TED Viewer

TED Viewer is the notice display component of TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) that presents individual procurement notices in a structured, human-readable format. While TED Search helps users find notices, TED Viewer is what they use to read them in detail, navigating through the sections and fields of a notice without needing to interpret raw XML.

What is TED Viewer?

TED Viewer renders the content of TED notices in an organised layout that reflects the underlying eForms notice structure. For each notice, it presents:

• Header information. TED reference number, publication date, notice type, procedure type, and the issuing contracting authority's name and country.
• Subject matter. Title, description, CPV codes, place of performance (NUTS codes), and estimated value or value range.
• Conditions. Eligibility and selection criteria, grounds for exclusion, required certifications, and financial standing requirements.
• Procedure details. Deadline for submission, opening date, number of lots, and any framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system context.
• Award information. For contract award notices, the winning tenderer name, awarded value, number of tenders received, and whether any lots were unawarded.

TED Viewer became especially important with the introduction of eForms as the mandatory notice format from October 2023. eForms notices contain significantly more structured fields than the older standard forms, and TED Viewer provides the human-readable rendering of that richer data structure. Without a viewer, reading an eForms notice in its raw XML format would be impractical for most procurement professionals.

TED Viewer also provides notice-level actions such as downloading the notice in XML format (useful for feeding into systems that consume TED API data), viewing available language versions, and accessing related notices (for example, the original contract notice linked to a contract award notice).

Why it matters for bidders

TED Viewer is the tool bidders use once they have identified a relevant notice in TED Search and want to read the full details. A careful reading of the notice in TED Viewer reveals:

• The scope and lot structure of the procurement.
• Minimum turnover, insurance, and technical capacity requirements at the selection stage.
• Clarification and submission deadlines.
• Contact details for the contracting authority and the address for submitting expressions of interest or tenders.
• Any framework agreement context that might indicate the buyer's longer-term procurement strategy.

For award notices, TED Viewer reveals the winning supplier's name, the awarded value relative to the estimate, and the number of competing bids received. This competitive intelligence is available for every above-threshold contract awarded across Europe.

Example

A Dutch engineering firm receives a TED alert for a large infrastructure project in Romania. They open TED Viewer to read the full notice, confirm the lot structure matches their capabilities, check the minimum annual turnover requirement against their own accounts, note the submission deadline, and extract the contracting authority's contact details to request the tender documents from the national buyer portal linked in the notice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I download a notice from TED Viewer?

Yes. TED Viewer provides a download option for each notice in XML format. This is the same structured data accessible via the TED API and TED Data Download services.

Are all language versions available in TED Viewer?

Where a contracting authority has provided translations (or where machine translations are available), TED Viewer allows users to switch between language versions of the same notice. The original language is indicated and is the legally binding text.

Does TED Viewer show the full tender documents?

No. TED Viewer shows the TED notice content only. Full tender documents (specifications, contract conditions, drawings) are hosted on the contracting authority's own buyer portal, which the notice links to. For procurement run on national platforms, those platforms hold the tender documents.