How to Find EU Tenders
Where European public tenders are published and how to search them by CPV code, buyer and country — without missing relevant opportunities.
Short answer
EU tenders above EU thresholds are published centrally on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily); lower-value tenders appear on national and regional procurement portals. The fastest way to find relevant ones is to search by CPV code, buyer country and keyword, then monitor those filters continuously.
TED — the central source for EU tenders
TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the official journal supplement for European public procurement. Every contract above the EU value thresholds must be published there, which makes it the single most complete source of cross-border opportunities.
- Covers all EU member states plus EEA and several associated countries.
- Publishes contract notices, prior information notices and award notices.
- Each notice carries structured data: CPV codes, buyer, country, value and deadlines.
- Above-threshold contracts (works, supplies, services) are mandatory to publish.
National procurement portals
Tenders below EU thresholds are published on national or regional platforms rather than TED. To capture the full market, combine TED with the relevant national portals.
Germany
service.bund.de / Vergabemarktplatz
Federal and Länder contract notices.
France
BOAMP / PLACE
National announcements and the state e-procurement platform.
Italy
ANAC / regional platforms
National anti-corruption authority and regional portals.
Spain
Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público
Central public-sector contracting platform.
Poland
e-Zamówienia
National e-procurement platform.
Netherlands
TenderNed
Mandatory national announcement platform.
Tenderwize aggregates TED so you can start broad, then drill into a country page for national context. All countries →
Search by CPV code
CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) is the EU's classification of what is being procured. Filtering by CPV is the most precise way to find tenders in your field, because it ignores how the buyer worded the title.
- Start from the 2-digit division (e.g. 72 — IT services) and narrow down.
- Combine several related CPV codes to widen coverage of your offering.
- Use CPV plus a keyword to remove off-topic notices.
- Browse the CPV reference table below or the full industries directory.
Search by buyer
If you already sell to specific institutions, track them directly. Buyers publish repeatedly, so following a ministry, agency or municipality surfaces recurring opportunities early.
- Filter by buyer name or organisation identifier.
- Watch a buyer's award notices to learn budgets and incumbents.
- Group buyers by type — ministries, municipalities, hospitals, universities.
Search by country
Procurement rules, languages and submission portals differ by country. Starting from a country narrows the field to markets where you can realistically deliver and meet language requirements.
- Pick target markets where you can deliver and submit in the required language.
- Check place-of-performance, not just buyer country.
- Use country landing pages for active tenders and popular industries.
Example: software development tenders in Germany.
Tender monitoring best practices
Finding tenders once is easy; not missing them is the hard part. Treat monitoring as a continuous process.
Save your filters
Persist CPV + country + keyword combinations instead of searching from scratch each time.
Check daily
TED updates every working day; short deadlines mean late discovery loses bids.
Watch deadlines early
Track the questions deadline, not only submission, so you can clarify in time.
Track key buyers
Follow institutions that repeatedly buy what you sell.
Qualify fast
Score each opportunity quickly so effort goes to winnable tenders.
Automate alerts
Let AI surface matches against your company profile instead of manual scanning.
Latest tender examples
A live sample of active opportunities currently published on TED.
Germany – Building construction work – Erweiterung des Wasserwerkes Haren
Poland – Pipes and fittings – Dostawa fabrycznie nowych kształtek żeliwnych, kołnierzy, rur i kształtek PEHD oraz kształtek mosiężnych
Spain – Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables – Contrato Acuerdo Marco de Suministro (CONTR 2026 0000208879)
Bulgaria – Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products – Доставка на моторна система с консумативи към нея за нуждите на Клиника по ортопедия и травматология към УМБАЛ "Царица Йоанна - ИСУЛ" ЕАД
Slovakia – System and support services – Služby prevádzky ekonomického systému SAP R3
France – Cleaning and sanitation services – Prestation de nettoyage de locaux dans le cadre d'un groupement de commandes
CPV reference table
Major CPV divisions and where to browse their tenders.
| CPV | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 45000000 | Construction works | View tenders |
| 72000000 | IT services | View tenders |
| 71000000 | Engineering services | View tenders |
| 79000000 | Business & consulting services | View tenders |
| 85000000 | Health & social work services | View tenders |
| 33000000 | Medical equipment | View tenders |
| 60000000 | Transport services | View tenders |
| 90000000 | Environment & cleaning services | View tenders |
| 80000000 | Education & training services | View tenders |
Let AI find tenders for you
Tenderwize monitors TED continuously and surfaces the opportunities that fit your company.
Profile matching
New notices are scored against your CPV codes, countries, languages and budget.
Smart alerts
Get notified only about relevant tenders, not the whole firehose.
Opportunity Score
Each match comes with a 0–100 fit score so you prioritise instantly.
One-click analysis
Open any tender and run General or Deep Analysis to decide bid/no-bid.
Frequently asked questions
Where are EU tenders published?
Public tenders above the EU value thresholds are published centrally on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), the supplement to the Official Journal of the EU. Contracts below the thresholds are published on national and regional procurement portals.
Is TED free to use?
Yes, TED is free to search and read. Tools like Tenderwize add value on top by aggregating notices, classifying them by CPV and country, and matching them to your company profile with AI.
What is a CPV code?
CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) is the EU's standard classification of what is being procured. Filtering by CPV is the most reliable way to find tenders in your field because it does not depend on how the buyer phrased the title.
How do I find tenders in a specific country?
Use a country filter or a country landing page. Remember to check the place of performance as well as the buyer country, and confirm the required submission language before committing effort.
How often are new EU tenders published?
TED is updated every working day, with thousands of new notices each week across the EU. Because deadlines can be short, daily monitoring of saved filters is the practical way to avoid missing relevant tenders.
Can AI help me find tenders?
Yes. AI can match newly published notices against your company profile, rank them by fit, and alert you only to relevant opportunities — replacing hours of manual scanning across TED and national portals.
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Read guideTenderwize aggregates tenders from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) — the official EU procurement database.