TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)
TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the European Union's official public procurement notice channel at ted.europa.eu. It publishes every above-EU-threshold contract notice from all member states, making it a bidder's main window into public markets beyond their home country.
Definition
TED is the supplement to the Official Journal of the EU (the S series), where notices for above-EU-threshold procurements are published union-wide under Article 51 of Directive 2014/24/EU. Finnish EU-threshold notices reach TED automatically through Hilma. The service is free, and notices are published in the eForms structure in all official EU languages, supplemented by machine translation.
Practical Example
A software company wants to expand to Estonia and Sweden. It saves a TED search with IT-service CPV codes and those two countries, subscribing to email alerts. Prior information notices reveal upcoming competitions months ahead, leaving time to find a local partner before the tender opens.
Common Mistake
A common mistake is assuming TED replaces national channels: procurements between the national and EU thresholds appear only in national services such as Finland's Hilma. Another pitfall is drafting a bid from the machine translation — bids must always be based on the original-language documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is TED?
TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the EU's official procurement notice channel publishing all above-EU-threshold public tenders from every member state. It runs at ted.europa.eu and is free to use.
How does a Finnish tender end up on TED?
The contracting authority publishes the notice in Hilma, which forwards above-EU-threshold notices to TED automatically. The notice typically appears on TED within 48 hours.
Do bidders need to monitor TED?
If you operate only in Finland, Hilma is sufficient, since Finnish EU-threshold tenders appear in both. Add TED when you want to bid in other EU countries or track your industry's European award notices for competitor intelligence.
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Contract Notice
Learn about contract notices in Finnish public procurement. The official announcement published on Hilma and TED to invite tenders from suppliers.
EU Threshold
Learn about EU procurement thresholds in Finnish public procurement. The value limits above which EU-wide tendering rules apply under hankintalaki.
Hilma Platform
Learn about Hilma, Finland's official public procurement notice platform. How to find and respond to procurement opportunities on hankintailmoitukset.fi.
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