Public procurement notices: types, KÉ or TED, eForms

What types of notice are there?

The Hungarian notice system runs on two regimes. Under the national regime, 13 KÉ (Közbeszerzési Értesítő, Hungarian Public Procurement Bulletin) templates apply. Under the EU regime, 6 core plus 5 supplementary eForms notice categories apply.

The 13 national templates (KÉ)

Under the national procedure regime, the Public Procurement Authority (Közbeszerzési Hatóság) maintains 13 notice templates. The publication channel decides whether this regime applies.

13 national notice templates (KÉ)

Notice type	Phase
Prior information notice	Preparation
Contract notice	Launching the procedure
Notice for expression of interest	Launching the procedure (two-stage)
Notice initiating the procedure	Launching the procedure (national open)
Prequalification notice	Prequalification
Notice on the outcome of the procedure	Outcome
Concession notice	Launching a concession procedure
Concession award notice	Concession outcome
Design contest notice	Launching a design contest
Notice on the results of a design contest	Design contest outcome
Amendment, corrigendum or withdrawal notice	Correction
Notice on contract modification	Contract lifecycle
Buyer profile notice	Other, voluntary publication

The EU eForms catalogue (TED)

Under the EU procedure regime, the 6 core plus 5 supplementary notice categories of the TED eForms scheme apply. Together they replaced the earlier F01-F25 standard forms, as set out in detail in Ákos Zámbó's Ertesítő Plusz article on the new EU notice templates.

eForms notice categories (TED)

Category	Purpose
Planning	Prior planning information
Competition	Launching the procedure
Prior notification of direct award	Advance signal of a negotiated procedure without prior publication
Results	Notice on the outcome of the procedure in EU form
Contract modification	Notification of a contract modification
Changes	Amendment or corrigendum on a previous notice

Beyond the six core notice categories, the eForms Regulation defines a further five supplementary form types for specific procurement or concession cases (defence procurement, dynamic purchasing system, concession contracts and other exceptional procedure formats). Most contracting authorities rarely touch these, but they can arise under the EU procedure regime.

Where does the notice go, KÉ or TED?

Under the national procedure regime the notice goes to the Közbeszerzési Értesítő (KÉ). Under the EU procedure regime it goes to TED. Which venue applies depends on the procurement regime, which is determined by the estimated value and the procurement value thresholds in force under Kbt. Chapter V, Sections 37-48. The HUF-denominated reference levels are set out in the Public Procurement Authority's 2026 threshold notice.

Distinguishing the KÉ from TED

	KÉ	TED
Procedure regime	National	EU
Primary source	Kbt. + Decree 44/2015 MvM	Kbt. + Directive 2014/24/EU + eForms Regulation
Language	Hungarian	24 EU languages
Publication frequency	Every working day	Continuous
Notice format	13 national templates	eForms XML (6+5 notices)

Which notice do I have to submit for a given procurement?

For a specific procurement, four variables decide which notice is mandatory and where it goes: the procedure regime, the procedure type, the estimated value against the threshold, and whether tenders in lots are allowed.

The four variables that determine the notice type

1. 01

   Procedure regime

   National or EU. The estimated value and the thresholds in force decide which regime applies.

2. 02

   Procedure type

   Open, restricted, negotiated, accelerated, design contest, negotiated without prior publication, or framework agreement. The procedure type determines which notice template applies.

3. 03

   Estimated value against the threshold

   The estimated value calculation must include options and any extension of the service term. This decides whether the procurement falls under the national or the EU regime.

4. 04

   Tenders in lots

   If the contracting authority does not allow tenders in lots, that decision must be documented and justified. Act CXVII of 2023 enables per-lot summary evaluation and notice submission under the EU procedure regime from 1 February 2024, and Act LXIV of 2024 extends the same option to the national regime from 1 January 2026.

National regime: what goes where in the KÉ

EU regime: what goes where on TED

With tenders in lots: per-lot or consolidated publication

Under Kbt. 114. § (15) as amended by Act CXVII of 2023, contracting authorities may choose between per-lot summary evaluation and outcome notice or consolidated publication. This option applies in the EU procedure regime from 1 February 2024 and, under Act LXIV of 2024, in the national procedure regime from 1 January 2026. If the contracting authority does not allow tenders in lots, that decision has to be justified.

Statute

Under Kbt. 50. § (2) k), the notice must state whether the subject matter of the procurement is divided into lots and, if not, the reasons for that decision.

We have covered the specifics of municipal procurement, including breaches of the prohibition on artificial contract splitting, in a separate article on municipal public procurement.

Per-lot or consolidated: what is the trade-off

The per-lot route splits document corrigenda and remedy risk lot by lot. The upside is that a dispute over one lot does not hold up the closure of the entire procedure. The downside is the extra load in notice submission and administration.

Consolidated publication runs the procedure into a single summary with one outcome notice. Administration is simpler, but a hold-up on any single lot can delay the whole procedure.

Amendment, corrigendum or withdrawal of an already submitted notice is done via a separate notice. The detailed mechanics are covered in the How can a notice be amended, corrected or withdrawn? section below. If you get stuck at any point in the choices above, Sugallat's consulting for contracting authorities can provide a calibrated answer for the specific procurement situation.

What has changed in notice submission between 2024 and 2026?

Two KTM decrees and two Kbt. amendments shaped the notice submission rules within this window: Act CXVII of 2023 (in force from 1 February 2024), Decree 7/2024. (VII. 12.) KTM, Act LXIV of 2024 (with the provisions extending the option to the national regime from 1 January 2026), and Decree 10/2025. (XII. 19.) KTM.

20 days is the submission deadline for the outcome notice under the new text of Kbt. 79. § (2). Section 9 of Act CXVII of 2023 extended it to that length from the previous 3 working days, based on Építésijog's summary of the February 2024 Kbt. amendments.

Amendments affecting notice submission, February 2024 - September 2026

Date	Amending statute	What it touches	Impact on notices
1 February 2024	Act CXVII of 2023, Section 9 (Kbt. 79. § (2))	The deadline for submitting the outcome notice for publication was extended from 3 working days to 20 days.	Longer window to submit the outcome notice.
1 February 2024	Act CXVII of 2023 (Kbt. 114. § (15))	Enabled per-lot summary evaluation and outcome notice under the EU procedure regime.	A new publication routine for EU procedures with tenders in lots.
1 April 2024	Spring 2024 Kbt. amendment	Repealed the earlier concept of "evaluation sub-criterion" and introduced a unified evaluation criteria framework.	New notice template fields in the evaluation criteria area.
15 July 2024	Decree 7/2024. (VII. 12.) KTM	Aligned the notice template set and the EKR interface of Decree 44/2015. (XI. 2.) MvM.	Updated notice template formats in the EKR.
1 January 2026	Act LXIV of 2024	Extended per-lot summary evaluation and notice submission to the national procedure regime as well.	Per-lot publication also becomes an option for national procedures with tenders in lots.
1 September 2026	Decree 10/2025. (XII. 19.) KTM	The next wave of amendments to Decree 44/2015 MvM. Detailed impact to be checked against the enacted text.	Updated notice template set and EKR interface alignment under the scope of Decree 44/2015 MvM.

Unsure which notice is mandatory for your procurement?

The publication channel, the procedure type and the notice template are rarely obvious in a specific procurement. Let us walk through the parameters together and tell you which notice goes where.

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What has changed in the EU notice forms?

From January 2024, notices to TED can only be submitted in the eForms XML format. The practical point is simple: the contracting authority selects the eForms notice for the procurement inside the EKR (Electronic Public Procurement System). There is no need to memorise the old F-form crosswalk. Anyone who needs a form-by-form mapping between the old and the new templates can check the SIMAP concordance page.

The old F forms remain on the SIMAP page in archived status, available for reference or context. Electronic submission of eForms notices to TED runs through an eSender system, and in Hungary the EKR (Electronic Public Procurement System) fulfils the eSender role. The contracting authority does not submit the EU notice to TED directly. It goes through the EKR.

Government Decree 235/2024. (VIII. 8.) prescribes mandatory environmental requirements for the procurement subjects within its scope (including paper, cleaning products, furniture, ICT equipment, hygienic and sanitary paper products, and building and road construction works). The energy efficiency provisions of the decree (Subchapter 3/A) apply in procedures whose estimated value reaches the EU threshold.

In this scope, GPP (Green Public Procurement) compliance is reflected in a structured way in the dedicated green procurement data fields of eForms. Two fields are involved:

BT-805: GPP criteria applied

The eForms data field for indicating which green public procurement (GPP) criteria were applied in the procedure. For procurements within the material scope of the decree, filling this field in the "green procurement" chapter is mandatory.

BT-774: green procurement indicator

The structured eForms field flagging the procedure as green. Mandatory to complete for the procurement subjects covered by the decree.

How long does a submitted notice take to appear?

A submitted notice runs through four stages: filling in the EKR form, mandatory or on-request review, publication in the KÉ or on TED, and the outcome notice tied to the closure of the procedure.

1. 1

   Filling in the EKR form

   The contracting authority completes the notice template inside the EKR. Under the national procedure regime this is one of the 13 national templates. Under the EU procedure regime it is the given eForms notice.

2. 2

   Mandatory or on-request review

   For mandatory review the notice is forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority automatically. For on-request review the contracting authority asks for it separately.

3. 3

   Publication in the KÉ or on TED

   Once the review is closed, the notice appears in the KÉ under the national procedure regime, or on TED under the EU procedure regime via the EKR acting as eSender (in 24 EU languages).

4. 4

   Outcome notice obligation

   Once the procedure closes, the contracting authority has to submit an outcome notice. Following Section 9 of Act CXVII of 2023, the deadline for this was extended from 3 working days to 20 days.

How can a notice be amended, corrected or withdrawn?

An already submitted notice cannot be corrected or withdrawn by editing the original. It has to be done via a separate notice. Among the 13 national templates the "Amendment, corrigendum or withdrawal notice" type is used for this. On the EU side the eForms "changes" notice category is used.

1. 1

   Amendment

   A substantive change to the original notice (for example, new annexes, new evaluation detail). With the amendment notice the procedure continues to run, and the deadlines have to be recomputed to fit the extent of the amendment.

2. 2

   Corrigendum

   Not a substantive change but a correction of a clerical or formal error. Published via a separate notice, without materially changing the course of the procedure.

3. 3

   Withdrawal

   Withdrawal of the contract notice is done via a separate notice. Together with the withdrawal, the contracting authority also has to close the procedure file and notify the participants.

How does notice review work?

For some notice types, the Public Procurement Authority's notice review is mandatory. In other cases it is optional, run only at the contracting authority's request. The two routes follow different deadlines and fee structures.

Mandatory or on-request review: what is the difference?

Volume and rule-of-law context

27,316 notices and 28,441 requests for clarification made up the Public Procurement Authority's 2023 annual volume. That is a daily average of roughly 113 clarification requests, per the 2024 Ertesítő Plusz summary.

The review focus areas partly track the Hungarian objections raised in the EU rule-of-law (conditionality) proceedings, which continually reshape the weight of review checks and the case law on remedy proceedings.

Review focus areas 2024-2025

Notice-review focus areas, 2024-2025

Focus area	What the Authority looks at	Typical remedy risk
Justification for not allowing tenders in lots	Where the contracting authority does not allow tenders in lots, whether that is justified given the subject matter and nature of the procurement.	Objection based on the exclusion of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Naming a brand or type	Naming a specific brand, type or country of origin in the technical specifications or in the notice.	Remedy proceedings based on restriction of competition.
Over-specified suitability requirements	Whether the minimum suitability requirements are proportionate to the subject matter of the procurement.	Objection based on disproportionate minimum suitability.
Compliance of evaluation criteria	The measurability and Kbt. compliance of the evaluation criteria, and the application of the unified evaluation criteria framework in force since February 2024.	Remedy proceedings based on non-measurable or subjective evaluation criteria.

Review fees

Section 13(2) of Decree 44/2015. (XI. 2.) MvM ties the base fees for notice review to the notice type. The band ranges from HUF 80,000 to HUF 200,000, with HUF 250,000 for a legality review of a negotiated procedure without prior publication.

If notice submission at an organisation regularly gets stuck on any of these review focus areas, Sugallat's consulting for contracting authorities also covers the notice preparation and review phase, in line with the Kbt., Decree 44/2015 MvM and the Authority's current practice.

When is it worth submitting a voluntary ex ante transparency notice?

It is worth it when the contracting authority has launched a negotiated procedure without prior publication and wants to pre-empt any challenge to its choice of legal basis before contract signature.

Under Kbt. 137. § (2) the contracting authority may publish a voluntary ex ante transparency notice, which triggers a 10-day standstill period before contract signature. Once the standstill expires, the contract signature stands on legally firmer ground, since in the case of a negotiated procedure without prior publication practical experience shows that later remedy proceedings rarely lead to a substantive declaration of invalidity of the contract.

The notice adds real protective value where the contracting authority sees the challenge to the choice of legal basis as the biggest risk. In the absence of a hook for remedy proceedings, it lowers the risk of a later invalidity ruling on the contract.

Where can a tenderer find public procurement tenders?

For a tenderer, three parallel channels exist for finding notices.

If you want to put your search strategy or your tender preparation as a tenderer on a systematic footing, Sugallat's tenderer-side consulting supports tenderers on exactly this workflow.

Which notice decree is currently in force?

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How much does notice review cost?

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What should be done before the 1 September 2026 entry into force?

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