Portals and systems
Tenders Electronic Daily(TED)
Definition
The European Union's online publication platform for public procurement notices, covering all EU member states and EEA countries. Since Brexit, UK procurements appear on Find a Tender instead, but TED remains relevant for UK suppliers bidding into EU markets.
TED is the EU's equivalent of Find a Tender — the official platform where EU member state procurements above the EU thresholds must be published. It covers contract notices, prior information notices, award notices, and other procurement communications for all 27 EU member states plus EEA countries.
Before Brexit, all UK above-threshold procurements were published on TED (via the Official Journal of the European Union, OJEU). Post-Brexit, UK procurements appear on Find a Tender instead. However, TED remains directly relevant to UK suppliers who bid for contracts in EU member states — which UK suppliers are legally permitted to do under the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
TED publishes approximately 700,000 notices per year, representing an estimated €700 billion in procurement spend. For UK SMEs with capabilities that transfer across borders — particularly in professional services, IT, and consulting — TED opens a significant additional market.
Why it matters for bidders
If your services are not geography-dependent, TED represents a market roughly four to five times the size of UK public procurement. Even if you only bid for opportunities in nearby markets (Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium), TED significantly expands your addressable pipeline.
How Skim helps
Skim monitors TED alongside UK portals, filtering EU opportunities by your sector, language capabilities, and geographic reach — so you can extend your pipeline into EU markets without manually monitoring a separate, complex portal.
Related terms
Find a Tender(FTS)
The UK's e-notification service that replaced the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for UK procurements after Brexit, used for publishing contract notices above the international procurement thresholds.
Contracts Finder
The UK government's free online portal where public sector buyers must advertise contract opportunities and publish award notices for contracts valued above £12,000 (central government) or £30,000 (sub-central authorities).
CPV codes(CPV)
The Common Procurement Vocabulary — a standardised classification system using numerical codes to describe the subject of procurement contracts, enabling consistent categorisation and searchability across public procurement portals.