PLACSP
PLACSP (Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público) is Spain's central state platform for public-sector procurement, run under Ley 9/2017 de Contratos del Sector Público. Contracting authorities publish their notices here, and it's also where above-threshold notices get mirrored to TED.
Official site: contrataciondelestado.es · Reviewed
Coverage
What Tender Radar collects from PLACSP
- National public-sector contract notices published on PLACSP, refreshed daily
- Spain's EU-above-threshold notices, cross-checked against TED so the same tender isn't counted twice
- Some autonomous communities and municipalities also run their own supplementary notice boards for certain low-value contracts outside PLACSP — we ingest PLACSP's national feed, not every regional board separately
- 'Contrato menor' (minor/direct-award) notices are excluded from both PLACSP feeds we read, by the source's own design
- The portal's own search and alerts aren't matched to your company's capabilities — that layer is what Tender Radar adds.
Data
What we extract from PLACSP
Field by field, what's in our database for every PLACSP notice — including where coverage is partial, and why.
Measured in our own data, updated hourly
- Have a deadline
- 85%
- Have a named buyer
- 100%
- Have a description
- 100%
- Have documents
- 88%
Across 48,944 PLACSP notices in our database, all-time.
Title
YesDescription
YesBuilt from the notice summary, buyer, amount, CPV and location.
English translation
PartialOnly as a side effect of an internal relevance classifier — it can silently return an empty string instead of a real translation for ordinary (non-marketing-flagged) notices, which is most of them.
Deadline
YesCPV code
YesEstimated value
YesEUR only.
Buyer / contracting authority
YesDocuments
YesReal downloads, including HTML-scraped packs for four regional platforms.
Award / winner data
YesComes from the same feed entry once a notice reaches award stage — no extra fetch needed.
Amendments & corrections
YesUpdated in place on the original row — the only portal here with a dedicated refresh path for this.
How it works
Using PLACSP
- 1
Browse without an account
PLACSP's public search (Perfil del Contratante / Licitación Electrónica) is open to browse without registering.
- 2
Register to bid
To submit an offer, suppliers typically need a certificado digital (digital certificate) or Cl@ve-based identity tied to their company, used to sign and submit through PLACSP's electronic submission service.
- 3
Or let Tender Radar watch it for you
Tender Radar ingests PLACSP daily and scores new notices against your company profile automatically, instead of you checking PLACSP's own listings by hand.
FAQ
Common questions
What is PLACSP?
PLACSP (Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público) is the Spanish government's unified platform for public procurement, covering national contracting authorities under Ley 9/2017.
Do I need an account to search PLACSP?
No — browsing open notices doesn't require an account. Submitting a bid does, typically via a digital certificate (certificado digital) or Cl@ve.
Does PLACSP cover tenders below the EU thresholds?
Yes. PLACSP publishes Spain's national contract notices, including many below the EU thresholds. Tender Radar ingests this national feed and separately cross-checks the above-threshold layer against TED.
Does PLACSP cover all of Spain?
PLACSP is the central state platform. Some autonomous communities and municipalities also run their own boards for certain low-value contracts outside it — we currently collect PLACSP's national feed, not every regional board.
How do I get notified about new PLACSP tenders automatically?
Tender Radar checks PLACSP daily and matches new notices against your company profile, so you see what fits without manually running PLACSP's own search or subscribing per contracting authority.
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