Where public tenders actually get published
Every government contract notice starts life on one of these portals — a national board, a ministry's own platform, or TED for EU-wide above-threshold tenders. Tender Radar collects from the sources below; each profile explains what a portal publishes, how often we check it, how to access it directly, and exactly what our own feed covers and doesn't.
National portals, by country
Spain
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Portugal
4 sources- Scope:
- Whole country (central platform)
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
- Scope:
- Whole country (official gazette)
- Threshold:
- Legally mandated notices — no single value threshold
- Scope:
- Whole country (central award registry)
- Threshold:
- Award reporting, all values — paused since Apr 2026
- Scope:
- Whole country (one of several vendor platforms)
- Threshold:
- No threshold gate — as published by each buyer
France
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Italy
- Scope:
- Whole country (via TED only)
- Threshold:
- Above EU threshold only
Netherlands
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Germany
- Scope:
- Federal + state — fragmented, not single-source
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Estonia
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Poland
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Below EU threshold only (BZP board)
Lithuania
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Ireland
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Romania
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Greece
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Below EU threshold (competitive procedures only)
Slovenia
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Below EU threshold (small-value) + awards
Luxembourg
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Below EU threshold only (national procedure)
Croatia
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Czechia
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Denmark
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Below EU threshold + anticipated-procurement notices
Bulgaria
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
Sweden
- Scope:
- One of several competing buyer platforms — partial, not comprehensive
- Threshold:
- No threshold gate — whatever that platform's buyers publish
Finland
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- Above + below EU threshold
United Kingdom
4 sources- Scope:
- Whole UK
- Threshold:
- Above UK threshold only (~£138k central govt, higher for works)
- Scope:
- England-focused — Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own below-threshold portals
- Threshold:
- Below UK threshold, plus some awards regardless of value
- Scope:
- Regional — ~23 Yorkshire & Humber councils, not national
- Threshold:
- No fixed threshold — whatever the member councils publish
- Scope:
- Single regulator, not a general portal
- Threshold:
- No fixed threshold — the regulator's own procurement
Australia
7 sources- Scope:
- Federal (Commonwealth) only
- Threshold:
- Above AUD $125k (non-construction) federal threshold
- Scope:
- New South Wales state only
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified — NSW's own publication rules
- Scope:
- Queensland state only
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified — Queensland's own publication rules
- Scope:
- Federal ICT panel only — not the general tender market
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
- Scope:
- Northern Territory only
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
- Scope:
- Tasmania state only
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
- Scope:
- DFAT development-program board — managing-contractor jobs and tenders, not the general tender market
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
Covers federal plus NSW, Queensland, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, and DFAT's AusConnect development-program board — Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the ACT aren't covered yet.
New Zealand
- Scope:
- Whole country
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified — NZ central-government rules
Singapore
- Scope:
- Whole country (whole-of-government)
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
Japan
2 sources- Scope:
- National, but WTO-covered notices only
- Threshold:
- WTO Government Procurement Agreement coverage (exact value not verified in code)
- Scope:
- National, central-government ministries
- Threshold:
- No threshold independently verified
United States
- Scope:
- US federal only — no state or local contracts
- Threshold:
- Federal opportunities; no single stated value threshold
EU & European institutions
TED
- Scope:
- EU member states plus partner countries
- Threshold:
- Above EU threshold only, by design
EU institutions
3 sources- Scope:
- EU institutions only — not member-state contracts
- Threshold:
- No EU procurement threshold — EU institutional budget rules apply instead
- Scope:
- EU Delegations worldwide
- Threshold:
- No value threshold stated — institutional procurement
- Scope:
- Single institution (Luxembourg-based)
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — institutional procurement
International organisations
International organisations
4 sources- Scope:
- Across UN agencies worldwide
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — institutional procurement
- Scope:
- NATO agencies (NSPA, NCIA, Bonfire)
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — institutional/defence procurement
- Scope:
- Single institution, 46 member states' shared needs
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — institutional procurement, open calls only
- Scope:
- Single institution (Switzerland-based)
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — institutional procurement
NGOs & foundations
NGOs & foundations
- Scope:
- 8 separate organisations, each publishing independently
- Threshold:
- No value threshold — simple listing pages