Thursday, 8 January 2026
A new central portal for public contracts was launched in the Czech Republic in December 2025, marking a significant step towards simplifying access to public procurement opportunities. The platform, ZAKAZKY.GOV.CZ, operates as a free national gateway for companies and bidders seeking public contracts and aggregates listings from multiple procurement systems into a single interface.
According to the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic, the portal currently covers around two thirds of the Czech public procurement market. Once additional platforms are connected, coverage is expected to increase to between 80 and 90 percent. In the longer term, the objective is to create a unified environment in which bidders can move seamlessly from identifying a contract opportunity to submitting a tender.
During its pilot phase, the portal integrates data from the Public Contract Bulletin alongside three major procurement platforms—NEN, Tender arena and TENDERMARKET—covering contracts published from 2023 onwards. By consolidating these sources, the portal eliminates the need for bidders to monitor multiple websites simultaneously. It also offers full-text and smart search tools, as well as clear, concise overviews of individual public contracts, helping users make quicker and more informed bid or no-bid decisions.
Further development phases are already planned. The Ministry intends to introduce an AI-powered assistant designed to help bidders interpret participation requirements, such as experience thresholds or insurance obligations. Communication tools are also planned, initially in the form of alerts and messaging, with the option of enabling direct bid submissions through the portal at a later stage.
Once fully implemented, the portal is expected to allow bidders to log in using state registers, benefit from automated checks such as criminal record verification, and manage authorisations through the Representation Register (REZA). Authorities see the platform as a key component in improving transparency, efficiency and accessibility within the Czech public procurement system.
Source: CMS
