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Check out our video tutorials for a demonstration of how to use specific functions of the TED website.
Please note that the video tutorials are only available in English.
Features of the TED website
Main features of Tenders Electronic Daily (TED):
Browse by:
- Business opportunity
- business sector (using the common procurement vocabulary) (CPV)
- place of performance (using the nomenclature of territorial units for place of performance (using the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) or countries, or other relevant countries).
Search - to find specific notices (includes quick, advanced and expert search).
Search results - lists all notices that meet your search criteria. In addition, it is possible to:
- refine your search results
- create a Search alert
- download the search results
- share the search results
Notice View – allows you to:
- download notices
- share notices
- create an alert
- request a translation
- check the related notices
- use the machine translation service
My Dashboard – your personal space on TED where you can:
- save up to 25 search profiles
- create RSS feeds for the saved profiles
- view and modify the search alerts
- view and modify the notices
Customise the preferences of your TED account to:
- manage the number of items per search result page
- manage the number of items for custom RSS
- manage the displayed notices and other aspects
- create a personal address book
Bulk download of notices in XML format
- Bulk download notices in monthly or daily packages
Release Calendar
- Instantly check the latest OJ S issue
- Download previous releases per specific day or
- Download an annual release
Search API to:
- Search for and retrieve data published on the TED website
Select a language
Select the language you want to use for browsing from the ‘Language Selector’ in the upper-right corner of any TED page.
You can choose from the EU’s 24 official languages and change the language at any time.
Registered users
To access the whole content of the TED website you must be a signed-in user. An EU Login account is needed for this.
- If you already are a registered EU Login user, you can log in submitting your credentials.
- Otherwise, you can register by creating a new EU Login account (https://ecas.ec.europa.eu/cas)
Being a signed-in user, allows you to:
- manage your account preferences
- save notices to your account
- save search profiles to your account
- create alerts or RSS feeds and get new notices of interest sent directly to your email inbox or RSS reader
Create a TED account
To create a TED account:
- Click on Log in / Register in the upper-right corner of the home page.
- You will be redirected to EU Login, where you can create a new account. If you already have an account, you can use the same credentials to access the service.
- To confirm registration, click the activation link in the email. You will be redirected to the TED registration form to confirm certain information.
- Choose your country and check the TED privacy rules.
- Click Confirm.
Log in
To log in, in the upper-right corner of the home page click on Log in / Register and enter your credentials.
Sign out
To sign out from the TED website:
- In the upper-right corner of the home page, click on your displayed name.
- Select Sign out.
You have successfully signed out from the TED website, but you are still signed in to EU Login. Follow the steps provided in the pop-up message to sign out from EU Login.
Modify TED account details
To modify your account details, you must be a signed-in user:
- In the upper-right corner of the home page, click on your displayed name.
- Select Preferences.
- Apply your changes, then click Update.
Delete your TED account
To delete your TED account, you must be signed in:
- In the upper-right corner of the home page, click on your displayed name.
- Select Preferences.
- In the ‘User account section’ click on Delete.
- Click on Confirm.
All your personal data will be deleted.
Your account will be automatically deleted if it remains inactive for longer than 120 days. An automatic email will be sent to your email address before the deletion (90 days, 60 days, and 30 days before the deletion).
Browse by subject
At any time, as you navigate to the TED website, through the ‘Search section,’ you can search for notices selecting to browse by a specific subject:
- Business opportunity
- Business sector (CPV)
- Place of performance
By default, the ‘Active notices’ are displayed, but you can choose to limit the number of displayed notices, by selecting Current OJ S issue in the “Search scope” heading.
Browse by business opportunity
This option displays the published notices by groups or by specific types of business opportunities. You can choose to view specific notices by selecting a group of Business opportunities or a specific type.
In addition, you can use the ‘Filter box’ to search for a specific type of business opportunity. The results that match your search criteria will be highlighted in yellow.
Browse by business sector (CPV)
This option displays the published notices filtered by business sector. These business sectors are categorised in tree form, based on the 'Common procurement vocabulary' (CPV).
Expand the tree to search for specific notices.
In addition, you may use the ‘Filter box’ to search for a business sector or CPV code. The results that match your search criteria will be highlighted in yellow.
Browse by place of performance
This option displays published notices by location of contract execution.
You can use the map on the right section to browse using the NUTS nomenclature (nomenclature of territorial units for statistics), or by countriy. The default view for the map is countries, but using the menu on the right, you can:
- Zoom in / Zoom out
- View the map in another NUTS level (NUTS 1, NUTS 2, NUTS 3)
- Fullscreen / exit Fullscreen
The different colours identify the number of notices in the specific place of performance.
The legend is displayed in the bottom left corner of the map.
Instead of using the map, you may navigate using the left section, in which you can search by:
- Expanding a specific place of performance
- Typing in the Filter box to find a specific place of performance. The results that match your search criteria will be highlighted in yellow.
Each time you select the expand button for a specific place of performance, the map responds to your choice. By clicking on a specific place of performance you will be taken to the search results page, containing the notices for the that place of performance.
Search for notices
You may choose between the 3 search types to search for notices:
- Quick search
- Advanced search
- Expert search
Search scope
There are 3 possible search ranges, depending on the scope you want:
- Current OJ S issue - notices published in the current OJ S issue.
- Active notices - restricts the search to the most recent notices. This usually means for ‘Planning’ notices, those sent for publication over the past 364 days; for ‘Competition’ notices, it will search notices for which the deadline has not passed; and for ‘Result’ notices, the range is notices sent for publication in the past 99 days.
- All notices - search notices from the last 10 years (data available from 1/1/2014)
Quick search
Through ‘Quick Search’ signed-in and guest users can search for notices, but:
- for guest users, the default scope is ‘Active notices’
- for signed-in users, the default scope is the one selected by the user in their preferences.
The quick search allows you to make a full text search by specifying the keyword you want to search for.
The search is performed in the whole text of each notice and in all labels of code values, as it will be displayed in the notices and in all languages.
Additionally, you can use:
- Wildcards:
- quotation marks (“ “) to search for an exact phrase
- Example: “Agriculture and Food” finds only the phrase Agriculture and Food
- an asterisk (*) to replace any number of characters
- Example: "transport*" will find transportation, transporting, etc.
- a question mark (?) instead of a single character in your search term to find variations of it
- Example: "ca?e" finds case, cane, care etc.
- quotation marks (“ “) to search for an exact phrase
- Notice publication number:
- You can search for a single notice
- Example: "665741-2023" , finds the specific notice
- You may search for several notices
- Example: "665741-2023 665740-2023", finds both notices.
- You can search for a single notice
Advanced search
Through this page you can apply one or more criteria from several criteria groups to search for notices. For all the criteria groups, there is a tooltip (mouseover) providing a description.
The criteria groups are the following:
- Text
- This has the same functionality as ‘Quick search’. It allows you to make a full text search by specifying the keyword you want to search for.
- Business opportunities
- Planning - search for:
- 'Notice of the publication of a prior information notice or a periodic information notice on a buyer profile';
- 'Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used only for information';
- 'Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders';
- 'Prior information notice for public passenger transport services'.
- Competition - search for a:
- Contract notice – light regime;
- Contract or concession notice – standard regime;
- Design contest notice;
- Notice on the existence of a qualification system;
- Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – light regime;
- Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – standard regime;
- Subcontracting notice.
- Result - search for a
- Contract or concession award notice – standard regime;
- Contract or concession award notice – light regime;
- Design contest result notice;
- Contract award notice for public passenger transport services.
- More options - select the type of notice from a detailed list.
- Planning - search for:
- Subject matter of the contract
- Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) - search by product group and its classification using the CPV code, e.g., chemical products (CPV code 24000000), gases (CPV code 24100000). Use the tooltip for more information on CPV codes.
- Nature of contract - search by contract type, e.g. works or supplies.
- Place of performance - search using the main location of works, delivery, or performance.
- Total procurement value - search by the amounts indicated in the 'Estimated total value of procurement' field for calls for tenders and the 'Total value of the procurement' field for contract awards (minimum and/or maximum), as well as the specific currency of the tender.
- Procedure
- Type of procedure - search by the type of procedure used for an invitation to tender, e.g. open, negotiated procedure.
- Languages in which tenders can be submitted - search for notices in which potential tenderers are allowed to submit requests to participate in tenders in a specific language (or languages)
- Date
- Publication date - date the notice was published.
- Deadline for submission - deadline by which tenders or applications must be submitted.
- Deadline for requests for documents - deadline by which tender documents can be requested by the potential tenderer.
- Published in the Supplement to the Official Journal
- OJ S issue number - notices published in a particular OJ S edition.
- Notice publication number - e.g. 255076-2016, 2016/S 107-255076.
- Buyer
- Official name - name of the buyer.
- National registration number - e.g, ULG BE 0325 777 171.
- Country - where the buyer is based.
- Town/city - where the buyer is based
- Type of buyer - e.g. regional authority, European institution, body or agency, international organisation
- Main activity - the main activity covered by the contract, e.g. education, health, housing and community amenities
- Funding – search by type of funding, e.g. external aid programmes
- Legal basis - the EU public procurement directive(s) or regulation(s) under which the notice was issued.
Addtional actions
- Actions - Load saved search
As a signed-in user, you can load a saved search.
- Actions - Save search criteria
As a signed-in user, you can save the search criteria you have specified.
- Actions - Print search criteria
As a user, you can print the page including the search criteria you have specified.
- Switch to expert mode
As a user, you can convert your advanced search to an expert one.
Expert search
You can start typing your search query in the 'Expert' query section input box.
The Boolean operators can be typed directly into the input box, or alternatively you can use the operator buttons on the right side to easily add them to your query.
The Search fields can be typed directly into the input box. While you type, the system will suggest search fields that match the input already provided. The auto-complete functionality may be used among the available suggestions. Alternatively, you can search for code values within the 'Search Field' section located below the input box. In this section, you can select a search field and add the corresponding selected values directly to your query.
You can view the accepted values as a code or as a text by selecting the specific radio button above the query box.
- Finally, at any time you can validate the expert query, selecting the specific button ‘Check syntax.’
You must consider the following syntax rules:
You can use a standardised query language (common command language) to perform your search:
- a wildcard (*) or single character (?) can be used for a search term.
- the use (or not) of double quotes does not impact the search results except when used with a text field where they make the search only for the exact phrase. For example:
- the query CY=FRA is identical with the query CY="FRA"
- the query AU~Council is identical with the query AU~"Council", since it is a single word
- BUT the query AU~Council of the is invalid, whereas the query AU~"Council of the" is valid and would return notices where the phrase "Council of the" exists in the AU field, i.e., notices where the Awarding Authority is the Council of the European Union.
- If you wish to search for multiple values in a field, then these must be put into parentheses and must be connected with Boolean operators, i.e., AU~(Council AND Union), CY=(FRA OR ITA).
- An initial can be used to search for a time period in expert mode (i.e. contract-duration-period-lot=5d). The alloewd initials are 'd' for day, 'w' for week, 'm' for month and 'y' for year, regardless of the browsing language (i.e. 'd' will be always 'd' whatever the browsing language). The default time period is day.
Booleans operators are the following:
Operator |
Function |
OR |
Finds results that contain at least one of your search terms |
AND |
Finds results that contain all your search terms |
NOT |
Excludes search term from your results |
> |
Greater than |
< |
Less than |
>= |
Greater than or equal to |
<= |
Less than or equal to |
~ |
Contains; the search is performed in the whole text of each notice and in all labels of code values, as it will be displayed in the notices and in all languages |
!~ |
Does not contain; the search is performed in the whole text of each notice and in all labels of code values, as it will be displayed in the notices and in all languages |
= |
Equal to; to be used for code values when searching for an exact match of the search term and result |
!= |
Not Equal to; to be used for code values when looking to exclude a search term from the search results |
IN |
In a list of values |
NOT IN |
Not in a list of values |
SORT BY |
Sort result by |
Examples:
What you are looking for |
What to enter |
Notice type in (e.g., Design contest notice or a Contract modification notice) |
(notice-type IN (cn-desg can-modif)) |
A specific phrase in a specific publication number (e.g., looking for “Luxembourg” in the publication number 8-2022) |
(publication-number IN (8-2022)) AND (FT ~ (luxembourg)) |
Notices in a specific OJS issue number with minimum tender value (e.g., notices in the OJS 123/2022 with a minimum tender value 1,000,000 in Canadian dollars) |
(total-value = (1000000 <> 9999999999999)) AND (ojs-number=123/2022) AND (total-value-cur IN (CAD)) |
Notices in a specific place of performance (e.g., Greece or Belgium) |
(place-of-performance IN (GRC BEL)) |
Additional actions
- Actions - Load saved search
As a signed-in user, you can load a saved search.
- Actions - Save search criteria
As a signed-in user, you can save the search criteria you have specified in the ‘Expert Query’ box.
- Actions - Print search criteria
As a user, you can print the page including the search criteria you have specified in the ‘Expert Query’ box.
Search results
The Search results page displays the notices which correspond to your search criteria. The search criteria you have defined are visible at the top of the page. You have the option to disable the display of the search criteria in the results list at any time, through the ‘Preferences’ section of your account.
The number of the displayed results per page are based on your preferences. As a signed in user, you can change the number of items per search results page (10, 25, 50, 100) in the ‘Preferences’ section of your account at any time. You may navigate to a next/previous page using the ‘Page navigator’ or by typing a specific page number into the Page number input box.
Edit search
To edit your search query, select the option Edit search. Then you navigate back to the ‘Advanced or Expert search page,’ depending on the search method you used to reach the search results page.
Save search (signed in users only)
You can save the search criteria you have entered, by selecting the Save search. You can save up to 25 search profiles. After reaching the maximum number, you can only save an additional search, if you overwrite an existing one. You can view and modify your saved searches at any time in the ‘My Dashboard’ section.
Create search alert (signed in users only)
You can create a search alert, to be notified about new results matching your search. You can select one of the following frequencies for the alert:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Fortnightly
- Monthly
You can have up to 25 search alerts. After reaching the maximum number, you can only save an additional alert, if you overwrite an existing one. You can view and modify your search alerts at any time in the ‘My Dashboard’ section.
Create notice alert (signed in users only)
After selecting at least one notice from your search results list, you can select the option to Create a notice alert. In this case, every time a related notice is published you will receive an email notification. You can view and modify your notice alerts at any time in the ‘My Dashboard’ section.
Download
You can download the entire search results list, or specific selected notices in:
- PDF in the browsing language
- PDF in the official language
- For signed in users the limit is 15,000 notices
- For guest users the limit is 3,000 notices
- XML
- For signed in users the limit is 45,000 notices
- For guest users the limit is 9,000 notices
Export list
You can export additional metadata for the entire list, or for specific selected notices in:
- Excel
- For signed in users the limit is 150,000 notices
- For guest users the limit is 30,000 notices
- PDF
- For signed in users the limit is 150,000 notices
- For guest users the limit is 30,000 notices
- CSV
- For signed in users the limit is 450,000 notices
- For guest users the limit is 90,000 notices
To export the list, you must select at least one metadata field. You can use the ‘Filter box’ to search for metadata.
Refine search
You by use the left part of the 'Search result' page, to refine the search results. You can narrow down the results by:
- business opportunity
- CPV
- nature of contract
- place of performance
- type of procedure
- publication date
- country of buyer
The number in brackets defines the amount of notices for every option. You can select an option and, depending on the criterion type, you can select further options deeper in the tree.
The options you have selected are displayed at the top. You can easily remove an option and apply a new one, to instantly refine your search results.
Notice view
The 'Notice view' page displays a notice in your current browsing language. To visualise a notice in another language, you can select a different one from the ‘Language selector’ in the upper-right corner of the page.
For every notice, you can find a Summary at the top of the page with the key information for the notice, as well as the section ‘Languages and formats’ right below. Through this section you can download the signed PDF of the notice in the official language, or download one of the available translations in PDF format.
Additionally, you can download a notice in HTML format through the 'Machine translation' section. If the icon is missing for a language, it means that the HTML translation is not yet available. In this case, you may request a translation first (this functionality is available for signed in users).
On the left side of the page, there is the table of contents, which is collapsed by default. You can expand and directly navigate to a specific section. Above the table of contents you can find all the available actions.
Download XML
By selecting this option, you can download the notice in XML format.
Show the direct links
The format of the URLs for the direct link is as follows:
https://ted.europa.eu/{lang}/notice/{publication-number}/{format}, where:
- {lang} is the language
- {publication-number} is the publication number
- {format} can be:
- html: to display the HTML download file
- pdf: to download the notice as PDF
- pdfs: to download the notice as signed PDF
- xml: to download the notice as XML
Create an alert (signed in users only)
By creating an alert, every time a related notice is published, you will receive an email notification. You can view and change them at any time in the ‘My Dashboard’ section.
Send by email (signed in users only)
You can send a notice via the email you have used to sign in to TED. You can make entries in the following fields:
- Last name
- First name
- Type a message
- Define the recipient’s email, or select it from your ‘Personal address book’
Request a translation (signed in users only)
You can request an automated translation in a specific language in the following formats: PDF, HTML
When the translation is ready, you will receive it via email. Furthermore, it will become available in the section ‘Machine translation HTML.
Back to to results list
At any time, you can navigate back to the ‘Search results’ page, to view again the list of the notices which met your search criteria.
Next/previous
You can use these options to navigate to the next/previous notices based on your search result list. These options are available to any user who has made a search.
My Dashboard
In the “My Dashboard” page, as a signed in user, you have an overview of your saved searches, alerts and notice related information, organised in the following sections.
My saved searches / My recent searches
This table has two tabs:
My saved searches
- You have an overview of all the notices (up to 25) for which you have created a ‘Save Search’. For every saved search, you can:
- Rename
- Rename the Saved search and Activate/deactivate the RSS feed (by default it is activated):
- When activated, an RSS icon is visible in the table. Clicking on it leads to the RSS page corresponding to this saved search, where you are able to subscribe to this RSS feed. You can also customise the number of items displayed in your customised RSS feed within the 'Site preferences' page.
- Rename the Saved search and Activate/deactivate the RSS feed (by default it is activated):
- Rename
- Edit query
- This option redirects you to the Advanced or Expert search page (depending on the method you initially used to create the query).
- Delete
- Delete the selected saved search
My recent searches
- Under this tab, you will see a record of the most recent searches you have performed on the TED website. By clicking on a search, you will be redirected to the corresponding results page. Furthermore, through the ‘Actions’ column, you can add a recent search to your saved searches.
My search alerts
This table displays the ‘Search alerts’ you have created (up to 25), as well as their frequency. For every search alert you may perform the following actions:
- Rename
- Rename the Search alert, and update the alert frequency:
- Daily
- Weekly
- Fortnightly
- Monthly
- Rename the Search alert, and update the alert frequency:
- Edit query
- This option redirects you to the 'Advanced' or 'Expert' search page (depending on the method you have initially used to create the query).
- Delete
- Delete the selected search alert
My notices / Recently viewed notices
This table has two tabs:
My notices
- This tab displays the notices for which you have created a notice alert. For each notice, you can perform the following actions:
- Edit
- You can define a 'Reminder date' or activate/deactivate the alerts
- If the alert is activated a ‘bell’ icon is visible in the 'Alert' column
- You can define a 'Reminder date' or activate/deactivate the alerts
- Delete
- Delete the selected notice alert
- Edit
Recently viewed notices
- This tab displays the list of notices you have viewed most recently on the TED website. By clicking each notice in the list, you will be redirected to the corresponding 'Notice view' page. Furthermore, through the 'Actions' column you can Create an alert for any of the notices, and manage it through the ‘My Notices’ tab.
Preferences
On the 'Preferences' page, as a signed in user, you can customise the preferences in your user account and your site preferences.
User account
This section provides an overview of your account. You have the option to change your specified country, and go to your EU login account to update your information.
Site preferences
In this section you can customise your TED site preferences. The available options are the following:
- Number of items per search result page (10, 25, 50, 100)
- Number of items for custom RSS (10, 25, 50, 100)
- Display codes (Activate / Deactivate)
- displays or hides the codes used for the advanced search
- Display search criteria in result list (Activate / Deactivate)
- Highlight full text search patterns (Activate / Deactivate)
- Highlights the text you searched for in the results page and in the notice view page
- Default notice scope
- choose a different search scope for notices:
- Current OJ S issue
- Active notices
- All notices
- choose a different search scope for notices:
- Preferred language
- Choose your default user interface language among the 24 official EU languages. This is also the language in which you will receive your email notifications.
- Information to display in the list of search results
- You can customise the information you see in your search results list, by selecting or deselecting any of the following available items (checkboxes):
- Place of performance
- Nature of contract
- Name of authority
- Type of procedure
- You can customise the information you see in your search results list, by selecting or deselecting any of the following available items (checkboxes):
Personal address book
You can create your own personal address book with a list of email addresses (up to 10). From this list, you will be able to choose the recipient’s email address for sending notices by email (using the Send by email action in the 'Notice view' page).
XML bulk download
You can download xml notices in bulk from the TED portal.
daily package: file containing all the notices in xml format for each day.
monthly package: file containing all the notices in xml format for each month.
You can download the packages using the user interface or using a direct link. There is no need to sign in to download the daily or monthly packages.
Download package via user interface:
click XML bulk download to access the ‘XML bulk download’ page
From this page:
select the tab ‘Daily packages’ or ‘Monthly packages’
select the year and the month
navigate to the page to select the package
click the Download button
Download packages using a direct link:
URL format for daily packages:
https://ted.europa.eu/packages/notice/daily/{yyyynnnnn} where {yyyynnnnn} is the OJ S number.
Example - Download the daily package from OJ S 1 / 2024
URL format for monthly packages:
https://ted.europa.eu/packages/notice/monthly/{yyyy-n} where {yyyy-n} is the year and the month.
Example - Download the monthly package for January 2024
RSS feeds
RSS feeds send automatic updates on the latest notices published, broken down by business sector.
Release calendar
The Release calendar page provides details of the OJ S and the publication dates for the current and past years. To access the various published editions, click Release calendar on the homepage. You can select a specific month and year from the dropdown lists and view the specific issue.
Additionally, you can download an annual release for a specific year in the following formats: XLS, PDF, CSV.
Search API
The search API provides multiple read-only operations on the TED website data. The user can execute the POST request to search notices.
Detailed documentation is available here: https://ted.europa.eu/api/documentation/index.html
Sitemap
This page facilitates navigation in the TED website by providing links to all the main content.
Legal notice
This page contains the disclaimer, copyright notice and privacy statement.
Links
This page helps you browse other EU websites.
Contact
Through this page, you can contact the TED helpdesk team for additional information.
After you submit a message, you will receive a verification email in your registered email. You must verify your email address in this email, to have your message submitted to the TED helpdesk team.