OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union)

The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) is the official publication of record for the European Union, published by the Publications Office of the EU in Luxembourg. It consists of two main series: the L series (legislation, including regulations, directives, and decisions) and the C series (information and notices, including communications and preparatory acts). For procurement purposes, the relevant part is the S series (Supplement), which contains all above-threshold procurement notices. The S series has been published exclusively online since 2016 through the TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) platform.

Historically, the OJEU Supplement was a printed publication, and the abbreviation 'OJEU' became deeply embedded in procurement vocabulary. Even though TED has become the primary interface for accessing procurement notices, practitioners still commonly refer to 'publishing in the OJEU' or 'OJEU notices' when discussing above-threshold procurement requirements. The legal requirement under the EU Directives is publication in the Supplement to the Official Journal, which in practice means electronic publication on TED.

The OJEU/TED system processes and publishes hundreds of thousands of procurement notices each year from across all 27 EU member states, plus EEA countries and some third countries with access agreements. It serves as the single point of access for cross-border procurement transparency in Europe, making it possible for suppliers in any member state to find and bid on public contracts throughout the EU. The Publications Office also manages the data standards (eForms), the notice submission APIs, and the open data distribution of procurement information.