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  "node_id": "bg-public-procurement-act-zop-2016-aop-cais-portal",
  "title": "Bulgaria Public Procurement Act (Zakon za obshtestvenite porychki / ZOP) of 13 February 2016 effective 15 April 2016 and AOP / CAIS EOP",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "The Republic of Bulgaria Public Procurement Act (Zakon za obshtestvenite porychki / ZOP) of 13 February 2016 (State Gazette No. 13 of 16 February 2016) effective 15 April 2016 as substantially amended over time (most recently by ZID-ZOP State Gazette No. 88/2023), is the principal Bulgarian statute governing procurement of goods, services, and works by contracting authorities including the central public administration (ministries, agencies, sub-agencies), the President's Administration, the National Assembly Administration, the Constitutional Court Administration, regional administrations and municipalities, sectoral contracting entities (utilities including water, energy, transport, postal services), public-sector enterprises and bodies governed by public law, public-sector universities, and other contracting authorities subject to EU procurement directive scope. ZOP 2016 transposed the EU procurement directives 2014/24/EU (classical), 2014/25/EU (utilities), 2014/23/EU (concessions), and Directive 89/665/EEC remedies into Bulgarian law. The Public Procurement Agency (Agentsia po obshtestveni porychki / AOP, aop.bg) under the Council of Ministers is the central regulatory authority responsible for procurement regulation, oversight, and procurement guidance. The Commission for the Protection of Competition (Komisiya za zashtita na konkurentsiyata / KZK) handles procurement complaints. The Centralized Automated Information System Electronic Procurement (CAIS EOP / app.eop.bg) operated by AOP is the mandatory federal e-procurement platform for in-scope procurement. The National Audit Office of the Republic of Bulgaria conducts ex-post procurement audit. Procurement methods established by ZOP 2016 art. 18 to 36 comprise (a) Open Procedure (Otkrita protsedura, the default open public procedure), (b) Restricted Procedure (Ogranichena protsedura, with prequalification), (c) Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (Sastezatelna protsedura s pregovori), (d) Competitive Dialogue (Sastezatelen dialog, for complex acquisitions), (e) Innovation Partnership (Inovatsionno partnyorstvo), (f) Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication (Pregovorna protsedura bez predvaritelno obyavyavane, under prescribed exceptions in art. 79), (g) Design Contest (Konkurs za proekt), (h) Direct Negotiation Procedure (Pryako predogovaryane, for prescribed contexts), and (i) Public Negotiation Procedure (Publichno sastezanie, for lower-value contracts).",
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  "dependencies": [
    "uncitral-model-law-public-procurement-2011",
    "wto-revised-government-procurement-agreement-2012",
    "eu-public-procurement-directive-2014-24-construction",
    "eu-directive-2014-25-utilities-procurement",
    "bg-zzld-gdpr-2019"
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}