Azerbaijan increases digital procurement value
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The State Agency for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control under the President of Azerbaijan reported a 12.5% increase in the value of electronic procurements from January to July 2026.
The agency recorded 4,596 electronic procurements during this period, totaling 2.34 billion manat (approximately $1.37 billion). This represents a rise from the 2.08 billion manat ($1.2 billion) recorded for 4,582 procurements during the same period in 2025.
The number of electronic procurements also grew slightly, increasing by 0.3% between the two periods. Agency officials believe the increase in digital procurement reflects greater digitalization of public procurement processes and a more competitive marketplace. They also noted an average of 3.5 participants in each tender opened during the reporting period. Mirza Mirzayev, Deputy Chairman of the agency, stated that public procurement volume increased 1.6 times between 2020 and 2025.
He also reported that electronic procurement procedures rose 4.3 times and their total value increased 5.3 times over the same period. The agency calculated that electronic procurement saved the state budget 17.9% of the estimated contract value in 2025. Mirzayev affirmed that these positive trends have continued into 2026, with nearly 3,500 electronic procurement procedures taking place in the first half of the year, valued at 1.7 billion manat ($1 billion).
