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Official procurement data sources: TED, the UK, World Bank, and IDB

Compare the coverage, notice types, and best uses of four official procurement sources.

Updated 2026-08-29 · 6 min read

EU TED: the European public-notice entry point

Tenders Electronic Daily is the EU’s official procurement notice platform. Review notice type, procedure, CPV classification, deadlines, and original-document links together.

UK Find a Tender: regulated UK procurement notices

Pay attention to procedure stage, geography, framework arrangements, participation conditions, and procurement-document links. Separate early market engagement from a live competition.

World Bank: project procurement

World Bank notices relate to financed projects and implementing agencies. Use the project context, procurement plan, implementing body, and national rules to judge delivery fit.

IDB: development procurement in the Americas

IDB project procurement covers development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Verify the borrowing country, executing agency, method, language, and local delivery requirements.

Do not treat an aggregate result as final evidence

Unified search is useful for discovery and screening. Formal decisions should return to the official notice and retain the source URL, notice ID, dates, and latest verification time.