Expanding Our Horizons: Unlocking New Global and Specialised Procurement Portals
- Ian Makgill
- Release notes
- 10 Jun, 2026
- 03 Mins read
Open Opportunities now collects data twice daily from a growing number of sources, running overnight and again mid-morn
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We're continuing to deepen our German coverage with eight new sources, and this batch is a strong one. We've added procurement portals from some of Germany's most important institutions. The
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We've built a new robot.Our data quality robot checks all our notices on every run we do. And we'll be publishing the results of our data gathering for everyone to see.
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13 New German Procurement Sources Now Live
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Our old tabs are gone. Whilst they guided users across their searches, they were clunky to navigate - swapping a tab meant having to build a new
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We've been working hard on the DACH region. In November we added twenty new Austrian sources including sources for the Tirol, Vienna and Salzburg. Just befor
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We've added a new "Strict search" toggle to keyword filtering. When enabled, your results will only include opportunities that contain your search terms, while still being smart about it. St
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We're adding new sources at a gallop. In September we added fourteen new sources, including grants from Australia, data from Bahrain, two new sources in the Nordics, a new NATO source and ye
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How much do you hate the digital obstacle course that is part of qualifying bids? The real data that bidders need is hidden in the specification docs but these can't be
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We've just added four new states to our USA opportunity data. Welcome to the Open Opportunities family Montana, New Mexico, Iowa and Delaware. Users can now search for contract and tender opportuni
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We've added new context for customers typing into our search boxes. A long list of search terms can be hard for users to make sense of. We also wanted to add extra search context for our customers.
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Users can now create their own groups of countries in Open Opportunities. If you're responsible for selling into a specific market, whether that's EMEA or DACH or the Nordics it can be bothe
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Building on our March announcement of 126 new data sources, we're excited to unveil our latest expansion of US procurement coverage.
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Breaking into the American market is a goal for many businesses, and we've got exciting news that could help you achieve just that. We've recently added 126 new data sources, opening up more opport
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We're thrilled to announce a significant update to our Open Opportunities platform: the addition of nearly 3,000
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European healthcare providers are procuring artificial intelligence software to address two primary operational bottlenecks: diagnostic analysis capacity and administrative workload. Procureme
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Government organisations are looking to AI to answer citizen's questions. We've reviewed over 1,500 tenders for Artificial Intelligence across Europe and identified significant investments in conve
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If you're thinking about gathering government contract opportunities the most pressing question is "how hard can it be to just scrape this ourselves?" It's the right question to ask, but you
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If you sell long-term services into European public sector buyers, the ground is moving under your feet. In April 2026, the European Commission awarded its first sovereign cloud tender, worth &euro
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Something has shifted in how European governments buy from their suppliers. In April 2026, the European Commission awarded its first sovereign cloud tender, worth €180 million, to four Europea
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If you are holding a contract won in 2022, look at your calendar. Across the UK and the European Union, 383 workwear and PPE contracts are set to expire in the next 12 months. This represents a mas
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The Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 24 February 2025, replacing four separate sets of EU-derived regulations with a single, unified framework. The government says it will open up nearly &po
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The EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument gives Brussels a powerful new tool: the ability to exclude companies from unfriendly nations from public procurement across all member states. While designed with
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5 years ago I started publishing our "Christmas Grinch" series. Essentially all we did was name names and point fingers at the procurement villains wh
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Searching by keyword is easy using Open Opportunities.
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To get more control of your search you can add some extra features. If you haven't read our guidance on how to search by keyword already, it might help to
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Searching for a specific buyer is easy using Open Opportunities.
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You can easily search by types of opportunity using our category search. Every item in our database has been given a classification, that means that you can search by across all of our tende
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Looking for opportunities in a specific language is easy with Open Opportunities.
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Looking for opportunities by country or continent is easy with Open Opportunities.
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Saved searches are searches that you can repeat again and again, creating one is easy in Open Opportunities.
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Deleting an old search you no longer want to use is simple with Open Opportunities.
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Saved searches are searches that you can repeat again and again, creating one is easy in Open Opportunities.
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Searching for a specific supplier is easy using Open Opportunities.
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The UK announces a £100 million cybersecurity investment for national security institutions in the 2025 S
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If you're using local tender portals, you're missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. You could be using an official government source (e.g. Find A Tender in the UK or
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Canada's cybersecurity funding program offers $10.3 million for tech companies developing cybersecurit
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The UK has formally launched UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) with £400 million r
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Germany's new Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernisation (BMDS)
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The EU Commission has allocated €1.3 billion for critical technolog
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Germany's coalition government has announced plans to establish a Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs,
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Record Healthcare Spending in Norway's 2025 Budget The Norwegian government has unveiled a significant healthcare investment package in its 2025 state budget, creating substantial opportunities f
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As a supplier or business development professional in the consultancy sector, staying informed about recent contract awards is crucial for identifying new opportunities and potential clients. <
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Breaking into the American market is a goal for many businesses, and we've got exciting news that could help you achieve just that. We've recently added a new data source from Illinois, opening up
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According to a recent report by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association,
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Florida's economy is surging, with over 5% growth last year and
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The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) introduces five distinct routes for procuring healthcare services in England. Wh
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The UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) £88 million investment in advanced chemical threat de
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Sales and bid managers must stay abreast of potential regulatory changes in the dynamic procurement landscape. While
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Staying ahead of the curve is paramount for technology companies vying for lucrative government contracts in the European Union's burgeoning digital infrastructure market. In their insightful repor
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The NHS has announced a new framework accreditation process starting April 20
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Adopted in December 2022, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) address
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The European Union has significantly increased its support for green initiatives and state aid, exemplified by flagship programs
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