Is Open Opps Right For You?

Making the right purchase

When Open Opportunities isn't right for you

Updated for the vibe coders and hobbyists.

You're not into government

If you don't want to sell to the public sector market, you might not get what you need. We do have some private sector data but the vast majority of our data is for government contracting opportunities.

You sell to a very small market

If you only sell into a small market then you fire up Claude and get it to gather data from a couple of APIs, scan the opportunities send the right ones to you without needing to buy a service like Open Opportunities.

You don't mind missing opportunities

If you only sell when if you're invited to bid in, or you're entirely opportunistic about selling to government, then missing opportunities is ok. In that case you just don't need a comprehensive alert service.

You need a bid management tool

Open Opportunities finds tenders and contracts and sends them to you. It is a great partner to bid management tools, but we do not manage bids, assign tasks or let a team write a bid together.

You need a contact database

We gather the contact details when the buyer publishes them. We do not run a contacts database; other firms are much better at this, and there's a whole world of social media that often contains the information you're looking for.

You want market-share dashboards

Where the buyer publishes a contract award notice, the Supplier filter shows the contracts a competitor has won. We have to be honest here: buyers don't publish as much data as we would like. That means we can't reliably calculate win rates or market shares, or map prime contractors to their subcontractors. What you can and cannot filter by.

You need pre-tender lobbying intelligence

Open Opportunities shows what buyers publish, including planning notices that come before a tender. It does not track meetings, lobbying or policy discussions that happen before a buyer publishes anything.

If you don't mind missing opportunities

How to do it yourself

There are some free alternatives that can be used instead of a comprehensive service.

Vibe code a service

Get Claude to build a tool that collects data from Government APIs. In the UK it's Find A Tender, in Europe it's TED and in the USA it's SAM. Score the relevant opportunities and put them into an email, that's going to be pretty accurate, but you will miss more than you find.

DIY market research

Use AI tools like Perplexity to do some market research. It won't be able to tell you things like "how many tenders were there for CRMs in market X last year" but it will be able to spot recent tenders for different services and tell you who is buying different things from the market.

Google searches

Do daily advanced searches on google for your products and your rivals. Eg. Searching on google using "site:gov.uk" or "site:www.coventry.gov.uk" will give you results for a specific site. So you can use google to see if any news is posted that could be relevant to you.

Added features

Data enrichment - what we do to improve each notice

Good data becomes great intelligence when it’s enriched, structured, and easy to use. We don't just add country names, we enhance with categories, languages, currencies and regional groupings.

Attachments and associated documents.
Detailed CPV classification for every document.
Filter by continent, country, language or groups of countries.
Every record's currency converted to USD, EUR and GBP.
Downloadable records for structured analysis.

Guidance

Wondering whether you can build this yourself?

Here's our take on when you can build your own service and what to look out for when you.

When it makes sense do build it yourself
What's the best way to check your data is correct
What to standardise when you gather multiple sources
Why enriching the data matters

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Frequently asked questions

All the answers you're looking for

If you're new or looking for answers to your questions, this guide will help you learn more about our services and their features.

Very likely. Buyers in 180+ countries publish tenders every day. Run the searches you use today and see what comes back.

We collect from national sources in 180+ countries and from regional and local portals in many of them.

Feel free to get in touch with us to inquire about specific sources. If there's a source we're not currently covering, we are more than willing to collaborate with you to incorporate it.

Yes. We gather all of the records from every public source we find. So you'll find tenders, contracts and prior information notices.

Great. You can set up your search to include only the data from the jurisdiction you want. All of your subsequent searches will be limited to your market.

Whenever you want to look further afield you can change an individual search or reset your default countries.

With Open Opportunities you're in control. We're here to help you grow, you can decide what you need to see.

Open Opportunities have a rich history of opening up government data worldwide. We are dedicated to continually expanding our data and introducing new features.

We typically add at least three new sources every month and are committed to adding more every month.

Yes, with no time limit. Search now with the free plan: you can search every document in the database with Activity Search, get a weekly alert and translate notices. The number of notices you can view is limited. No card needed. A 7-day trial of the full service is available on request.

Our plans can be paid in advance by either card or by invoice.

Our skilled researchers are on hand to help. We provide help to on-board you and we're always on hand to help you set up your searches correctly

Our team are dedicated to helping you win new business.

Describe what you do in your own words and activity search finds the tenders for that work, including the ones your keywords would never match, in any language. We tested it against nine portals' own search: on average it found 94 in 100 of the relevant tenders. See the test.

Yes. The Open Opportunities API returns the same tenders, contracts and awards as the web app, as structured JSON records. Prices, sign-up and documentation are on the developer portal.

What our users say

"Professional, polished, trustworthy"

Working with OpenOpps has been a genuine breath of fresh air for my business.

Adam Webster

EnSys

"Much simpler"

It's much simpler to use than going to each individual portal or compared to some competitors. The search tools and interface make it so much easier to find what I'm looking for. Means I can focus on actually bidding for the opportunities that matter.

Tasin Rios

Applied Data Science Partners

"So much faster"

The procurement landscape is increasingly fractured with so many procurement platforms to monitor. Open Opportunities makes searching for relevant tenders so much faster - what used to take hours more only takes a few minutes. Open Opportunities is a no brainer for us.

Luke Treadwell

Rainmaker Solutions

"Much easier"

To find these global opportunities in the past I had to go from portal to portal with different searches. But Open Opportunities makes my life much easier by placing all these global opportunities in one place and the contract information makes forward planning much easier too.

Josie Williams

UKIMHA

"Keep on top"

We work in a specific niche and need keep on top of opportunities around the world as they happen. Open Opportunities is a tool designed exactly for this, it removes the time consuming research that would be required to keep on top of when those opportunities arise.

Aran Bates

Hydrologiq

"Time saver"

Open Opportunities is a great tool. I can instantly see all the aerospace opportunities from government all in one place which is a real time saver . The UI is nice and easy to use and the daily email alerts keep me on top of the latest notices without even having to log in. Definitely recommended for any business.

Tim Mammatt

Volatus Aerospace

"User friendly"

Open Opportunities has been instrumental in keeping me up to date with tender opportunities. The platform's user-friendly interface and comprehensive resources have significantly improved my search for new prospects. The alerts to inbox feature ensures I am aware of new leads before my morning coffee!

Mark Hamilton

50 Degrees Ltd

"Great experience"

The platform is easy to use and navigate, and Anastasia has gone above and beyond in terms of customer service, making sure all our questions were answered, even happy to jump on zoom calls. Definitely recommend!

Sebastian Sanchez

August Marketing

"Great support"

Great support, helpful people and provides good value on investment.

Søren Lindbo

LEGO Education

"Prompt and helpful"

The search has been instrumental in helping us narrow down and identify the most relevant tenders for our needs. We find the platform easy to navigate and user-friendly. Their customer service is prompt and helpful, addressing our queries promptly and significantly enhancing our overall experience with the platform.

Dr. Dan Brown

Meganexus

"The reliable data layer"

We needed to build the best possible platform. Open Opportunities gives us the reliable data layer we need, so we can focus our product and engineering.

Henry Brogan

Bidscript

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Organisations that use our data

Our API already powers some great business opportunity sites. You've probably already used our data without knowing it.