Submission deadline

The submission deadline is the latest moment a bid must have arrived at the authority, electronically or physically. Late bids are excluded without consideration — even a one-minute delay counts.

The clock runs from publication of the notice. Minimum periods are regulated per procedure type — e.g. 35 days for open procedures above the thresholds — but can be shortened considerably for urgency.

Practice: for electronic submission the arrival on the platform counts, not the start of the upload. Plan buffer — technical issues on deadline day are real. Tracking deadlines across many tenders avoids the most classic way to fail.