting organization/tender commission of the contracting organization/authorized body/selection commission, in accordance with this Law, is not subject to appeal to the Board;

e) the subject matter of the dispute does not exist;

f) a case is in the Board's proceedings in a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds;

g) there is a decision of the Board between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds;

h) the issue indicated therein is cognizable by the court;

i) a case is in court proceedings in a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject matter and on the same grounds. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

6. If the complaint does not comply with the requirements established by this Law and the Board's regulations, but there is no ground provided for by paragraph 5 of this article for declaring the complaint inadmissible, the Board shall give the complainant a period of 1 working day to clarify the complaint. If the complainant does not clarify the complaint, the complaint shall be automatically declared inadmissible in the Unified Electronic System of Public Procurement (which is equivalent to the adoption of a decision on declaring the complaint inadmissible). If the complainant submits a clarified complaint, the Board shall consider the issue of admissibility of the complaint not later than the next working day after the submission of the clarified complaint. If the complainant clarifies the complaint incompletely, it shall be declared inadmissible.

7. The Board shall also declare the complaint inadmissible if the existence of a ground for declaring the complaint inadmissible becomes clear after it has been declared admissible.

8. Information on the recognition of a complaint as admissible or inadmissible shall be published immediately, in the manner established by the Council's rules of procedure, in the electronic module.

9. The procedures of the appealed state procurement/selection process shall be automatically suspended upon the complaint being recognized as admissible. The state procurement process shall be suspended after the completion of electronic trading in the unified electronic system of state procurement. After the complaint is recognized as admissible, the procuring organization/tender commission/authorized body/selection commission shall be obliged not to adopt a decision or perform an action related to the procedures of the appealed state procurement/selection process during the period of consideration of the complaint. The procuring organization/tender commission/authorized body/selection commission shall also be obliged not to announce or to suspend the announced procedures of the repeated state procurement/selection process (if any) on the same matter. The procuring organization shall be entitled to carry out procurement in the manner established by this Law in the event of urgent necessity. In the case provided for by this paragraph, the procedures of the state procurement/selection process shall also be suspended for a person wishing to participate in the procurement/a bidder/a person wishing to participate in the selection process/a participant of the selection process. Appealing the decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement entails suspension of the simplified procurement procedures, except for the simplified procurement procedure caused by urgent necessity.

[ 9. The procedures of the appealed state procurement/selection process shall be automatically suspended upon the complaint being recognized as admissible. The state procurement process shall be suspended after the completion of electronic trading in the unified electronic system of state procurement. After the complaint is recognized as admissible, the procuring organization/tender commission of the procuring organization/authorized body/selection commission shall be obliged not to adopt a decision or perform an action related to the procedures of the appealed state procurement/selection process during the period of consideration of the complaint. The procuring organization/tender commission of the procuring organization/authorized body/selection commission shall also be obliged not to announce or to suspend the announced procedures of the repeated state procurement/selection process (if any) on the same matter. The procuring organization shall be entitled to carry out procurement in the manner established by this Law in the event of urgent necessity. In the case provided for by this paragraph, the procedures of the state procurement/selection process shall also be suspended for a person wishing to participate in the procurement/a bidder/a person wishing to participate in the selection process/a participant of the selection process. Appealing the decision related to the conclusion of a contract on simplified procurement entails suspension of the simplified procurement procedures, except for the simplified procurement procedure caused by urgent necessity. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

10. The complainant shall have the right to withdraw the complaint in writing at any time before the Board adopts a decision. In such case, the complaint shall no longer be considered. Information on the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant shall be published in the electronic module, in accordance with the procedure established by the Board's rules of procedure, no later than the next working day.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 23⁸. Fee for filing a complaint🔗

1. A fee for filing a complaint with the Board is established. The amount of the fee for filing a complaint shall be:

a) in the case of a complaint related to a state procurement (except for the exception provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article) – 2% of the estimated value of the state procurement, and in the case of a simplified procurement – 2% of the value of the simplified procurement, but not less than GEL 100 and not more than GEL 500;

b) in the case of a complaint related to a public-private partnership project – 0.15% of the estimated value of this project, but not less than GEL 22,000 and not more than GEL 150,000.

2. The fee for filing a complaint shall not be paid if the complaint concerns the matters provided for by subparagraph „a“ of paragraph 1 of Article 23⁷ of this Law.

3. The fee for filing a complaint shall be refunded, except where the complaint is not satisfied.

4. If the complainant withdraws the complaint, the fee for filing a complaint shall be refunded:

a) in full – if the complaint is withdrawn before the Board's hearing is held;

b) in half – if the complaint is withdrawn at the Board's hearing or after it is held.

5. The rules for payment and refund of the fee for filing a complaint shall be determined by the Board's rules of procedure.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Article 23⁹. Consideration of a complaint by the Council🔗

1. The Council shall consider the complaint and adopt a decision within 10 working days from the recognition of the complaint as admissible.

2. If the establishment of circumstances relevant to the case cannot be completed within the period defined by paragraph 1 of this Article, that period may be extended by a decision of the Council by no more than 10 working days.

3. The Council shall consider the complaint at an open session, except in cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia. An oral hearing shall be held at the Council session, during which the Council shall hear the parties and interested persons (if any).

4. The day and hour of the consideration of the complaint at the Council session shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Council upon the submission of the Council's staff. This information shall be communicated to the parties and interested persons (if any) through the electronic module. The failure of the parties and interested persons duly invited to appear at the Council session shall not impede the consideration of the complaint.

5. The Council session shall be opened, chaired and concluded by the chairperson of the Council session. The Council session shall be chaired by the Chairperson of the Council. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Council at the Council session, his/her duties shall be performed by the Deputy Chairperson of the Council. If both the Chairperson of the Council and the Deputy Chairperson of the Council are absent at the Council session, the duties of the Chairperson of the Council shall be performed by one of the members of the Council upon the instruction of the Chairperson of the Council.

6. The Council session shall be competent if it is attended by not less than half of the full composition of the Council.

7. A member of the Council may not participate in the consideration of the complaint and the adoption of a decision if there exists a ground provided for by Article 92 of the General Administrative Code of Georgia. In this case, the member of the Council shall be obliged to declare self-recusal. At the same time, where a ground for the recusal of a member of the Council exists, the party and the interested person shall have the right to submit, in writing, a motion for the recusal of the member of the Council before the conclusion of the Council session. The issue of the recusal of a member of the Council shall be decided by the other members of the Council by a majority of votes, in his/her absence. If the votes of the other members of the Council are equally divided, the member of the Council shall be considered recused.

8. The proceedings of the Council session shall be reflected in the minutes of the Council session, which shall be signed by the chairperson of the Council session and the secretary of the Council session.

9. The procedure for the consideration of a complaint by the Council shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Council.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16 July 2020.

Article 23¹⁰. Decision of the Council🔗

1. The Council shall adopt a decision within the period defined by paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 23⁹ of this Law.

2. After holding a Council session, a deliberation shall be held for the purpose of adopting a decision, in which the members of the Council participate. The decision shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of the Council members present at the Council session. In the event of an equal division of the votes of the Council members, the vote of the chairperson of the Council session shall be decisive.

3. A member of the Council shall not be entitled to abstain from voting. A member of the Council who does not agree with the decision adopted by the Council may set out in writing a dissenting opinion, which shall be attached to this decision.

4. The decision of the Council shall be signed by all members of the Council present at the Council session and participating in the adoption of the decision, including a member of the Council holding a dissenting opinion.

5. If a member of the Council present at the Council session does not participate in the adoption of the decision, this shall be noted in the decision.

6. A member of the Council shall assess the submitted evidence according to inner conviction, which must be based on their comprehensive, complete and objective examination.

7. The Council shall examine the complaint within the scope of the request indicated therein. When adopting a decision, the Council is entitled to consider a violation committed during the adoption of the appealed decision or the performance of the action and not indicated in the complaint.

8. The Council is entitled, as a result of a detailed study of the complaint and the circumstances related thereto:

a) to grant the complaint in full;

b) to grant the complaint in part;

c) not to grant the complaint.

9. In the event of granting the complaint in full or in part, the Council is entitled:

a) to point out to the procuring organisation its incorrect action and to require that the procurement procedures be carried out in accordance with the legislation of Georgia;

b) to require the procuring organisation to review or annul the adopted decision;

c) in the event of a violation of the requirements of the law by a procurement participant, to raise the question of its liability before the relevant bodies defined by the legislation of Georgia.

10. The decision of the Council must be reasoned and must consist of introductory, descriptive, reasoning and operative parts.

11. The decision of the Council shall be published in the electronic module immediately upon adoption, shall be public and shall be deemed delivered to the party and the interested person (if any).

12. Immediate execution of the decision of the Council is mandatory. Its non-execution entails the imposition of liability established by law.

13. Any interested person has the right, in the case of public procurement – to provide the Agency, and in the case of a selection process – to the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Public-Private Partnership Agency, with information on the non-execution of the decision of the Council or the delay of its execution.

14. The Council is entitled to raise before the relevant authorised bodies determined by the legislation of Georgia the question of the liability of a participant in the public procurement/selection process, if, during the consideration of the complaint, it is established that he/she has violated the requirements of the legislation of Georgia and committed a misconduct.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Article 23¹¹. Right to appeal a decision/action in court🔗

1. A person wishing to participate in procurement, a bidder, a supplier, a person wishing to participate in the selection process or a participant in the selection process has the right to appeal directly to court the decision/action of, respectively, the procuring organisation/tender commission/authorised body/selection commission.

[ 1. A person wishing to participate in procurement, a bidder, a supplier, a person wishing to participate in the selection process, a participant in the selection process has the right to appeal directly to court the decision/action of, respectively, the procuring organisation/tender commission of the procuring organisation/authorised body/selection commission. (shall enter into force from 1 June 2026)]

2. An interested person has the right to appeal to court the decision adopted by the Council in relation to his/her complaint. Appealing this decision does not result in the suspension of its effect.

3. In accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, the Agency may also appeal the Council's decision to court if it, as a body with the authority to ensure compliance with and fulfilment of the requirements established by this Law, considers that the Council has substantively misinterpreted the legislation regulating public procurement. In this case, the Agency's claim must serve to establish the correct interpretation of the legislation regulating public procurement and not the consideration and assessment of the circumstances of a case related to a specific dispute. Appealing the decision does not result in the suspension of its effect.

4. An interested person has the right to appeal the Agency's decision/action to court. Appealing the Agency's decision does not result in the suspension of its effect, if this decision concerns the conduct of the black list or the white list or the Agency's agreement to the decision adopted by the procuring organisation on the implementation of public procurement by simplified procurement.

Law of Georgia of 2 July 2020 No. 6730 – website, 16.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No. 1056 – website, 17.11.2025.

Article 24. Measures to be implemented for the entry into force of this Law🔗

1. (removed).

2. Within 1 month from the entry into force of this Law, the State Procurement Agency shall, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, approve the regulation "On the rules for conducting state procurement;

2¹. (removed);

2². (removed);

2³. (removed);

3. The operation of this Law shall not extend until 1 January 2008 to procurements carried out by enterprises of the electricity and natural gas sector for the rehabilitation or repair of that property which is directly related to the generation, transmission, dispatching and distribution of electricity, the transportation and distribution of natural gas, as well as to the regulation of metering of electricity and natural gas.

4. The requirements of this Law shall not apply to the procurement of mobile telephone services until 1 January 2013.

5. In order to bring the Law of Georgia "On Broadcasting" into compliance with subparagraph "l" of paragraph 3¹ of Article 1 of this Law, the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Georgian Public Broadcaster and the Government of Georgia shall jointly ensure the preparation of the relevant draft law and its submission to the Parliament of Georgia by 20 December 2009.

6. From 1 March 2010 to 1 December 2010, procuring organizations shall conduct state procurement at their discretion, by means of electronic procurement or without them.

6¹. By 1 February 2011, the Government of Georgia shall ensure the adoption of the Resolution provided for by subparagraph "h" of paragraph 3 of Article 10¹ of this Law.

7. By 1 May 2011, the Agency shall ensure the introduction of the relevant classifier adopted by international organizations for the purpose of identifying procurement objects.

8. In state procurement procedures commenced before 1 December 2010, the identification of the winning bidder and the conclusion of a state procurement contract with such bidder shall be carried out in accordance with the rules in force before 1 December 2010.

8¹. Until 31 December 2010, when conducting procurement by means of simplified procurement, simplified electronic tender and electronic tender, matters related to the homogeneity of procurement objects and their reflection in the annual procurement plan shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

8². Before the methodology for detecting the artificial splitting of state procurement is developed, the Agency is entitled, by an individual administrative-legal act, to additionally regulate matters related to the artificial splitting of state procurement.

9. The Head of the State Security Service of Georgia shall, before 1 January 2016, determine by a relevant normative act additional requirements for companies providing telecommunication services in relation to the termination of international telephone calls and the route of data exchange in the global Internet network, for the purpose of improving measures for the protection of state security in the implementation of state procurement of international telephone service and Internet service.

10. The authorised body determined by this Law shall ensure:

a) before 30 December 2010 – approval of the temporary rule for the implementation of state procurement by electronic means;

b) before 1 May 2011 – approval of the rules for conducting simplified procurement, simplified electronic tender and electronic tender;

c) before 1 April 2011 – approval of the conditions and rules for state procurement of design services through a competition;

d) before 1 May 2012 – approval of the conditions and rules for conducting a consolidated tender;

e) before 1 December 2012 – development of a methodology for detecting the artificial splitting of state procurement;

f) before 1 January 2012 − approval of the rules for conducting a two-stage electronic tender and a two-stage simplified electronic tender;

g) before 1 May 2012 − development of provisions related to the maintenance of the white list and the conditions of advance settlement;

h) before 1 November 2015 – determination by a subordinate normative act of the rule and conditions provided for by paragraph 3³ of Article 10¹ of this Law.

11. (removed - 15.06.2017, No. 1015).

12. Before 15 April 2014, the Government of Georgia shall ensure the approval of the statute of the Legal Entity of Public Law – the State Procurement Agency.

13. The statute approved by Resolution No. 497 of 27 December 2011 of the Government of Georgia "On approval of the statute of the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Competition and State Procurement Agency" shall retain legal force in the part concerning state procurement until the approval of the statute of the Legal Entity of Public Law – the State Procurement Agency provided for by paragraph 12 of this Article.

14. From 31 March 2014, Resolution No. 166 of 18 February 2014 of the Government of Georgia "On determining the Legal Entity of Public Law – the Competition and State Procurement Agency as the authorised body" shall be declared invalid.

Law of Georgia of 18 July 2006 No. 3481-LHG I, No. 30, 27.07.2006, Art. 237

Law of Georgia of 29 December 2006 No. 4333- LHG I, No. 1, 03.01.2007, Art. 3

Law of Georgia of 26 September 2008 No. 294-LHG I, No. 22, 09.10.2008, Art. 152

Law of Georgia of 26 December 2008 No. 882-LHG I, No. 1, 15.01.2009, Art. 3

Law of Georgia of 19 June 2009 No. 1236-LHG I, No. 13, 02.07.2009, Art. 67

Law of Georgia of 20 November 2009 No. 2107-LHG I, No. 40, 07.12.2009, Art. 290

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2010 No. 3163-LHG I, No. 39, 19.07.2010, Art. 233

Law of Georgia of 26 October 2010 No 3767-LHG I, No 62, 5 November 2010, Art. 398

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2010 No 4068-LHG I, No 74, 24 December 2010, Art. 458

Law of Georgia of 25 February 2011 No 4272 – website, 2 March 2011

Law of Georgia of 5 May 2011 No 4632 – website, 25 May 2011

Law of Georgia of 13 October 2011 No 5126 – website, 27 October 2011

Law of Georgia of 25 November 2011 No 5364 – website, 6 December 2011

Law of Georgia of 30 March 2012 No 5975 – website, 19 April 2012

Law of Georgia of 21 March 2014 No 2163 – website, 27 March 2014

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No 3967 – website, 15 July 2015

Law of Georgia of 24 July 2015 No 4104 – website, 4 August 2015

Law of Georgia of 15 June 2017 No 1015 – website, 29 June 2017

Article 24¹. Entry into force of the norms related to the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of public procurement🔗

1. The norms related to the monetary thresholds established by the European Union directives in force in the field of public procurement, indicated in paragraph 3¹ of Article 10¹, the first paragraph of Article 12¹, subparagraphs "b" and "d" of paragraph 3 and paragraph 6 of Article 15¹ of this Law, shall enter into force from 1 September 2019.

2. Before 1 September 2019, the obligation to place in the unified electronic system of public procurement, in the English language, the notice on the conduct of an electronic tender provided for by the first paragraph of Article 12¹ of this Law shall arise for the procuring organisation if the estimated value of the goods or services to be purchased exceeds 2,000,000 GEL, and the estimated value of the works – 4,000,000 GEL.

Law of Georgia of 6 April 2017 No 617 – website, 21 April 2017

Article 24². Temporary rule for the payment of the publication fee and/or the fee for submitting a competition or tender bid🔗

Until 1 June 2026:

a) the publication fee is a mandatory amount payable to the Agency's account by the procuring organisation for the electronic publication of a competition notice and competition documentation or a tender notice and tender documentation, the amount of which is 100 GEL. In the cases of a competition and an electronic tender, the rules for the payment and refund of the publication fee shall be determined by a subordinate normative act;

b) in the case of a competition or an electronic tender, a fee for submitting a competition or tender bid shall be established, the amount of which is 100 GEL, and in the case of a consolidated tender – a fee for submitting a tender bid, the amount of which is 5,000 GEL. By a decision of the Government of Georgia, a fee different from that determined by this subparagraph for submitting a tender bid in a consolidated tender may be established. The rules and conditions for the payment of the fee and the refund of an erroneously paid fee shall be determined by a subordinate normative act.

Law of Georgia of 12 November 2025 No 1056 – website, 17 November 2025

Article 25. Invalid normative acts🔗

Upon the entry into force of this Law, the following shall be considered invalid:

a) Law of Georgia of 9 December 1998 "On State Procurement" (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 7, 1998, Art. 52);

b) Order No 1 of 15 October 2001 of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency on approval of the Regulation "On the Rules for Conducting State Procurement"

Article 26. Entry into force of the Law🔗

This Law shall enter into force from 1 January 2006.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

20 April 2005.

No 1388-Is