3 reasons why tenders are a gold mine for businesses

3 reasons why tenders are a gold mine for businesses

Many entrepreneurs see public tenders as a bureaucratic nightmare. In reality, they are the most reliable source of contracts and potentially - a real gold mine.

Maciej Kensicki

#1: 🤯 A GIGANTIC market (and growing!)

The numbers for 2024 do not lie:

  • PLN 330.4 billion - roughly equivalent to Switzerland's annual budget - was spent across 153,000 tenders subject to the Public Procurement Law (PPL)

  • PLN 75.6 billion - the cost of building two solidarity transport hubs (CPK) - went to smaller contracts up to PLN 130,000

  • PLN 587 billion = 16% of Poland's GDP – that is the value of the entire market (including transactions excluded from the PPL)

Every sixth Polish złoty earned is spent on public procurement!

#2: 🤏 Competition is smaller than it seems

Many entrepreneurs believe they will face a crowd of experienced rivals in tenders.

The facts tell a different story:

  • 📉 The average number of bids is just 2.84 per procedure

  • 😶‍🌫️ In more than 1/3 of procedures, at most one bid is submitted

  • 🇵🇱 Polish dominance - domestic companies win 98 out of 100 contracts based on the PPL

  • 🛡️ New regulations offer additional protection to the market against competition from outside the EU

Every third public contract can be won by default!

#3: 🎯 Huge potential for SMEs

It might seem that domestic tenders are a game only for big players. The reality is quite the opposite - SMEs hold all the cards here.

  • 📊 Over 2/3 of domestic public contracts go to small and medium-sized enterprises

  • 💰 SMEs secure 78% of the value of domestic contracts

  • 💸 PLN 1-20 million is the range where these companies dominate the most

Small and medium-sized companies grab nearly 80% of the value of tenders!

🤷‍♂️ So why isn't everyone participating?

81% of Polish companies point to bureaucracy as the main obstacle to entering the public procurement market. And indeed, bidding in tenders can be demanding.

The most common barriers are:

  • 🔍 Access to contracts "hidden" across several thousand websites of public institutions

  • ⏰ Time and costs associated with document verification and preparation of bids (ranging from several hours to even several weeks)

  • 👥 Lack of resources - many companies do not have specialists or a large enough team internally to handle all relevant tenders without making mistakes

  • 🏆 Winner takes all - only the winner gets paid, while other bidders bear high costs of participating in the procedure

💡 Your solution - Mimira

At Mimira, we combine AI with several years of expert experience to overcome these barriers:

  • 🔍 We find and verify contracts perfectly matched to your company

  • 📞 We take care of the bureaucracy associated with the tender and communication with government officials

  • 📝 We prepare bids for every tender you want to participate in

  • 🥇 We only win together - we get paid only if we secure the contract for your company

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Technology partners:

Mimira Simple Joint Stock Company

58 Marszałkowska St., 00-545 Warsaw

KRS: 0001155658

NIP: 7011246033

REGON: 540905556

Share capital: 4,204,346.08 PLN

Technology partners:

Mimira Simple Joint Stock Company

58 Marszałkowska St., 00-545 Warsaw

KRS: 0001155658

NIP: 7011246033

REGON: 540905556

Share capital: 4,204,346.08 PLN

Technology partners:

Mimira Simple Joint Stock Company

58 Marszałkowska St., 00-545 Warsaw

KRS: 0001155658

NIP: 7011246033

REGON: 540905556

Share capital: 4,204,346.08 PLN