Every search filter, and what each one does
Pick how you search, then narrow the results. Every filter works on the website and in the API. The contract filters work with keyword search.
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Choose how you search
Say what your business does, or type the words you want. You can switch between the two at any time.
Activity Search
RecommendedDescribe the work you do, or give us your website address, and Activity Search returns the tenders that match it, including tenders that never use your words.
It searches across languages: describe your work in English and it finds matching tenders published in other languages.
Keyword search
You control the words. Contract awards are searched here.
bus coachany of the words, best matches first"bus shelter"quotes match the exact phraseAND OR NOTin capitals, combine termsautobus*every ending: finds autobusy and autobusów- Exclude hides any tender containing the words you list
- Match any of your words, all of them, or the exact phrase
Narrow the results
Twelve filters, on the website and in the API. Open a card's API parameters to use the filter in code.
What you're looking for
Category (CPV)
Picks tenders by CPV code. We add five scored codes to every notice, so tenders published without a code are still found. A broad code takes its whole family.
Example: 72000000 returns every IT services tender
API parameters
cpv__is prefix_search cpv_aug_threshold
Notice type
Open tenders, closed tenders, contracts or planning notices. Contracts are in keyword search only.
Example: Open tenders, the default
API parameters
release_tags__is
Attachments
Shows only notices with tender documents attached.
Example: Notices you can read in full today
API parameters
attachment__is
Who and where
Buyer
Matches the buyer's name, in full or in part.
Example: "University" returns every university
API parameters
buyer_name__is
Where
Include or exclude countries, singly, by continent or as a saved group.
Example: NATO members, saved as one group
API parameters
buyer_address_country_code__is buyer_address_country_code__exclude
Language
Include or exclude the language a notice is published in. You can also translate your results into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish.
Example: English and German only
API parameters
language__is language__exclude
Value and dates
Currency & value
A minimum and maximum in pounds, dollars or euros, converted from the buyer's currency. Notices without a value are left out once you set a range.
Example: Over €500,000
API parameters
value__gte value__lte currency__is
Published date
The date the buyer published the notice.
Example: Published in the last seven days
API parameters
release_date__gte release_date__lte
Deadline date
The date bids are due.
Example: Deadline at least 21 days away
API parameters
tender_deadline__gte tender_deadline__lte
Contracts, in keyword search
Supplier
ContractsMatches the company that won the contract.
Example: A competitor's name returns the contracts it has won
API parameters
supplier_name__is
Contract start date
ContractsThe date an awarded contract begins.
Example: Contracts starting next year
API parameters
contract_start_date__gte contract_start_date__lte
Contract end date
ContractsThe date an awarded contract expires.
Example: Ending in the next 12 months, to prepare for the retender
API parameters
contract_end_date__gte contract_end_date__lte
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What a contract record contains
Where buyers publish contract awards, you can see who won, what it was worth and when it ends. Search them with keyword search.
Who holds the contract
The winning supplier, with its company number where we have matched it to a company register. Know who you are up against before you bid.
What it was worth
The award value in the buyer's currency, and in pounds, euros and dollars, so you can compare contracts across countries.
When it starts and ends
The contract start and end dates. The Contract end date filter lists the contracts ending in the months you choose.
What a competitor has won
Type a company name in Supplier and see the contracts it has won, buyer by buyer.
What was bought
The award title and description, its CPV categories, and a link to the source notice so you can read the original.
What the data cannot tell you
Buyers don't publish every award, and many leave out the value or the dates. So we can't reliably calculate win rates or market shares, or link prime contractors to their subcontractors.
What you can't filter by, and what to do instead
Searching inside tender documents is coming. Today, search reads the title and description of each notice.
A region, city or level of government
There is no region filter. Put the place in Buyer: "Kent" returns every buyer with Kent in its name, such as the University of Kent. For a level of government, use a word such as "county", "council" or "Kommune". Every result shows the buyer's region and town.
A sector
Describe the sector in Activity Search, or pick its CPV category. A broad code takes its whole family: 33000000 returns medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
NAICS or UNSPSC codes
Search the CPV list in the category picker for the words in your code's title, such as "janitorial" or "software", and pick the CPV codes that match. We add CPV codes to every notice, so they work in every country.
One search, filter by filter
A grounds maintenance contractor looking for council work in the UK. Keyword search, run on 23 October 2026.
| Filter added | Setting | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword search | "grounds maintenance", in quotes; Notice type left on open tenders | 3,656 |
| Where | United Kingdom | 1,930 |
| Buyer | "council" | 748 |
| Deadline date | 6 November 2026 or later, at least 14 days away | 14 |
| Attachments | Tender documents attached | 3 |
The 14 include Penrith Town Council's grounds maintenance contract for 2027 to 2031, Cottenham Parish Council's £54,000 contract and Falkirk Council's £1.5m framework. Two of the 14 were published on two portals each. Counts change every day as new notices arrive.
The side-by-side challenge
Compare our search with the searches you run today
Whatever tool you use. Send us the searches and the results your current tool gives you, and we'll put them next to ours on the same queries, the same day, then show you notice by notice what each search returned.
20 minutes on a call · results back in two working days · you keep the list either way
- 1Book 20 minutes and bring your saved searches: a screenshot of the keywords is enough.
- 2On the call, export the results your current search engine gives you for those queries.
- 3We compare both lists and send back what you missed, plus what we missed.