Discusses the legal requirements for selling to the host government, including whether the government has agreed to abide by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or is a party to a government procurement chapter in a U.S. FTA. Specifies areas where there are opportunities.
Last Published: 7/17/2019

The U.S. and the EU are signatories of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), which grants access to most public supplies and some services and works contracts published by national procuring authorities of the countries that are parties to the Agreement.  In practice, this means that U.S.-based companies are eligible to bid on supplies and services contracts from European public contracting authorities above the agreed thresholds.         

For more information, please visit the U.S. Commercial Service at the U.S. Mission to the European Union website dedicated to EU public procurement.  This site also has a database of all European public procurement tenders that are open to U.S.-based firms by virtue of the Government Procurement Agreement.  Access is free of charge.
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Government procurement in Estonia is governed by the Public Procurement Act (PPA), which came into force in 2001. The objects of public procurement are goods, services, construction work, construction work concessions and design solutions.

Public Procurement Act in English
EU government tender notices in English 
More info on Estonian Public Procurement Policy

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