askTender Partners · Iceland

Tender work in Iceland. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Iceland’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

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For accountants, lawyers, translators and bid writers licensed in Iceland · no joining fee · your fee is yours in full

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7Services for Partners

8Done by the askTender Desk

18Steps mapped in Iceland

How filing works in Iceland

You work on the portal under your own login. In Iceland, the client adds you as a named user on its account on TendSign: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Iceland

Endurskoðendaráð (auditors' oversight)

Löggiltur endurskoðandi (state-authorised auditor) / bókari

Confirm financial figures and annual accounts asked as evidence of financial standing; Handle VAT (VSK) and payroll registrations with Skatturinn for a foreign winner

3 services on the DeskAccountants

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Lögmannafélag Íslands (Icelandic Bar Association)

Lögmaður (advocate, member of Lögmannafélag Íslands)

Act as authorised representative submitting a bid with a signed authorisation (umboð); Review tender terms and ÍST 30 contracts; bring complaints to the Public Procurement Complaints Commission

1 service on the DeskLawyers

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Bid writers

Tilboðsráðgjafi (bid consultant, unregulated)

Prepare the electronic bid forms in TendSign as an additional user account under the bidder's kennitala; Prepare the ESPD and evidence pack

Called in when a tender asksBid writers

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Licensed by the District Commissioner (sýslumaður)

Löggiltur skjalaþýðandi (certified document translator)

Certified translation of Icelandic certificates (issued in Icelandic only) or foreign documents

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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Fjármálaeftirlit Seðlabanka Íslands

Bank or insurer issuing bankaábyrgð / verktryggingu

Issue bid or performance guarantees where a tender asks (set per tender)

1 service on the DeskBanks and sureties

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Löggiltur endurskoðandi (state-authorised auditor) / bókari

VAT (VSK) registration and kennitala for foreign entities

Foreign suppliers carrying out taxable activity in Iceland register with Skatturinn.
Tax registration

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Financial standing (annual accounts, credit check)

Tenders may set turnover/equity requirements and check credit standing (e.g. Creditinfo, private).
Accountant-attested financial certificates

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E-invoicing (EN 16931 / TS 236:2017)

Public buyers must accept e-invoices under EN 16931 (Icelandic specification TS 236:2017).
Tax registration

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Lögmaður (advocate, member of Lögmannafélag Íslands)

Complaint to the Public Procurement Complaints Commission (Kærunefnd útboðsmála)

A complaint filed during the standstill freezes the award; fee raised to ISK 210,000 in 2024.
Filing on the portal

ISK 210,000standstill period

Löggiltur skjalaþýðandi (certified document translator)

Bid language / translation

Each tender states permitted languages (82% of 2026 TED notices accepted English); Icelandic certificates are issued in Icelandic.
Legal documents

—days

Bank or insurer issuing bankaábyrgð / verktryggingu

Bid or performance guarantee (set per tender; ÍST 30 for works)

Of 364 Icelandic TED notices in 2026, 34 required a guarantee, 57 said none, 273 did not say; works commonly use ÍST 30 (security level not confirmed).
Bid security

—1–2 weeks (estimate)

How work reaches you

Offer. A client’s bid needs work only your profession may do. You get the requirement, the tender’s format, the deadline and your fee.
Accept. Accept within 4 hours and confirm you have no conflict. The client sees your firm’s name and shares what you need.
Do the work. Ask the client for anything missing, right on the job. Sign under your own name and registration, and upload.
Checked. askTender checks every deliverable against the tender before the client sees it. If something’s off, you hear exactly what.
Paid. The client approves, it goes into their bid, and your fee is released.

Who does what

Partners7 askTender Desk8 The bidding company itself3

The company keeps only what the law reserves to it: its identity checks, its own digital signature, and signing its declarations and bid. We never use a client’s signature, PIN or portal login.

Portals

TendSign (tendsign.is)↗island.is↗utbodsvefur.is / TED↗

Open tenders in Iceland

Bidding in Iceland?

Every step to bid in Iceland↗How askTender bids for you↗

Rules we follow in Iceland

Löggiltur endurskoðandi (state-authorised auditor) / bókari. Company tax certificates can only be fetched online by the company's registered procurator (prókúruhafi), so an accountant cannot fetch them in their own name unless registered as such.
Lögmaður (advocate, member of Lögmannafélag Íslands). Bar rules on fee-sharing not re-read for this file.
Tilboðsráðgjafi (bid consultant, unregulated). When the bid is made on behalf of another party, a copy of a signed authorisation must accompany it.
Löggiltur skjalaþýðandi (certified document translator). Regulator not re-verified for this file.
Bank or insurer issuing bankaábyrgð / verktryggingu. On the bidder's own credit.

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