Defence procurement in
Poland.
Poland reorganised military purchasing in January 2022, folding the Armaments Inspectorate, the new-technology inspectorate and the Offset Agreements Bureau into a single Armament Agency. That consolidation matters for a foreign supplier: procurement and offset are now supervised by the same body. And since the 2014 Offset Act, only direct offset counts — the obligation has to relate to the equipment actually being delivered, not to unrelated industrial goodwill, which rules out the portfolio-style undertakings that worked in some neighbouring markets. SIRAT analyst desk · reviewed 2026-09-05
At a glance
Who buys, and who decides
Since 1 January 2022 military purchasing runs through the Armament Agency, which absorbed the Armaments Inspectorate, the Inspectorate of New Defence Technology Implementations, the Military Standardisation, Quality and Codification Centre and the Offset Agreements Bureau. One agency now handles acquisition, research and development, intellectual property and offset supervision.
What is expected back: direct offset only
The Offset Act came into force on 30 July 2014 as part of harmonising with the EU approach. It restricts offset to direct offset, directed at the defence sector, and makes it conditional on a positive assessment that essential state security interests are engaged. Obligations must relate to the military equipment being delivered.
What this means for a bid
Because offset is confined to the equipment being supplied, an undertaking built from unrelated industrial investment does not discharge the obligation. Suppliers who prepare a Polish bid on the basis of experience in markets that accept indirect offset tend to discover the gap late, when the offset agreement is being negotiated rather than when the offer is drafted.
Compiled from the published material of the Armament Agency (Agencja Uzbrojenia) and the Polish Ministry of National Defence, last reviewed 2026-09-05. A public reference note, not an assessment. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us.
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