Public procurement portals in Southeast Asia: a country guide

This guide covers the official public procurement portals of 11 countries. For each one it sets out the portal and the body behind it, what the portal covers, how a supplier registers and a few practical points taken from official guidance.

Every statement below comes from an official page or document that we opened on 16 October 2026. The number in square brackets points to the sources list at the end, which gives the URL and the date it was checked. Where a page would not open, or a point could not be confirmed on an official page, we have left it out and said so. Portals change their rules often, so check the live page before you rely on any fee or deadline here.

The sources are thin for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Timor-Leste. Brunei is partly covered. Those sections say plainly what we could and could not confirm.

Singapore

Portal. GeBIZ, at https://www.gebiz.gov.sg/. The supplier guide describes it as the Singapore Government's one-stop business centre, where suppliers can transact electronically with all government agencies [1].

Who runs it. Procurement is decentralised. Ministries and Departments, as well as Organs of State and Statutory Boards, buy for themselves under guidelines set by the Ministry of Finance [2].

What it covers. Singapore has no local government, so central bodies cover the whole field [2]. Purchases up to $90,000 go through quotations and larger ones go to tender. Tender and quotation notices are posted on GeBIZ, along with tender schedules and awards [2]. Each financial year runs from April to March, and GeBIZ carries an indicative listing of planned opportunities above $200,000 [2].

Registering. To respond to an opportunity a supplier must register as a GeBIZ Trading Partner [3]. Every business needs a Corppass account first. Overseas suppliers register with Corppass as a Foreign Entity and are then granted access to the GeBIZ e-service [3]. The FAQ says registration is approved immediately on submission. The first authorised representative account is free and each additional one costs SGD 280 a year. Representatives must be at least 18 and two-factor authentication is mandatory [3]. Registration on GeBIZ is not a licence to do business in Singapore [3]. Some notices also ask for Government Supplier Registration, which is handled by RMA Contracts, while construction firms register with the Building and Construction Authority [2]. The GeBIZ FAQ gives the registration fee as S$43.60 from 28 October 2025, and says it is needed only when a notice asks for it [3].

Tips from the official guide.

• Read the evaluation criteria closely and note which are critical and which are not [1].
• Do not leave submission to the last minute. Late bids are not accepted [1].
• Go to briefings and site show-rounds where they are offered, and use them to ask questions. Check the indicative listing regularly, bearing in mind that it is only indicative [1].

Award does not depend on price alone, and tender documents can be opened only after login [3].

Malaysia

Portal. ePerolehan, at https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/ [4].

Who runs it. The Government Procurement Division of the Ministry of Finance. The division secretary's message on the portal says the system was launched in September 1999 and calls it the de facto procurement system of the federal government [4].

What it covers. There are two account types. An Akaun Asas covers federal supplies and non-consultancy services up to RM20,000. It is free but open only to Malaysian citizens with a MyKad [5]. An Akaun MOF covers federal procurement above and below that level. For contractors it also covers work with state governments and statutory bodies, together with government-linked companies and local authorities [5].

Registering. The Akaun MOF costs RM450 for a new registration and is valid for three years [5]. The supplier FAQ, updated on 29 July 2026, splits this into a RM50 processing fee and a RM400 registration fee paid after approval [6]. A supplier must already be registered with the relevant authority, such as the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM). It needs an active bank account in the company name and must appoint a Supplier Administrator. Every supplier must upload at least one catalogue [6]. A service fee of 0.8% applies to each transaction, capped at RM9,600 [6]. On foreign suppliers, the portal's CPTPP guideline says that suppliers from CPTPP member countries who are registered with SSM can apply for an Akaun MOF and receive the status "Syarikat Asing" (foreign company) [7]. We found no official statement on suppliers from other countries.

Tips from the portal.

• Read the standard operating procedure for disruptions to quotations and tenders before you take part [8].
• Use a company email address or Gmail for notifications. The portal advises against Yahoo addresses [8].
• The system is closed for weekly maintenance from 10pm on Friday to 6am on Saturday, so plan submissions around it [8]. Free self-paced training is available through ePOL [6].

Indonesia

Portal. Government procurement runs through the SPSE electronic procurement system, operated by a network of LPSE units, with supplier profiles held in SIKaP [9]. The national hub, inaproc.id, blocked our access with a bot check on 16 October 2026. We did not try to get round it, so we cannot quote its own description.

Who runs it. LKPP, the Lembaga Kebijakan Pengadaan Barang/Jasa Pemerintah (National Public Procurement Agency) [10].

What it covers. LPSE units are run by ministries and national institutions as well as by regional governments, and suppliers can register through any of them [9]. We could not open an official page that sets out the coverage in more detail.

Registering. The LKPP FAQ says a supplier registers through an LPSE website or at sikap.lkpp.go.id. The supplier enters an email address, follows the link sent by SIKaP, completes its details and chooses the LPSE where it will be verified [9]. One LPSE notice, from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in March 2023, lists the documents for an account [11]. Companies need the director's identity card or residence permit (KTP, KITAS or KITAP) and the company tax number (NPWP). Foreign companies without a representative office or branch in Indonesia need their deed of incorporation and a tax identification document [11]. The verifier checks the uploads against the originals. Once the account is active, the supplier must complete its qualification profile in SIKaP [11]. That notice belongs to one LPSE, and other units may set out the steps differently.

Tips from the LKPP FAQ.

• If SIKaP shows your tax status (KSWP) as invalid, check your NPWP and KSWP status on DJP Online [9].
• If your business licence number (NIB) does not match the OSS system, correct it in OSS and then run "Cek OSS" again in SIKaP [9].

Thailand

Portal. The Electronic Government Procurement system (e-GP), at https://www.gprocurement.go.th/wps/portal/egp/ [12]. The bare domain returned a server error on 16 October 2026, but the portal page above opened.

Who runs it. The Comptroller General's Department (CGD). The e-GP FAQ says supplier registrations are checked and approved by the CGD or by provincial treasury offices [13].

What it covers. The portal works under the Public Procurement and Supplies Administration Act B.E. 2560 (2017) [12]. Notices on the home page on 16 October 2026 came from central departments such as the Department of Highways, from provincial and municipal administrations, from Mahidol University and from Thailand Post Co Ltd [12]. That gives a sense of the range, but we found no official statement listing every type of body that must use the system.

Registering. The FAQ sets out the steps [13]. Go to the portal, click to register and choose ลงทะเบียนผู้ค้าภาครัฐ (government supplier registration). Enter your tax identification number. For four types of juristic person, the system pulls company data from the Department of Business Development automatically. Other suppliers enter their details by hand and attach certified copies. Print the registration form, have an authorised director certify it and send it by email with a copy of the director's identity card. The supporting documents must reach the CGD or the provincial treasury office within 15 days of registering. Once approved, the system emails a user name and password, which the supplier must then confirm [13]. A power of attorney with a 10 baht duty stamp can be used to register on another person's behalf [13].

For foreign suppliers, the FAQ says to contact the Government Procurement System and Median Price Division (กองระบบจัดซื้อจัดจ้างภาครัฐและราคากลาง) directly [13]. The portal's manuals page lists a foreign-supplier registration guideline (แนวทางการลงทะเบียนผู้ค้าต่างด้าว) [14]. The scraper plan records that the site's robots file disallows automated access, so we did not download it.

Tips from the e-GP FAQ.

• Treat your registered mobile number and email with care. Changing either needs CGD approval, because the FAQ says both affect bidding [13].
• When you make such a change, a company certificate older than 60 days must be replaced with a current one [13].
• Suppliers with a head office in Bangkok send change forms to the CGD. Those based in the provinces send them to the provincial treasury office [13]. The call centre number is 0-2270-6400 [12].

Vietnam

Portal. The National E-procurement System (Hệ thống mạng đấu thầu quốc gia), at https://muasamcong.mpi.gov.vn/. The portal title names the Ministry of Finance (Bộ Tài chính) [15].

Who runs it. The Public Procurement Agency (Cục Quản lý đấu thầu), with the National E-procurement Centre (Trung tâm Đấu thầu qua mạng quốc gia). Both are listed at 4 Ngõ Hàng Chuối 1 in Hanoi [15]. The support line is 1900 6126 and the support email is [email protected] [15].

What it covers. The portal handles contractor and investor selection. It also handles electronic contracts and payment. Its search covers public-private partnership projects and investment projects that use land, as well as ordinary bid packages [15]. The old system at http://muasamcong.mpi.gov.vn stopped service on 15 January 2024 [15].

Registering. Since 5 June 2026, domestic organisations and individuals register through the National Public Service Portal. Since 21 March 2026, users verify and log in with a level 2 electronic identity account [15]. We could not open an official page on registration for foreign bidders. The National Public Service Portal pages returned errors on 16 October 2026, so that point is left out.

Tips from the portal notices.

• For packages issued from 9 September 2026, use the new bid guarantee form set by Circular 134/2026/TT-BTC. Medicine packages are excluded [15].
• Install the Agent software version 2.0.1, which the system has used since 18 July 2026 [15].
• If a bid file is too large to upload, call 1900 6126 for help [15].

Philippines

Portal. The Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS), at https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/. Its listed services include an electronic bulletin board and an official merchants' registry, among others [16].

Who runs it. The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), which the PhilGEPS terms name as the contact for permissions [17].

What it covers. The PhilGEPS help pages define agencies as any department, office or instrumentality of government registered with the system. That includes state universities and colleges and government-owned or controlled corporations, with government financial institutions and local government units [18]. Suppliers can be local or foreign [18]. These help pages describe PhilGEPS version 1.5, and we did not confirm whether any later system has changed the rules.

Registering. Approved suppliers start as Red members, a status with no expiry date, and can upgrade to Platinum [18]. Local suppliers upgrading need a business registration certificate (DTI, SEC or CDA) and a mayor's permit. They also need audited financial statements stamped by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, a tax clearance certificate and a notarised sworn statement. Contractors add a PCAB licence [18]. Foreign suppliers need their business registration or incorporation documents in English, with any translation certified by the relevant embassy or consulate in the Philippines. Audited financial statements must also be in English, with amounts converted into pesos. A tax clearance certificate and the notarised sworn statement complete the set [18]. A separate registration form exists for foreign supplier organisations [19]. Foreign suppliers can pay the Platinum fee by wire transfer to Land Bank of the Philippines. The account accepts US dollars, but banks may add charges. Proof of payment goes to the PhilGEPS cashier [18].

Tips from PS-DBM.

• Keep your Class A eligibility documents current and uploaded, as the Revised IRR of Republic Act 9184 requires [20].
• The sworn statement is now called the PhilGEPS Sworn Declaration of Compliance and must be notarised [20].
• Scan every document in full and make sure the details are clear and readable [20].

Brunei

Brunei is partly covered. We found official pages on how government tenders work and on the Treasury's vendor portal, but no official page naming a single national e-tendering portal.

How tendering works. The Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) State Tender Board page says all interested tenderers can take part in open tenders [21]. Some tenders require registration with a government registration authority, for example the Ministry of Development for construction or the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) for ICT [21]. Tender and quotation notices are published weekly in Pelita Brunei, the government newspaper, in English and Malay. Some ministries also post notices on their own websites [21]. The process takes about three months, with two months for the ministry or department to evaluate and one month for the State or Mini Tender Board [21].

Foreign suppliers. Foreign firms can bid on their own, but MOFE advises them to form a joint venture with a capable local company [21].

Treasury vendor portal. MOFE's Treasury Accounting and Financial Information System runs a Government Vendor Portal (TAFIS GVP), where suppliers self-register and set up an SAP Business Network account [22]. The user guide includes reference lists for domestic and overseas bank keys. The helpline is +673 238 3444 and the email is [email protected] [22].

procure.bn. A separate platform, procure.bn, accepts registrations from local and foreign companies, foreign sole proprietorships, cooperative societies and individuals [23]. It says registration takes four to six business days and that its team checks documents with regulators by hand [23]. Its supplier list includes Berakas Power Company and Darussalam Assets [24]. Its own pages do not say who operates it, and parts of its FAQ still describe a 2024 to 2025 launch timetable, so we have not presented it as the government's portal.

Tips from MOFE.

• Submit early. Late submissions are not accepted, however late they are [21].
• Check your prices before you submit, because they cannot be changed after the closing time [21].
• Put your offer in the correct box, either the Mini Tender Board box or the State Tender Board box, as the notice and Instructions to Tenderers specify [21].

Cambodia

Cambodia is thin. The General Department of Public Procurement site (gdpp.gov.kh) blocked our access with a Cloudflare security check on 16 October 2026, and we did not try to get round it. The address egp.gov.kh returned a server error. We found no other official page that we could open.

We therefore cannot confirm the name or address of a live national e-procurement portal, who runs it or how a supplier registers. Search results point to a planned e-GP system supported by the Asian Development Bank, but the ADB pages also sit behind a Cloudflare check, so we have left those claims out.

Laos

Laos is thin. The Ministry of Finance hosts a public procurement site at http://ppmd.mof.gov.la/, with the contact email [email protected] and the telephone number 021 263-252 [25].

What it shows. Its works page lists open bidding notices from ministries, including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. It also carries notices from a provincial public procurement office in Savannakhet [26]. Notices give the procuring body with start and closing dates, and a download link for the bid document [26].

What we could not confirm. We could not confirm how a supplier registers or whether foreign suppliers can take part. A separate address, procurement.gov.la, returned a server error, and an English procurement manual on the PPMD site timed out, so neither is used here.

Myanmar

Myanmar is thin. The address egp.gov.mm returned a server error on 16 October 2026, and a direct request timed out with no response. The Ministry of Planning and Finance site (mopf.gov.mm) also returned a server error, and the government portal's tender page at myanmar.gov.mm timed out.

We could not open any official page, so this guide gives no portal details, agency, coverage or registration steps for Myanmar.

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste is thin. The Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal, at https://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/, lets users search current open tenders by type of business. It also lists tenders awarded by the Government of Timor-Leste since 2010 [27]. Its help page on business opportunities was last updated in 2011 [28].

The National Procurement Commission (Comissão Nacional de Aprovisionamento, or CNA) was set up on 30 March 2011 by Decree-Law 14/2011 [29]. Its website carries tender announcements and the status of ongoing procurement, with training schedules. The Executive Director's welcome note says further work should let the commission move gradually towards e-procurement [29].

Neither site, as far as we could open them, says who operates the eProcurement Portal or how a supplier registers. Neither says whether foreign suppliers can take part, so those points are left out.

Sources

All sources were checked on 16 October 2026. PDFs were downloaded with curl and read with pdftotext, because the fetch tool cannot read PDFs.

1. GeBIZ, Supplier Guide (Summarised), PDF: https://www.gebiz.gov.sg/docs/Supplier_Guide_Summarised.pdf (checked 16 Oct 2026, PDF, curl-read)
2. GeBIZ, Singapore Government Procurement Regime: https://www.gebiz.gov.sg/singapore-government-procurement-regime.html (checked 16 Oct 2026)
3. GeBIZ, FAQ: https://www.gebiz.gov.sg/faq.html (checked 16 Oct 2026)
4. ePerolehan, Secretary's message: https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/secretary-message (checked 16 Oct 2026)
5. ePerolehan, Online registration: https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/online-registration (checked 16 Oct 2026)
6. ePerolehan, Supplier FAQ: https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/faq-supplier (checked 16 Oct 2026)
7. ePerolehan, Supplier registration guides, including the CPTPP guideline PDF: https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/supplier-registration-guide (checked 16 Oct 2026, PDF, curl-read)
8. ePerolehan, home page: https://www.eperolehan.gov.my/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
9. LKPP eProc, FAQ on registering in SPSE: https://eproc.lkpp.go.id/faq/category/5/cara-mendaftar-di-spse (checked 16 Oct 2026)
10. LKPP, PPID page: https://ppid.lkpp.go.id/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
11. LPSE Kemenparekraf, notice of 30 March 2023: https://spse.inaproc.id/kemenpar/pengumuman/56386 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
12. Thailand e-GP, portal page: https://www.gprocurement.go.th/wps/portal/egp/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
13. Thailand e-GP, supplier registration FAQ: https://www.gprocurement.go.th/wps/portal/egp/faq/Registration-Seller/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
14. Thailand e-GP, registration manuals: https://www.gprocurement.go.th/wps/portal/egp/manual/Register/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
15. Vietnam National E-procurement System, home page: https://muasamcong.mpi.gov.vn/web/guest (checked 16 Oct 2026)
16. PhilGEPS, home page: https://www.philgeps.gov.ph/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
17. PhilGEPS, Terms and Conditions, PDF: https://philgeps.gov.ph/CMS_DOCUMENTS/TC_Policy/1640056854_TERMS%20AND%20CONDITION_Final%20v2.pdf (checked 16 Oct 2026, PDF, curl-read)
18. PhilGEPS 1.5, help and FAQ: https://notices.philgeps.gov.ph/help1_5.html (checked 16 Oct 2026)
19. PhilGEPS, foreign supplier organisation registration form help: https://notices.philgeps.gov.ph/GEPS/helpPages/public/help_register_as_supplierorg_foreign.htm (checked 16 Oct 2026)
20. PS-DBM, PhilGEPS notice on Platinum registration: https://ps-philgeps.gov.ph/home/index.php/about-ps/news/6714-philgeps-notice-on-platinum-registration (checked 16 Oct 2026)
21. MOFE Brunei, State Tender Board procurement process workflow: https://www.mofe.gov.bn/procurement-process-workflow/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
22. TAFIS, Government Vendor Portal user guide for supplier registration, PDF: https://www.tafis.gov.bn/asset/document/GVP/DYMK_%20T2_CM_User%20Guide_GVP_Supplier%20(Vendor)_Supplier%20Registration%20and%20Information%20Update_v1.0.pdf (checked 16 Oct 2026, PDF, curl-read)
23. procure.bn, user manual and FAQ: https://procure.bn/user-manual/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
24. procure.bn, home page: https://procure.bn/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
25. PPMD Laos, home page: http://ppmd.mof.gov.la/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
26. PPMD Laos, works opportunities: http://ppmd.mof.gov.la/opportunities/Works (checked 16 Oct 2026)
27. Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal: https://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/public/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)
28. Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal, Business Opportunities help page: https://www.eprocurement.gov.tl/publicPage/showPage/19 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
29. CNA Timor-Leste, home page: http://www.cna.gov.tl/en/ (checked 16 Oct 2026)

Pages that would not open on 16 October 2026, and were not used: inaproc.id (bot check), lkpp.go.id (no readable content), the bare domain www.gprocurement.go.th (server error), dichvucong.gov.vn (gateway timeout), gdpp.gov.kh (Cloudflare block), egp.gov.kh (server error), adb.org (Cloudflare check, from an earlier session), procurement.gov.la (server error), the PPMD procurement manual PDF (timed out), egp.gov.mm and mopf.gov.mm (server errors), myanmar.gov.mm tender page (timed out).