DeskOSWhere the tenders come from
DeskOS reads 13 public tender sources once a day, keeps the notices that are still open, and links every one to its original page. Nothing is rewritten or guessed: if a source fails, its notices are simply missing that day. Last read 2026-11-02 19:07 UTC.
| Source | Covers | How it is read | Today |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank Procurement notices for World Bank-financed projects (invitations for bids, requests for expressions of interest, general and specific procurement notices). Contract awards are left out. | Every country the World Bank lends to Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Multi-country and global | Public notices API, no key | 557 open |
| UN Global Marketplace (UNGM) Open procurement opportunities from 32 UN organisations, among them FAO, UNICEF, UNOPS, WFP, WHO and UNHCR. | Worldwide Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Multi-country and global | Public notice search | 360 open |
| UNDP Procurement Notices Requests for proposals, quotations and individual consultant notices from UNDP country offices. | Worldwide Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Multi-country and global | Public notices page | 490 open |
| EBRD Client e-Procurement Portal (ECEPP) Open tenders and expressions of interest for EBRD-financed projects. | Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Türkiye, the Caucasus, North Africa and the Middle East Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa | Public notice list | 41 open |
| TED, Tenders Electronic Daily (EU) Contract notices for services and works published in the EU's official journal, with English titles. | EU member states, the EEA, Switzerland and EU-funded work elsewhere Europe and Central Asia | Official search API, no key | 3,173 open |
| Find a Tender (UK) Higher-value UK public contracts open for tender. | United Kingdom Europe and Central Asia | Open Contracting (OCDS) API, no key | 176 open |
| Contracts Finder (UK) UK public contracts above GBP 12,000 (central government) and GBP 30,000 (wider public sector) open for tender. | United Kingdom Europe and Central Asia | Open Contracting (OCDS) API, no key | 101 open |
| eTenders (South Africa) Open tenders from South African national, provincial and municipal buyers and state-owned companies. | South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa | National Treasury OCDS API, no key | 632 open |
| Public Procurement Information Portal (Kenya) Active tenders from Kenyan public entities. | Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa | Public portal API, no key | 709 open |
| CanadaBuys New Government of Canada tender notices. | Canada North America | Open data file, daily | 12 open |
| SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (US) US federal solicitations, combined synopses and pre-solicitations. | United States North America | Official API; needs a free SAM.gov API key | waiting for an API key |
| AusTender Current Australian Government approaches to market. | Australia East Asia and Pacific | Official RSS feed | 121 open |
| GETS (New Zealand) Open New Zealand Government tenders. | New Zealand East Asia and Pacific | Official RSS feed | 398 open |
| SECOP II (Colombia) Open merit competitions for consultancy (concurso de méritos) and public tenders (licitación pública) from Colombian public entities. Titles are in Spanish. | Colombia Latin America and the Caribbean | Open data API (datos.gov.co), no key | 536 open |
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We checked these and could not read them reliably without a browser or a login. If that changes, they join the list.
- African Development Bank: its procurement pages sit behind a bot challenge.
- Asian Development Bank: notices only render in a browser.
- Inter-American Development Bank: notices only render in a browser.
- Ghana (GHANEPS): search needs a form session.
- Uganda (eGP): notices only render in a browser.
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