New Sources for Austria & Germany

Ian Makgill
Release notes
13 Jan, 2026
01 Min read

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 before Christmas we added four more Austrian sources and a German source for the Chambers of Commerce.

Users can quickly start searching these sources in Open Opportunities - you can search by country, continent and language to narrow on these specific sources and of course, if you want to search for your category every record in our database is tagged with a CPV classification.

More German Sources: Research, Defence and Development

Ian Makgill
Release notes
25 Feb, 2026

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

Our data quality robot is busy

Ian Makgill
Release notes
03 Feb, 2026

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.

New sub-national sources for Germany

Ian Makgill
Release notes
21 Jan, 2026

13 New German Procurement Sources Now Live

Tabs are gone

Ian Makgill
Release notes
20 Jan, 2026

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

New search tools: Strict search

Ian Makgill
Release notes
10 Jan, 2026

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

Better context for users: adding lozenges to your searches

Ian Makgill
Release notes
28 Nov, 2025

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.

Download attachments within OpenOpps

Ian Makgill
Release notes
13 Nov, 2025

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

A flurry of new sources

Ian Makgill
Release notes
15 Oct, 2025

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

New user interface feature: Country collections

Ian Makgill
Release notes
02 Oct, 2025

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

USA Expansion: Opportunities in 4 new states

Ian Makgill
Release notes
24 Sep, 2025

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

The £73 Million Uniform Wave: Why 383 Expiring Contracts Represent Your Next Big Opportunity

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

The Space Economy Is Booming, and It's Creating Procurement Opportunities You Might Not Expect

The global space economy hit $613 billion in 2024 and is on course to pass the trillion-dollar mark within the next decade. That trajectory is reshaping not just how we think about space, but who g

What Happens to American Suppliers If Europe Starts Closing Doors?

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

How to win government tenders and contracts in Germany

Understanding Germany's €500 Billion Public Procurement System Germany's public procurement system offers substantial opportunities for busines

How to win government tenders and contracts in France

Ian Makgill
Guides
01 Jan, 2026

Regulatory Framework Governing Public Procurement Transposition of EU Directives France's public procurement system operates under Directive 2014/24/EU, transposed into nati

Christmas deadlines 2025, fewer Christmas tenders but at what cost?

Ian Makgill
Insights
12 Dec, 2025

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