Public Procurement Thresholds Will Change as of 1 January 2020

Pursuant to the procedure specified in the procurement policies as a general rule, the European Committee shall revise EU thresholds every two years and from time to time it shall adjust it to the threshold laid down in the Government Procurement Agreement created within the World Trade Organization (WTO).

For the above reasons, the Committee has revised the thresholds in 2019, the amendments on which have been admitted in 30 October. The regulations imposing the new public procurement thresholds shall enter into force on the twentieth day from the proclamation in the EU Official Journal of 31 October 2019, and the new thresholds shall be applied as of 1 January 2020.

Somewhat unconventionally, as a result of this amendment, the majority of the thresholds have not increased, but they were decreased to a minimal extent.

The threshold set to 750,000 euros for contracting entities per Section 5 of the PPA and 1,000,000 euros for public service provider contracting entities regarding social and other services specified in Annex 3 to the PPA will not be changed, however, in light of the exchange rate applied, the threshold set in Forint will raise.

The public procurement thresholds to be applied as of 1 January 2020 in Hungary will be as follows:

EU thresholds:

For classical contracting entities:

for purchases or provisions of services:

for Contracting Entities according to points (a) to (b) of Section 5 (1): HUF 44,279,840 (EUR 139,000)

For other Contracting Entities: HUF 68,171,840 (EUR 214,000)

for services per Annex 3: HUF 238,920,000 (EUR 750,000)

for public works: HUF 1,704,296,000 (EUR 5,350,000)

For public service provider contracting entities:

for purchases or provisions of services: HUF 136,343,680 (EUR 428,000)

for services per Annex 3: HUF 318,560,000 (EUR 1,000,000)

for public works: HUF 1,704,296,000 (EUR 5,350,000)

National thresholds:

for purchases or provisions of services: HUF 15,000,000

for public works: HUF 50,000,000