GeBIZ Singapore: Complete 2026 Vendor Guide

What is GeBIZ?

GeBIZ (Government Electronic Business) is Singapore's centralised government e-procurement portal, operated by the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Every Singapore government agency — ministries, statutory boards, and government-linked entities — is required to publish procurement opportunities on GeBIZ above certain thresholds.

Launched in 2000, GeBIZ processes billions of dollars in public sector spending annually. It is the single most important procurement portal for any vendor selling to Singapore's public sector.

What GeBIZ publishes:

• Open Tenders — competitive bids open to all eligible vendors, typically for contracts above S$90,000
• Invitations to Quote (ITQ) — smaller value purchases, typically S$6,000–$90,000, sent to a shortlist of vendors
• Invitations to Tender (ITT) — larger, more complex procurements with detailed specifications
• Awarded contracts — the outcome of completed procurement exercises, including vendor name, contract value, and duration
• Tender amendments — changes to existing tender specifications or closing dates

Who buys on GeBIZ?

Understanding which agencies buy what matters as much as knowing which tenders are open. Here are the most active GeBIZ buyers by category:

How to log in to GeBIZ

GeBIZ is at gebiz.gov.sg. Authentication depends on who you are:

• Public browsing — Open Tenders (above S$90,000) are visible to anyone, no login required. Award notices are partially visible too.
• Individuals — sign in with Singpass.
• Companies — sign in with CorpPass. CorpPass is tied to the company's UEN, and the individual logging in must have been assigned GeBIZ access by the CorpPass admin.

Foreign bidders: you cannot log in to GeBIZ from outside Singapore's authentication system. You need a Singapore-registered entity with an active CorpPass account. Operate through a local subsidiary, branch, or Singapore partner that holds the CorpPass login.

How to register as a GeBIZ Trading Partner

To receive Invitations to Quote (ITQs) and submit bids on GeBIZ, your company must register as a GeBIZ Trading Partner. Registration is free, one-time, and typically takes 3–5 business days.

What you need before you start:

• ACRA-registered Singapore entity with a valid UEN
• Active CorpPass account tied to that UEN
• Company bank account details
• Business category classifications (these decide which ITQs you get invited to)

Step-by-step:

1. Go to gebiz.gov.sg and choose "Trading Partner Registration".
2. Sign in with CorpPass using your company UEN.
3. Complete the company profile: business categories, contact person, bank details, supporting documents.
4. Submit the application. Status updates come via email.
5. Approval typically arrives in 3–5 business days. Once active, your Trading Partner profile is visible to buying agencies for ITQ invitations.
6. Log back in to view Open Tenders, receive ITQs, and submit bids.

Foreign companies note: You cannot register directly as a GeBIZ Trading Partner without a Singapore-registered entity. Operate through a Singapore-incorporated subsidiary or a local partner. Consortium bids are accepted on some IT-services and consultancy tenders, but the Singapore entity is always the contracting party on GeBIZ.

Understanding Singapore procurement thresholds

Singapore's procurement thresholds determine how agencies must procure goods and services. Understanding these affects your bidding strategy:

For most vendors, the open tender threshold (S$90,000+) represents the bulk of accessible opportunities. ITQs are invitation-only — agencies must invite you directly. However, being a registered Trading Partner and maintaining an updated profile increases your chances of receiving ITQ invitations.

How to check GeBIZ tender results

Once a tender closes, GeBIZ publishes an award notice with the winning vendor, awarded value, contract duration, and procurement method. Here's how to pull that information:

1. Sign in to gebiz.gov.sg with Singpass or CorpPass. Some award data is visible without a login, but full detail requires authentication.
2. Open the Awarded Contracts search from the main navigation, or click through from any closed tender notice.
3. Filter by procuring agency, award date range, contract value, or a keyword from the original tender title.
4. Open the award record to see the winning vendor name, awarded value, contract duration, and procurement method (Open Tender, ITQ, or ITT).
5. If you submitted a bid, the outcome also appears in your Trading Partner dashboard under "My Bids".

Award notices are useful beyond the obvious "did we win?" question — they reveal incumbent vendors, agency buying patterns, and realistic price points for future tenders in the same category.

GeBIZ alerts: how to get notified of new tenders

GeBIZ's native notification options are limited. The older GoBusiness alert service — which many Singapore vendors relied on for email notifications of new opportunities — was discontinued in early 2025. What remains:

• Trading Partner profile matching — accurate business-category tags on your Trading Partner profile increase how often agencies invite you to ITQs. This is the main "automatic" signal GeBIZ still provides.
• Manual GeBIZ checks — log in 2–3 times a week and rerun saved searches. Time-consuming and easy to miss time-sensitive tenders.
• RSS / custom scraping — the public Open Tender listings can be scraped with a script and piped into Slack or email. Works, but fragile and requires maintenance.
• Third-party monitoring tools — continuous indexers that search GeBIZ in plain English and push alerts. Hook is purpose-built for this use case.

The GoBusiness alert problem — and what to do now

Until 2025, many Singapore vendors relied on GoBusiness Business Grants Portal email alerts to be notified of new GeBIZ opportunities relevant to their business category.

Singapore's government discontinued this alert service in early 2025 as part of a digital services rationalisation. The result: thousands of vendors who depended on email alerts now have no automated notification system for new tenders.

The remaining options are:

• Manual GeBIZ checks — logging in 2–3 times per week to search for relevant tenders. Time-consuming and easy to miss opportunities.
• Third-party monitoring services — some procurement agents offer manual monitoring, but at significant cost.
• Hook — continuous automated monitoring with plain-English search, structured output, and real-time alerts. Replaces the GoBusiness alert service directly.

How to search GeBIZ effectively

GeBIZ's native search is keyword-based. This creates a well-known problem: government agencies often describe tenders in procurement language that doesn't match vendor language. A cybersecurity audit becomes "ICT security assessment." A cloud migration becomes "infrastructure modernisation."

Tips for better GeBIZ keyword searching:

• Search by agency code (e.g., "GVT" for GovTech, "MOH" for Ministry of Health) to see all open tenders from specific buyers
• Use procurement category filters to narrow by industry type (IT, Construction, Professional Services)
• Check awarded contracts to understand what agencies have bought before — this predicts what they'll buy next
• Set your Trading Partner profile categories accurately — ITQs are matched to profile categories
• Search on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — new tenders tend to be published at the start of the work week

The fundamental limitation is that GeBIZ keyword search is brittle. Hook solves this with natural language understanding — you ask in plain English, and Hook finds semantically relevant tenders regardless of how the agency wrote the title.

Common GeBIZ questions for vendors

Singapore's government procurement calendar

Understanding the Singapore budget cycle helps predict when new tenders are likely to be published:

• February: Singapore Budget is tabled in Parliament. Agencies receive their budget allocations for the fiscal year (April–March).
• April–June: First wave of new tenders for the fiscal year. High volume period as agencies start spending their annual budgets.
• July–September: Mid-year period. Agencies assess mid-year spending and may issue additional tenders or amendments.
• October–December: Year-end push. Agencies rush to commit remaining budget before the fiscal year ends. High volume of tenders, often with shorter closing timelines.
• January–March: Wind-down and transition. Existing contract renewals, new fiscal year preparation.

The October–January period tends to be the most active for IT services and professional services tenders, as agencies rush to utilise remaining budget.

How Hook helps Singapore vendors

Hook is an AI-powered search tool that sits on top of GeBIZ. Instead of logging in to GeBIZ and running keyword searches manually, you ask Hook in plain English.

Example queries Hook understands:

• "Show me cybersecurity tenders closing in the next 30 days"
• "What IT contracts has GovTech issued above $1M this quarter?"
• "Find cloud infrastructure tenders from statutory boards"
• "Which agencies are looking for managed services providers?"

Hook returns structured results: tender ID, agency, title, value, and closing date — formatted for direct import into your CRM or pipeline. No copy-paste. No reformatting.

Hook also monitors GeBIZ continuously. New tenders appear in Hook within minutes of posting. For Singapore vendors, this replaces the discontinued GoBusiness alert service and manual daily checks.