The Directorate-General for Rationalisation and Centralisation of Procurement manages the State Centralised Procurement System through calls for centralised contracts.
You can consult our catalogue of current contracts, as well as contracts that will soon be tendered and are detailed in the Agreement approving the 2025 Centralised Procurement Plan.
If you have not yet contracted with the Administration, check the “How to participate” section, where you will find a short guide to the steps necessary to become a supplier to the General State Administration.
Also for SMEs
The aggregated demand of the various departments and bodies represents per se a potential economy of scale, but the DGRCC has adopted measures to prevent the centralisation process from negatively affecting competition in certain sectors and from limiting SMEs’ access.
Therefore, in this line of promoting competition, it is considered advisable that such demand should not generally be satisfied by a single company. To ensure that SMEs can access centralised contracts, various mechanisms are used:
Division into lots: encourages multiple companies to be awarded the same service. Thus, in the case of the centralised cleaning service contract, 18 lots have been established, in the security service contract 10 lots, etc.
Limitation on companies to apply for or be awarded lots: in the cleaning contract the number of lots that a company can bid for is limited, and in the security contract the number of lots that the same bidder can be awarded is limited. These measures are clearly beneficial to the Administration while also opening up opportunities for SMEs. The presence of SMEs is particularly important in these sectors, so fostering their participation in these tenders helps each bidder optimise their offer for the lots where they can be most competitive, while achieving diversification in awards.
Excluding, in some cases, from the scope of centralisation acquisitions worth less than €15,000 (minor contracts). In this way, contracts can be awarded to small companies.
Adjustment of solvency criteria in all contracts and framework agreements: a balance has been sought between the logical need for reliable bidders and the convenience of establishing requirements that can be met by a wide range of companies.
Weighting of bid evaluation criteria (technical features, price, territorial coverage, etc.) so that SMEs can compete for these contracts.
Possibility of awarding contracts to temporary business associations (joint ventures), which, due to their characteristics, are a particularly suitable vehicle for the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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