Which tender sources Tender Navigator covers
Tender Navigator aggregates tenders from public procurement platforms in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and international organisations. The site describes the coverage as 100+ procurement platforms; the platforms named on the website include TED, Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, SAM.gov, Canada Buys, AusTender and many national portals. Every tender shows its source system and external ID.
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How coverage is described
Tender Navigator's website states that it continuously monitors 100+ procurement platforms across 180+ countries. The Market Insights page shows live figures from the tender database: the number of active tenders, the countries covered, tender volume by country and industry, and source coverage per country, with the date the figures were last updated.
Platforms named on the website
The website names these connected platforms. The list is illustrative rather than exhaustive; the backend monitors more than the site names.
| Region | Platforms |
|---|---|
| European Union and Europe | TED (European Union), Simap (Switzerland), Zakupowa and EOP (Poland), Prozorro and zakupivli (Ukraine), CONSIP (Italy), TenderNed (Netherlands), eTenders Ireland, Base PT (Portugal), Portal javnih naročil (Slovenia), Portal NEN and USP (Czech Republic), doffin (Norway), Boamp (France), SEAP (Romania), HILMA (Finland), MTENDER (Moldova), ckr (Slovakia), UDBUD (Denmark) |
| United Kingdom | Contracts Finder, Find a Tender UK, Sell2Wales |
| Americas | SAM (United States), Canada Buys, Toronto Bids Portal |
| Asia-Pacific | AusTender (Australia), GETS (New Zealand), KONEPS (South Korea) |
| Middle East and North Africa | ADGPG (Algeria), EKAP (Türkiye), TUNEPS (Tunisia) |
| International bodies | World Bank, UNGM (United Nations) |
How a tender's source is shown
Every notice in Tender Navigator carries a Source (the source system, for example TED, Find a Tender, SAM.gov, GOV.UK, BASE, NEN, Toronto or Portal javnih naročil) and an External ID, the notice's identifier on that system. Both appear in the Pre-search side panel, on the notice page, in the Tender Info panel, on shared tender pages and in exports. Evaluated results additionally carry a direct link to the original notice.
Choosing sources in a filter
A filter does not select sources directly. It selects tenders by keywords, countries and classification codes, and the countries and codes together determine which platforms' tenders it reads: choose GBR with CPV codes and the filter reads UK portals; choose USA with NAICS codes and it reads SAM.gov. See Keywords, countries and codes.
Classification systems by source
European and UK portals classify with CPV codes, North American portals with NAICS, and international bodies and other portals with UNSPSC. Tender Navigator offers all three code systems on every search so that a single filter can span markets. See CPV, NAICS and UNSPSC codes.
Requesting a source
If a procurement platform you rely on is not covered, tell the team through the Support page with the platform's name and address. Coverage decisions are made by the Tender Navigator team; there is no self-service way to add a source.
Related articles
- Countries and regions coveredHow Tender Navigator represents countries (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes), how a tender's buyer country is used in searches and filters, and where to see live tender volume by country.
- How often tender data and evaluations are updatedWhat Tender Navigator states about update frequency: filters are evaluated daily, Market Insights figures are updated daily, searches read the live database, digest emails follow your schedule, and per-source refresh times are not published.
- 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.
- 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.