On December 4, 2025, the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia adopted the defense budget for 2026 in its final reading. In 2026, funding for national defense will reach 2.16 billion EUR, or 4.91% of gross domestic product (GDP), continuing the targeted move toward 5% of GDP. The main task is to strengthen Latvia's security and the combat capabilities of the National Armed Forces, while promoting the development of the local defense industry and innovation.
Defense sector procurement
Significant work continues on centralizing and streamlining procurement processes. It is already clear that centralizing, planning, and consolidating procurement needs in the sector has led to significant improvements in procurement efficiency. The National Defence Logistics and Procurement Center is responsible for centralized procurement for the Ministry of Defence and the National Armed Forces, as well as for the supply of material and technical resources, etc.
The defence sector also uses the Electronic Procurement System maintained by the VRAA, as well as services provided by NATO agencies and US government sales programs.
In order to identify opportunities to purchase specific material and technical resources or services, as well as to plan the necessary financing and timely organization of procurement, the Ministry of Defense will continue to publish market research on its website. We invite you to follow the latest information.
Defense procurements planned in accordance with the Public Procurement Law, as well as procurements planned in accordance with the Defense and Security Law, can be found on the Electronic Procurement System website www.eis.gov.lv.
Procurement procedure
Defence sector institutions that carry out centralized or separately delegated procurement for the needs of the defence sector:
1) The State Centre for Defence Logistics and Procurement, which carries out procurement procedures for goods and services for the Ministry of Defence, institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Defence, including the National Armed Forces, including responsibility for the procurement of individual equipment;
2) The State Centre for Defence Logistics and Procurement, which is responsible for the procurement of services necessary to ensure the full construction and maintenance cycle (including the procurement of material and technical resources related to maintenance);
3) The National Armed Forces Supply Command, which carries out procurement procedures for medical devices, medicines, healthcare and other separately delegated goods and services for the needs of regular forces and the National Guard.
The Ministry of Defence and its subordinate institutions, including the National Armed Forces, may also carry out decentralized procurement of goods and services (up to EUR 42 000) within the institution.
Defence sector procurement is not only the purchase of goods, services, and construction works within the meaning of the Public Procurement Law, but also the acquisition of goods, services and construction works that are specially designed or adapted for military purposes and can be used as weapons, ammunition or military equipment, including goods and services intended for security purposes or for the protection of information and construction works within the Defense and Security Procurement Law.
Defence sector procurement is carried out to guarantee the security of the Latvian state, strengthening the capabilities of the National Armed Forces to respond in a timely manner to any type of threat, increasing the mobility and firepower of units, as well as to guarantee collective defence together with NATO and the EU.
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