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Institution-by-institution guides to where procurement posts, qualification thresholds, and how to compete and win.


TED

The official procurement journal of the European Union, publishing over 800,000 contract notices annually covering all member states and EU-regulated contracting authorities.

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SIMAP

The European Commission's information system for public procurement, providing guidance on EU procurement rules, links to TED, and tools to help contracting authorities and suppliers navigate EU directive requirements.

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EU Funding and Tenders Portal

The European Commission's single digital gateway for grants, tenders, and procurement managed directly by EU institutions, covering Horizon Europe, LIFE, CEF, and dozens of other EU-managed funding programmes.

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European Commission

Direct procurement by the European Commission across its Directorates-General for consulting, IT, communications, research support, and facilities management, published via TED and the EU Funding and Tenders Portal.

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European Parliament

Procurement by the European Parliament covering IT systems, translation, audiovisual production, security, catering, and facility services for its campuses in Brussels, Strasbourg, and Luxembourg.

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EEAS

Procurement by the EU's diplomatic service covering its headquarters in Brussels, 143 delegations worldwide, and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civilian missions across conflict-affected regions.

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EIB

Procurement by the EU's long-term financing institution via its dedicated Supplier Portal, covering IT, consulting, research, and operational services for EIB Group operations in Luxembourg and across Europe.

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ECB

Procurement by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt for financial system infrastructure, IT, research, facilities, and operational services supporting eurozone monetary policy and banking supervision functions.

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EDA

Defence-related procurement by the European Defence Agency supporting EU Common Security and Defence Policy, covering research, capability development, and defence technology programmes across member states.

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Frontex

Procurement by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for border surveillance technology, maritime assets, IT systems, training, and operational support services for EU external border management.

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EUIPO

Procurement by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, based in Alicante, Spain, covering IT systems, legal research, communications, and administrative services supporting EU trademark and design registration.

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Publications Office

The official publisher of the European Union, responsible for TED, EUR-Lex, and the Official Journal, and a procuring authority for printing, digital publishing, data services, and IT systems.

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ESA

Space industry procurement by the European Space Agency via its EMITS tendering system, covering satellite missions, launcher technology, ground systems, and scientific instruments across 22 member states.

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CERN

Procurement by CERN for scientific equipment, engineering services, IT infrastructure, and construction works supporting the Large Hadron Collider and other particle physics research facilities near Geneva.

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Eurocontrol

Procurement by Eurocontrol for air traffic management systems, aviation safety technology, IT infrastructure, and professional services supporting Europe's unified airspace management from its headquarters in Brussels.

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EBRD

Procurement by the EBRD via the ECEPP e-procurement portal, covering consulting, IT, research, and operational services for the bank's investments across 35 economies from Central Europe to Central Asia.

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NATO

Procurement opportunities from NATO agencies including the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) and the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), covering logistics, IT, communications, and defence support services.

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Eurojust

Procurement by Eurojust, the EU agency facilitating judicial cooperation in serious cross-border crime, covering IT systems, legal services, translation, and administrative operations from its headquarters in The Hague.

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Find a Tender Service

The UK's primary official portal for above-threshold public procurement notices, mandated under the Procurement Act 2023. FTS replaced the OJEU as the statutory publication channel for UK contracting authorities following the end of the Brexit transition period.

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Contracts Finder

England's government portal for public sector contracts of all values, including below-threshold opportunities that do not appear on Find a Tender Service. Contracts Finder is the primary transparency and discovery tool for smaller suppliers pursuing central and local government work in England.

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Public Contracts Scotland

Scotland's official e-procurement portal for public sector contract opportunities from Scottish Government, local councils, NHS Scotland, universities, and other Scottish public bodies. PCS is the mandatory publication channel for above-threshold Scottish procurement and also carries a high volume of below-threshold notices.

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Sell2Wales

The Welsh Government's official procurement portal for contract opportunities from Welsh public sector bodies, including Welsh Government, local councils, NHS Wales, and universities. Sell2Wales is the primary discovery and e-tendering hub for suppliers targeting Welsh public contracts.

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eTendersNI

Northern Ireland's official e-tendering portal for public sector procurement opportunities from the Northern Ireland Executive, district councils, health and social care trusts, and other Northern Ireland public bodies.

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UK Digital Marketplace

The Crown Commercial Service platform for buying cloud hosting, software, and support services (G-Cloud) and digital outcomes, specialists, and user research (Digital Outcomes and Specialists). The Digital Marketplace operates as a catalogue and call-off mechanism rather than a traditional tender portal.

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Defence Sourcing Portal

The UK Ministry of Defence's official e-tendering platform for all defence-related procurement, covering equipment, support services, infrastructure, and professional services. DSP is the primary portal for suppliers in the UK and allied-nation defence supply chains.

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Crown Commercial Service

The UK government's largest centralised procurement organisation, managing framework agreements and buying solutions that all UK public sector bodies can access. CCS aggregates buying power to reduce cost and simplify procurement across central government, local authorities, the NHS, and the wider public sector.

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NHS Supply Chain

The centralised procurement and supply chain organisation for NHS healthcare supplies, medical devices, equipment, and services in England. NHS Supply Chain manages category towers covering clinical consumables, capital equipment, facilities, and non-clinical goods on behalf of NHS trusts.

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Transport for London Procurement

Procurement opportunities from Transport for London, the statutory body responsible for London's integrated transport network, covering the London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line, buses, roads, cycling infrastructure, and related technology and professional services.

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Network Rail Procurement

Procurement portal for UK rail infrastructure projects, maintenance, renewal, and associated professional and technology services managed by Network Rail, the owner and operator of most of Great Britain's railway infrastructure.

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Bluelight Commercial

A collaborative procurement organisation serving UK emergency services including police forces, fire and rescue services, and ambulance trusts. Bluelight Commercial establishes framework agreements and supports procurement activity across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland's blue-light sector.

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Austria

Austria centralises its public procurement notices across federal, state, and municipal levels through the ANKOE Vergabeportal and the auftrag.at platform, covering the full contracting lifecycle from publication through award.

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Belgium

Belgium's e-Procurement platform at publicprocurement.be provides an end-to-end digital procurement environment covering e-Notification, e-Tendering, and e-Awarding for federal, regional, and local contracting authorities.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Public Procurement Agency operates aop.bg as the centralised procurement information system, serving as the mandatory publication platform for all public contract notices issued by Bulgarian contracting authorities.

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Croatia

Croatia's electronic public procurement classifieds system, EOJN, operated at eojn.nn.hr, is the mandatory publication and e-tendering platform for all Croatian contracting authorities across government and utilities sectors.

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Cyprus

Cyprus operates a centralised eProcurement System at eprocurement.gov.cy, managed by the Treasury's Public Procurement Directorate, covering the publication and electronic execution of public contracts across all government departments and utilities.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic's National Electronic Tool (NEN), operated by NIPEZ at nen.nipez.cz, is the mandatory state e-procurement platform covering all categories of public contracts from publication through electronic award.

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Denmark

udbud.dk is the official Danish public procurement portal, operated by the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen), publishing notices for all public contracts across central government, regions, and municipalities.

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Estonia

Estonia's Riigihangete Register at riigihanked.riik.ee is the mandatory e-procurement platform for all Estonian contracting authorities, providing a fully digital environment for notice publication, tendering, and award across the entire public sector.

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Finland

Hilma is Finland's official public procurement notification portal at hankintailmoitukset.fi, operated by the Ministry of Finance, serving as the mandatory publication channel for all Finnish public contract notices above national thresholds.

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France

France operates two complementary national procurement channels: BOAMP (Bulletin Officiel des Annonces des Marches Publics) for official notice publication and the PLACE platform (Plateforme des Achats de l'Etat) for electronic tendering by state entities.

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Germany

Germany publishes federal tenders on service.bund.de and routes the broader public sector through DTVP (Deutsches Vergabeportal), used by over 5,000 contracting authorities, alongside regional portals for Laender and municipal procurement.

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Greece

Greece's national electronic public procurement system, known as Promitheus and accessible at eprocurement.gov.gr, is the mandatory platform for all Greek contracting authorities, covering notice publication, qualification, tendering, and award.

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Hungary

Hungary's EKR (Elektronikus Kozbeszerzesi Rendszer) is the national electronic public procurement system at ekr.gov.hu, mandated for all Hungarian contracting authorities to conduct full-cycle procurement from notice publication through contract award.

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Ireland

eTenders is Ireland's national procurement portal at etenders.gov.ie, operated by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), providing the official channel for publishing public contract notices and conducting electronic tendering across Irish public sector bodies.

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Italy

Italy's public procurement is overseen by ANAC (Autorita Nazionale Anticorruzione), with Acquisti in Rete serving as the central e-procurement platform for government buyers at all levels.

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Latvia

Latvia's public procurement is regulated and monitored by the Iepirkumu uzraudzibas birojs (IUB), which operates the national e-procurement portal at iub.gov.lv for publication of all above-threshold notices.

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Lithuania

Lithuania centralises all public procurement notices and electronic procedures through the CVP IS system at viesiejipirkimai.lt, operated under the supervision of the Public Procurement Office.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg's government procurement is published on the official Portail des marches publics at marches.public.lu, with the PMP platform providing electronic tendering for central government contracting authorities.

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Malta

Malta conducts all public procurement through the ePPS (Electronic Public Procurement System) at contracts.gov.mt, covering the full procurement lifecycle from publication to electronic submission and award.

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Netherlands

TenderNed at tenderned.nl is the official national e-procurement system of the Netherlands, operated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, where all Dutch contracting authorities must publish above-threshold notices.

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Poland

Poland operates e-Zamowienia at ezamowienia.gov.pl as the mandatory electronic procurement platform for all public contracts, operated by UZP (the Public Procurement Office), covering notices, submissions, and award data.

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Portugal

BASE at base.gov.pt is Portugal's central procurement portal, publishing all public contracts regardless of value, including award notices, contract modifications, and supplier performance data for full market transparency.

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Romania

Romania's SICAP (formerly SEAP) at e-licitatie.ro is the mandatory national electronic public procurement system for all Romanian public institutions, covering notices, electronic submission, and award publication.

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Slovakia

Slovakia's public procurement is regulated by the UVO (Urad pre verejne obstaravanie) and conducted through the EVO electronic system at isepvo.sk, which handles all above-threshold notices and electronic submissions.

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Slovenia

Slovenia conducts all above-threshold public procurement through enarocanje.si, the official national e-procurement portal operated under the supervision of the Public Procurement Directorate within the Ministry of Public Administration.

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Spain

Spain's PLACE (Plataforma de Contratacion del Sector Publico) at contrataciondelestado.es is the unified national procurement portal aggregating notices from central government, regional authorities, and local bodies across all procurement categories.

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Sweden

Sweden's public procurement market uses a decentralised model with TendSign (Visma) and e-Avrop as the dominant e-procurement platforms, overseen by Upphandlingsmyndigheten (the Swedish Agency for Public Procurement).

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Norway (Doffin)

Doffin is Norway's official national notice database for public tenders, managed by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi). Notices above EEA thresholds are automatically published to TED alongside the Doffin listing.

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Iceland

Iceland's public procurement is managed through Rikiskaup, the state purchasing agency, with notices published on its national portal and forwarded to TED for contracts above EEA thresholds. Iceland applies EEA procurement rules equivalent to EU directives.

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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein participates in the EEA and publishes above-threshold public procurement notices on TED under EEA agreement provisions. As a very small economy, most procurement activity of cross-border interest reaches European buyers through TED.

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Switzerland (SIMAP)

SIMAP is Switzerland's official procurement platform covering federal, cantonal, and municipal tenders. Switzerland applies its own Federal Act on Public Procurement (BoeB/LMP) aligned with the WTO GPA and the bilateral agreement with the EU.

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Serbia

Serbia's Public Procurement Portal, managed by the Public Procurement Office (Uprava za javne nabavke), is the mandatory publication platform for all public tenders in Serbia. Serbia is an EU accession candidate and is progressively aligning its procurement law with EU directives.

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Montenegro

Montenegro's electronic public procurement portal, operated by the Directorate for Public Procurement Policy, is the mandatory publication and e-submission platform for all government tenders. Montenegro is an EU accession candidate with procurement law substantially aligned with EU directives.

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Albania

Albania's Public Procurement Agency operates the national e-procurement portal (app.gov.al), the mandatory platform for all government tenders. Albania is an EU candidate country with procurement law aligned with EU directives as part of its accession process.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia's Electronic Public Procurement System (e-nabavki.gov.mk) is the mandatory e-tendering platform for all public contracting authorities. The country is an EU candidate and has transposed EU procurement directives into national law.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina's Public Procurement Agency operates the mandatory e-Notices portal (ejn.gov.ba) for state-level and entity-level (Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska) procurement. The country is an EU candidate with procurement law progressively aligned with EU directives.

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Kosovo

Kosovo's e-Prokurimi platform (e-prokurimi.rks-gov.net) is the mandatory electronic procurement system for all public contracting authorities, managed by the Kosovo Regulatory Commission for Public Procurement (KRPP). The system covers the full procurement cycle from notice to award.

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Turkey (EKAP)

EKAP (ekap.kik.gov.tr) is Turkey's mandatory Electronic Public Procurement Platform, operated by the Public Procurement Authority (Kamu Ihale Kurumu, KIK). All public contracting authorities in Turkey must publish notices and manage procurement through EKAP.

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Ukraine (Prozorro)

Prozorro is Ukraine's award-winning open data electronic procurement system, managing all government tenders through a transparent central database accessible to all suppliers. The system is internationally recognised for its transparency and anti-corruption design.

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