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What You Get

Tenders Direct is an all inclusive, cost effective service to help you identify new opportunities and win business. You get all of this as well as the peace of mind that you never miss a tender opportunity...

Daily Email Alerts

We send you email alerts the day the tenders are published, so you're always ahead of your competitors. You can also add a second email address at any time to receive tenders. Here is an example of the type of Tender Alert you can expect to receive.

Personalised Tender Alert Profile

We have developed a simple category system which we map to the tenders as they come into our system. This is a manual process which is performed by Tenders Direct's dedicated Tender Profiling Team, who manually review every tender. This allows us to send you relevant tenders which accurately match the categories in your tender alert profile. You can also choose to receive tenders by specific regions and European countries.

Discounted Training Courses

Our Successful Tendering Training Courses are designed to put you and your business in a better position to win bids. We help you to formulate winning strategies, as well as develop your PQQ and Bid Writing skills. As members, you can take advantage of discounted rates on all courses.

OJEU Tenders

A tender is classified as an OJEU tender if its value is above a certain EC Procurement Threshold. Tenders Direct has been an approved European Commission Licensee since 1993, meaning we are licensed by the European Commission to distribute all the OJEU tenders on a daily basis.

Lower Value Tenders

Lower Value Tenders are not published in the OJEU and are sometimes known as ‘below threshold tenders’, meaning its value is below a certain EC Procurement Threshold. Tenders Direct have a dedicated Tender Sourcing Team who are solely responsible for finding lower value tenders, making us the most comprehensive single source of tenders in the UK.

UK & European Tenders

We realise that you most likely want to receive tenders from the UK and Ireland - you can even refine your profile to focus on the specific regions you are interested in. However, we can also send you tenders from any other European country - simply select the countries of interest when you subscribe or adjust your profile at any time.

Private Sector Tenders

Utilities such as Power Generation, Water Boards, Railways and Airports, together with other private sector organisations publish both OJEU and Lower Value tenders which are available on Tenders Direct.

Contract Award Notices

As part of your profile you can choose to receive Contract Award Notices which give you details on the suppliers who are winning contracts. You can use this information as a market monitoring tool and also to identify possible sub-contracting opportunities. Tenders Direct also provide other tender notice types such as Prior Information Notices and Additional Information Notices.

Multiple User Access

We realise that you will probably share the workload with other members of your team and therefore we have set up the ability for you to create multiple users within the system, all with individual access to your Member Control Panel and tenders.

Frequently Asked Questions

Through the FAQ facility members are able to ask our support team any questions they may have relating not only to the website, but also any questions they have about a specific tender or the tendering process in general. As a member you can ask a private question or you can choose to share the answer with other members of the service.

Member Control Panel

Your Member Control Panel has been specifically designed so you can see all your tendering activity at a glance. You can store a tender as a favourite, forward a tender to a colleague and ask our support team for tendering advice, plus a whole lot more...

Advanced Searching

In your member’s area you can search up to 5 year’s worth of historical tenders, choosing to search by awarding authority, keyword, region, type of tender notice or even for a specific tender. You can identify exactly what you’re looking for and update your tender alert profile accordingly.

Unlimited Customer Support

Our Customer Support Team are always on hand to answer your queries - you can call us free during normal working hours on: 0800 270 0249 or you can contact us via the website and we will respond to you the same day. And don’t be concerned about getting in touch with us, even with the smallest query - we’re there to help and it’s all part of the service.

  A valuable and cost effective solution for identifying tender opportunities. Crucially it guarantees that my sales team will not miss an opportunity.
- Les Darlington, Tillery Valley Foods 

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