Result Notice (eForms)

The Result Notice is the final phase category in the eForms procurement lifecycle taxonomy. It groups together all notices that close the public record of a procurement procedure by recording its outcome, whether that is the award of a contract, the results of a design contest, or a notice that a procedure has been abandoned.

What is a Result Notice (eForms)?

In the eForms notice framework, the four lifecycle phases are planning, competition, direct award prenotification, and result. The Result Notice category covers notices published after a procedure concludes. The primary notice type in this category is the functional equivalent of the legacy Contract Award Notice (CAN), which records who won a competitive procedure, at what value, and with what level of competition.

The Result Notice category also includes the Design Contest Result Notice, which records the outcome of a design competition, and notices recording the cancellation or abandonment of a procedure that was opened but did not result in an award.

Each Result Notice maps to one or more notice subtypes defined in the eForms taxonomy. The applicable subtype depends on the procedure type, the directive under which the procedure was run, and the outcome (award, cancellation, or other result). The eForms SDK defines which business term fields are mandatory for each result subtype, with eForms generally requiring richer disclosure than the legacy standard forms.

A key feature of the eForms approach is that the Result Notice is linked to the preceding Competition Notice (and Planning Notice, if any) via the Procurement Procedure Identifier, creating a traceable end-to-end record on TED. This linkage is machine-readable, enabling automated analysis of the full procurement lifecycle.

Contracting authorities must publish a Result Notice within 30 days of signing the contract or concluding the design contest. For utilities sector concessions under Directive 2014/23/EU, the publication window is 48 days.

Why Result Notices matter for bidders

Result Notices are the primary source of competitive market intelligence in European public procurement. They tell you who won, what they were paid, and how many others competed. Used systematically, they reveal incumbent positions, market pricing, competitive intensity, and emerging market entrants.

For unsuccessful bidders, the Result Notice is also the starting point for a debriefing request. Directive 2014/24/EU Article 55 entitles unsuccessful suppliers to a debriefing explaining why their bid was not selected. The Result Notice establishes the context for that request.

Example

A Romanian national authority publishes a Result Notice for a three-year managed services contract, awarded to a technology company for EUR 4.2 million. The notice records that eight tenders were received, the estimated value was EUR 5 million, and the award criteria were quality (60%) and price (40%). A competing IT services company reads this Result Notice, notes the winning firm, the achieved price (16% below estimate), and the evaluation criteria split, then uses this to calibrate its pricing strategy for the next similar Romanian procurement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Result Notice always published for every procurement?

For above-threshold competitive procedures, yes. For direct awards, a Result Notice may be published after any direct award prenotification period has passed. For procedures that are cancelled or result in no award, a "no-award" Result Notice may be required depending on the applicable directive and national rules.

Does the Result Notice include the scores of individual bidders?

Generally no. The Result Notice includes aggregate information about the winning bid and the number of competitors. Individual scoring breakdowns are provided in debriefing letters to unsuccessful bidders, not in the public Result Notice.

What is the difference between a Result Notice and a Contract Award Notice?

In eForms terminology, Result Notice is the category name and Contract Award Notice is the common name for the same type of publication. They refer to the same notice. The eForms taxonomy uses "Result Notice" as the functional descriptor; industry practice often continues to use "CAN."