The total value of procurement last year amounted to 989.746.797 euros, of which 766,85 million were public procurements, 200,75 million were allocated for sectoral activities, and 22,13 million euros were allocated for defense and security procurements.
Last year, the state did the most business with the pharmaceutical company "Glosarij", to which it will pay a total of 65,6 million euros for procurement, while the largest individual deal in 2025 was concluded by the Pljevlja Coal Mine, worth 18.639.678 euros, for the relocation of the Ćehotina River.
Last year, the largest number of public procurement contracts ever recorded was concluded - 9.640, of which 353,72 million were awarded for goods, 152,72 million for services and 260,39 million for works.
This, among other things, is stated in the Government's annual report on public procurement for 2025, which was approved at a session at the end of May.
Public procurement or tenders are carried out by state authorities through the Montenegrin Electronic Public Procurement (CeJN) system.
In total, 7,68 million euros more was spent on procurement in 2025 than in 2024, when 982,06 million euros were allocated. Comparative data shows that 1.267 more contracts were concluded last year than in 2024, when there were 8.373. Public procurement accounted for 12,4 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) last year, which is less than the year before, when it accounted for 13,1 percent.
"Glossary", "Farmega", "Opticus", "Bemax"...
Last year, the state operated most expensively in the pharmaceutical sector, which is why "Montefarm" will pay 65,68 million euros to the company "Glosarij", while the private "Jugopetrol" will receive 20,84 million euros. Cooperation was also good with the company "Farmega", so the state will pay them 19,13 million for procurement, while the company "Opticus ING" will receive 18,63 million euros.
"Bemax" collaborated with the state on several projects last year and will be paid 16,16 million for that, while "Eurozox" operated with 15,21 million, and "Briv" with 15,01 million euros.
On the list of the 50 largest contracts signed last year, the first is the one that the Pljevlja Coal Mine concluded to relocate the Ćehotina River. The document worth 18.639.678 euros was signed with a consortium consisting of “Opticus ING”, “Kolubara” and “HSV”. The second largest was signed by the Traffic Administration with the companies “Briv construction”, “Putevi Bar” and “Geonana”, for the reconstruction of the Ostros - Vladimir road. This deal is worth 14.992.074 euros.
Other contracts are mostly worth less than ten million euros, and the largest of them was signed with the company "Glosarij" and was worth 9,28 million euros. "Montefarm" also concluded deals with the company "Glosarij CD" with a total value of 10,63 million euros.
Last year, the Ministry of Public Works concluded a contract worth 9,14 million euros for the adaptation of the Technical Faculty building, while the Montenegrin Electricity Distribution System signed a contract worth eight million euros with the company "Mezon".
Among the larger contracts is the one worth 6,99 million that Elektroprivreda signed with "Bemax" and "BB Solar", while the contract worth 6,61 million between "Jugopetrol" and the State Property Administration also stands out.
The smallest among the 50 largest contracts last year was signed by the Capital Projects Administration with the companies "Hidromont Engineering", "Simes Engineering", "Geoengineering" and "Putevi Bar" - it was worth 1,74 million euros.
Goods are coming, there are also foreigners
The largest number of procurement contracts last year were concluded for the purchase of goods, namely 5.147 of them, paid a total of 329.063.624 euros. The average value of these contracts was 63.933 euros. Services last year comprised 3.364 contracts, and their total value was 119.389.848 euros. The smallest number of contracts was in the case of works, namely 1.129, but they were worth a total of 256.707.156 euros.
Most of the contracts were signed with domestic bidders, as much as 88 percent or 8,981 deals, and were worth 621,09 million euros. On the other hand, a total of 659 contracts were concluded with foreign companies - which makes up about 12 percent of the total number or 84,06 million euros. This is also the largest participation of foreign bidders in procurement in the last five years.
Simple procurements comprised 5.226 contracts, with a total value of 56,4 million, with a special emphasis on those valued at less than 8.000 euros - where 178.794 procedures were recorded. Although individually small, these procurements account for by far the largest turnover, but there is no recorded number of contracts for them. The most widely used was the open procedure, i.e. procurements in which everyone can compete freely, and there were 3.840 such contracts concluded and they were worth a total of 545.130.597 euros.
Last year, there were 231 requests for monitoring of simple procurements, ten of which were assessed as inadmissible due to deficiencies or failure to meet legal requirements, while seven were rejected as not submitted on time.
In 108 of these procedures, the Ministry of Finance identified irregularities and recommended their elimination with a re-examination and evaluation of the bids, while in 32 cases the cancellation of the procedure was recommended. In 72 situations, it was determined that the state authorities, as contracting authorities, had correctly conducted the tenders.
Open procedures accounted for 77,3 percent last year, while those without prior publication of a call for tenders were 10,8 percent, while data indicate that open procedures dominate in terms of value, and simple procurements, especially those under 8.000 euros - in terms of the number of procedures.
Last year, the most procurements, one thousand or 87 percent, were canceled because no valid bids were submitted or bidders were excluded. Tenders were also canceled in about five percent of cases due to changes in tender documentation, while last year the average duration of the procedures was a month and a half.
This is the fifth year that the Public Procurement Report has been prepared based on data from CEJN.
A lot of data is missing.
The Government's annual report on public procurement for 2025 states that there were those who did not publish a public procurement plan last year.
Among others, this obligation was not fulfilled last year by the Agricultural Payments Agency from Podgorica, the Rožaje and Kolašin Design Agencies, the Cybersecurity Agency, Radio Television Cetinje, the Spatial Planning Agency of Montenegro...
Apart from them, the Museum in Bijelo Polje, the Tourist Organization of the Municipality of Zeta, the Administration for the Legalization of Illegal Buildings, the Elementary Schools "Vlado Milić", "29. novembar Dinoša", "Šćepan Đukić" from Lijeva Rijeka, "Vojin Popović", the Secondary Vocational School in Bar and Berane, the Chamber of Architects and Planners of Montenegro, the Cijevna Canyon Natural Monument also failed to submit documentation...
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