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TED & EU Portals

Plain-language definitions of every TED & EU Portals term that shows up in government tender work.


TED & EU Portals

eSender

An eSender is an accredited intermediary organisation authorised by the Publications Office of the European Union to submit procurement notices to TED on behalf of contracting authorities, handling formatting, validation, and transmission so that buyers meet their legal publication obligations efficiently.

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eSender Portal

The eSender Portal is the Publications Office's official direct submission interface for contracting authorities to create, validate, and publish above-threshold procurement notices to TED without using a third-party eSender intermediary, supporting both the legacy standard forms and the current eForms format.

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eSentool (TED eSender Validation)

eSentool is the Publications Office's official validation tool for TED eSender systems, enabling accredited eSender organisations and national eProcurement platforms to test eForms notice files against the TED submission schema before going live, catching formatting and compliance errors before they cause publication failures.

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EU Funding and Tenders Portal

The EU Funding and Tenders Portal is the European Commission's online gateway for managing EU-funded grants, procurement contracts, and tenders directly managed by EU institutions, covering programmes such as Horizon Europe, LIFE, and DIGITAL Europe where suppliers and researchers apply for EU institutional funding.

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EU Open Data Portal (Procurement)

The EU Open Data Portal is the European Union's central repository for open datasets from EU institutions, including structured procurement datasets from TED covering contract notices and award data, published under open licences for free reuse by researchers, businesses, and developers.

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European Data Portal

The European Data Portal (now the official European Union open data portal at data.europa.eu) is the central catalogue for open datasets from EU institutions and member states, including public procurement data from TED that researchers and developers use for cross-country analysis of European procurement markets.

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Public Buyers Community

The Public Buyers Community is the European Commission's peer network for contracting authorities across Europe, providing shared learning, best practice guidance, and collaborative procurement resources to help public buyers apply EU procurement rules more effectively and pursue strategic objectives such as innovation and sustainability.

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TED & EU PortalsSIMAP

SIMAP (Information System for Public Procurement)

SIMAP (Information System for Public Procurement) is the European Commission's central information hub for public procurement, providing CPV code lookups, standard form templates, threshold values, and guidance documents that underpin the operation of TED and national eProcurement systems across Europe.

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Single Digital Gateway

The Single Digital Gateway is the European Union's unified online access point providing businesses and citizens with information, procedures, and assistance services needed to operate across EU member states, including information on public procurement rules, national thresholds, and how to participate in European tenders.

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TED & EU PortalsTED

TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)

TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the official online supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union where contracting authorities across Europe must publish procurement notices for contracts above EU threshold values, making it the primary public record of above-threshold European procurement.

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TED API

The TED API is the official REST programming interface provided by the Publications Office of the European Union, enabling developers and procurement platforms to query, retrieve, and monitor TED procurement notices programmatically at scale without manual web browsing.

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TED Data Download

TED Data Download is the Publications Office's bulk export service for TED procurement notice data, providing researchers, analysts, and procurement platforms with downloadable datasets of historical and current notices in XML and CSV formats for large-scale analysis and system integration.

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TED Publication Office

The TED Publication Office refers to the Publications Office of the European Union in its role as the operator of TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), responsible for receiving, validating, and publishing above-threshold procurement notices submitted by contracting authorities and eSenders across Europe.

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TED Search

TED Search is the official free search interface for Tenders Electronic Daily, enabling suppliers, researchers, and buyers across Europe to find, filter, and monitor above-threshold public procurement notices using keyword, CPV code, country, and date criteria.

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TED Viewer

TED Viewer is the Publications Office's structured notice display interface that renders individual TED procurement notices in a human-readable, field-by-field format, making it easier to read and navigate the detailed content of eForms notices compared to raw XML downloads.

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