Country: at least 3 visible open notices, 3 distinct buyers and either 5 open or 12 recent notices.
A verifiable method
TED data methodology
Learn how Tenderiva imports, normalises, updates and classifies public procurement notices from TED.
Source and collection
TED API v3 · ALL
Notices are requested from the official TED Search API v3 operated by the Publications Office of the European Union. Imports use exact publication dates, bounded pagination and controlled retries; they do not scrape TED HTML pages.
Each record retains its TED publication number, date, official language when supplied, source link and a fingerprint of the received content.
Coverage and active window
The directory provides for the European countries in its catalogue and the 24 official EU languages for routes, principal interface labels and metadata. Actual notice availability depends on the codes and content published by TED.
Tenderiva first publishes a recent window of 14 calendar days; coverage is then extended in the background to 120 calendar days in total, but the earlier history remains hidden until a final chronological reconciliation; today and the preceding 3 calendar days are rechecked; records are retained for up to 365 calendar days.
Languages. Navigation labels and core metadata are available in the 24 EU languages. A notice title and summary come from language versions supplied by TED, prioritising its official language. Tenderiva does not present a translation as official text; the source content prevails.
CPV · ISO · NUTS
Normalisation without changing substance
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Identify
The publication number is the stable public key. Procedure and version identifiers help track corrections and replacements.
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Classify
Country comes from the buyer code. Sector comes from the leading digits of the main CPV code. Places of performance are retained when present.
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Present values
The source currency is preserved and the amount is normalised to two decimal places, without currency conversion. Missing values are never estimated.
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Compare dates
A receipt deadline is usable only when TED supplies one date, one time and a reliable UTC offset. A date without a time, or a time without a reliable offset, is retained for information, but the status remains unknown and the notice stays out of search indexing. When several lot dates or times are supplied, Tenderiva keeps only the latest observed date for information; it infers no single deadline instant, and each lot must be checked on TED.
Lifecycle and corrections
- Open: a usable future deadline is present.
- Closing: the deadline is within three days.
- Closed: on a non-result competition notice, the usable deadline has passed or BT-756 explicitly reports termination; on a result notice, every supplied BT-142 status is “clos-nw”.
- Awarded: on a result notice, BT-142 includes “selec-w” and does not include “open-nw”.
- Cancelled: TED gives “cancel” as the change reason.
- Unknown: no safe conclusion is possible. A result notice is unknown when BT-142 includes “open-nw”, is missing or is ambiguous; it is never treated as open.
- Superseded: a later reference or version replaces the notice; the replaced record leaves search indexing.
The same publication number is updated rather than duplicated. A fingerprint avoids unnecessary rewrites. Organisations are not merged across procedures merely because their names look similar.
SEO quality gate
Page quality and indexing
Every route may help navigation, but only pages with a current and diverse collection are offered to search engines.
Sector: at least 3 visible open notices, 3 distinct buyers and either 5 open or 12 recent notices.
Country × sector: at least 3 visible open notices, 4 distinct buyers and either 8 open or 18 recent notices.
Filtered searches, errors, empty pages and groupings below these thresholds remain noindex. Their canonical URL does not replace another language page.
Known limitations
Freshness depends on TED availability and the latest successful import. Some notices omit a value, deadline, geographic code or summary. Classifications reflect received data and may change after correction. For notices with several lot dates or times, the displayed date is informative only and does not establish whether the procedure is open or closed. Tenderiva is a discovery tool: the official notice and documents always govern a submission.
Reuse
Unless otherwise noted, procurement notices in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union may be reused. SIMAP editorial content is licensed under CC BY 4.0. TED’s stated exclusions and third-party rights still apply.
Page last updated: 2026-08-22