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Public planning tenders worth your team's time

TenderLift helps architecture and engineering firms identify relevant public opportunities, understand procedure and deliverables faster, and qualify whether a tender deserves a serious response.

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Sample tenders

Here are some of the latest tenders in this sector, updated daily from SIMAP.

Top procurement offices

  1. Genève Aéroport
    5
  2. Gemeinde Horgen
    3
  3. Ville d'Onex (c/o Pierre-Alain Dupraz Architectes)
    3
  4. Amt für Grundstücke und Gebäude des Kantons Bern (AGG)
    2
  5. Einwohnergemeinde Walchwil
    2
  6. Stiftung Heimgarten Bern
    2
  7. Bau- und Verkehrsdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt, Kantonale Fachstelle für öffentliche Beschaffungen (KFöB)
    2
  8. AWEL / Abteilung Wasserbau
    2
  9. Swissgrid AG - Engineering & Construction
    2
  10. Office de l'urbanisme
    2

Procurement categories

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
6363 of 121
Dam-design services
3333 of 121
Architectural services for buildings
1919 of 121
Construction-site supervision services
33 of 121
Landscape gardening services
22 of 121
Industrial quality control services
11 of 121

Common challenges

Easy to find, hard to qualify

Planning-service tenders are easy to find and hard to qualify quickly. The real question is never whether the tender exists, but whether it fits your firm.

Procedure type decides viability early

Procedure type, required references, and submission format often decide viability early. A mismatch in any of these can make the effort worthless.

Senior staff lose time screening

Senior staff lose time screening opportunities that never make it to go/no-go. Design and project-management time is expensive to waste on poor fits.

Competitions, studies, and mandates differ

Competitions, studies, and service mandates all behave differently. Each has its own timeline, deliverables, and evaluation logic.

A promising title tells you very little

A promising title tells you very little about the actual workload and fit. The real scope is always buried deeper in the documentation.

How TenderLift helps

From publication to decision

Surface planning and design opportunities by service area and geography

Find architecture, engineering, and planning tenders filtered by your specialization and target cantons.

Summarize key requirements, deadlines, and submission constraints

Get a structured overview of what each tender actually demands — procedure type, timeline, and format — in seconds.

Highlight likely must-haves such as references, qualifications, and deliverables

AI extracts the qualification signals that matter most: team composition, project references, and professional registrations.

Make it easier to separate interesting opportunities from expensive distractions

Quickly assess whether a tender is worth the internal effort before committing senior staff time.

Keep teams informed when public documentation changes

Addenda, Q&A updates, and deadline shifts are tracked and surfaced so nothing falls through the cracks.

Why this matters

For architecture and engineering firms, the real cost is not missing every opportunity. It is spending senior design and project-management time screening opportunities that were weak fits from the start. TenderLift helps teams reach a go/no-go view faster by bringing the key procurement signals to the surface.

Go/no-go signals for planning tenders

Procedure type

Open, selective, invitation, or competition — each demands a different response strategy

References required

Minimum project references by size, type, or public-sector experience

Deliverables

Expected outputs from concept designs to detailed execution plans

Submission format

Physical models, digital submissions, presentation requirements, or phased delivery

Evaluation logic

Weighted criteria, jury composition, and scoring methodology that shape bid strategy

Evaluate a tender in minutes

  • What type of procedure is this?
  • What references, qualifications, or team composition are expected?
  • What are the actual deliverables and scope boundaries?
  • Is there a site visit, phased submission, or mandatory format?
  • How much internal effort is justified before deciding to bid?

Useful for

Architects Civil engineers MEP engineers Project managers Urban & planning consultancies

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about monitoring tenders in this sector.

Is TenderLift useful for architecture competitions and planning-service tenders?

Yes. TenderLift monitors all CPV 71 listings on SIMAP including open competitions, selective procedures, study mandates, and general planning services. AI extracts procedure type, deliverables, and evaluation criteria so your team can quickly assess fit.

Can it help us assess references and qualification requirements faster?

Yes. TenderLift's AI reads tender documents and surfaces qualification signals including required project references, team composition, professional registrations, and insurance minimums. This helps you reach a go/no-go decision without reading every document.

Does it work for small studios as well as larger engineering firms?

Yes. TenderLift is designed to save screening time regardless of firm size. Small studios benefit from quickly identifying tenders that match their scale and references, while larger firms use it to efficiently triage a higher volume of opportunities across cantons.

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