Guides
How to work with EU public contract data — the method, not the sales pitch.
- How to research a public buyer before you bid
What to establish about a contracting authority before you bid: what it has awarded, who holds the contract, how many bidders turn up, and when it recurs.
- How to find public contracts before they come back up for renewal (Germany & the EU)
A practical guide to spotting public contracts before they go back out to tender — where award data lives, how to estimate expiry, and what to automate.
- How to find French public contracts before they come back up for renewal
How to spot French public contracts before they are re-tendered: BOAMP, TED and DECP, tacit renewal, the 4-year framework cap, and when to start.
- How to read an EU contract award notice
What each part of an eForms award notice means — lots, values, bid counts, durations — and which fields are reliable enough to plan against.
- Single-bid public contracts: what one bidder actually tells you
One in five EU public contracts draws exactly one bid. What that indicates about a market, why the rate varies from 8% to 62% by sector, and how to use it.
- Who actually wins German public contracts? Tracking competitors through award notices
How to see which companies win German public contracts, from which buyers and at what price, and turn award notices into a competitor file.