Why some tender fields are missing
Tender Navigator shows the fields a source platform published for a notice and omits the rest rather than inventing them. A missing estimated budget, a missing deadline, codes in only one classification system, a short description or a not-yet-generated AI summary are all normal and reflect the original notice.
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The rule
Every field on a tender comes from the notice as the source platform published it. When the source did not state a value, Tender Navigator leaves the field out (or shows a dash where a row is always present) instead of guessing. A missing field is information about the notice, not a fault in Tender Navigator.
Field by field
| Field | Why it can be missing | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated budget | Most procurement notices publish no budget at all. Tender Navigator shows a figure only when one is stated, and never a zero or a dash in its place. | Use the budget filter's "Published budgets" switch consciously: excluding budget-less tenders drops most of them. See Filtering tenders by budget. |
| Deadline | Some notices, for example prior information notices and some framework announcements, have no submission deadline. The row shows "No deadline". | Check the original notice for the procedure's timeline. |
| CPV, NAICS or UNSPSC codes | A notice carries the codes of its own classification system. A European notice usually has CPV codes and no NAICS; a US notice the reverse. Some portals publish no codes. | Add codes from more than one system to a filter that spans markets. See CPV, NAICS and UNSPSC codes. |
| Description | Some portals publish only a title and a few lines; the detail lives in attached documents Tender Navigator does not ingest. | Open the original notice. A thin description also produces weaker AI reasoning. |
| Language | Rarely, the source does not state it. | The description itself shows the language. |
| AI summary | It is generated on first open and can take a few seconds; occasionally it cannot be generated for a notice. | Wait for the block to fill in, or use its retry. See AI summary is still generating. |
| Buyer name, contact details, attachments | Not part of what Tender Navigator shows for a notice. | Open the original notice on the source platform. |
On evaluated results
A result shows the same fields as the notice plus the verdict and reasoning. The Open original tender link is always present on an evaluated result.
On exports
Exports keep missing values empty. A budget is exported as an empty number and an empty currency code, not as zero.
Related articles
- Tender data and the original sourceThe source-of-truth rule in Tender Navigator: a notice on a procurement portal is the record, Tender Navigator's copy is a working view, and where to find the original for a search result or an evaluated tender.
- Filtering tenders by budgetHow the budget filter works in Tender Navigator searches and filters: minimum, maximum, currency, tenders without a published budget, and why most notices state no budget at all.
- CPV, NAICS and UNSPSC codes in Tender NavigatorThe three classification systems Tender Navigator supports: CPV for Europe, NAICS for the US and Canada, UNSPSC internationally. How the code fields work, how codes match, and how many you can use.
- The AI summary on tender noticesWhat the AI summary on a Tender Navigator tender notice is, how it is generated on first open, why it can appear a few seconds after the rest of the notice, and how it differs from AI evaluation.