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Bidding on tenders in Italy.
How public procurement works in Italy — registration, eligibility, bid security and submission — checked against the official rules.
Bidding
How to bid for public contracts in Italy
How Italian public procurement (appalti pubblici) works in 2026: the 2023 Procurement Code and its 2024 corrective decree, direct awards and negotiated procedures, ANAC's digital system and certified platforms, MePA, SOA qualification for works, guarantees, mandatory price revision, appeals, and what non-EU companies, including Indian firms, can expect.
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Italy's SOA qualification and the MePA marketplace, step by step
How Italian and foreign companies qualify for Italian public contracts in 2026: SOA certification for works of €150,000 or more (OG and OS categories, the ten value classes from €258,000 to unlimited, the 15-year track record, ISO 9001, the 5-year validity and 3-year check), when foreign firms can skip SOA, and how to register and get enabled on Consip's MePA marketplace (eIDAS signature, PEC, catalogue, direct orders, Trattativa Diretta and RdO), plus Convenzioni, framework agreements and SDAPA.
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Italian public procurement glossary: appalti pubblici terms explained in English
Plain-English definitions of the Italian terms you meet in public tenders in 2026: Codice dei contratti pubblici, stazione appaltante, affidamento diretto, procedura negoziata senza bando, procedura aperta, bando and disciplinare, CIG, ANAC, BDNCP, piattaforma certificata, MePA, DGUE, FVOE, SOA, RTI, avvalimento, garanzia provvisoria and definitiva, soccorso istruttorio, revisione prezzi, anticipazione, TAR and more.
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Can companies from outside the EU bid for EU public tenders? Country by country
Which non-EU companies have a right to bid for public contracts in the EU, EEA and Switzerland in 2026: the 22 WTO GPA parties, trade agreements with procurement chapters (CETA, Japan, UK, Singapore, Viet Nam, Chile, New Zealand, Ukraine, Mercosur), what the EU Court's Kolin ruling means for Chinese, Indian and Turkish bidders, the China medical-devices exclusion, foreign-subsidy notifications, Russia sanctions, practical steps, and the proposed EU Public Procurement Act.
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