Procurement Portal 2026 – Finding and Submitting Public Tenders Online

Procurement portal: online portals for public tenders. Overview of national and EU portals, registration and use by bidders.

Definition: A procurement portal is a publicly accessible online portal on which contracting authorities publish their tenders and bidders can research current procurement procedures, retrieve documents and submit tenders.

Last updated: January 2026 · Legal basis: §§ 10, 37 VgV, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (eForms)

What is a Procurement Portal?

A procurement portal is the user-facing interface of a procurement system through which bidders and interested undertakings can find, research and participate in public tenders. It is the "shop window" of a procurement system: while the underlying procurement platform provides the technical infrastructure for the contracting authority, the procurement portal is the entry point for bidders.

Procurement portals typically offer:

Search functions by keyword, contract type, region or contract value
Retrieval of contract notices and documents
Electronic registration and tender submission
Notification services for new tenders in specific categories (CPV codes)

Key Procurement Portals in Germany

Germany has both nationwide and federal-state procurement portals:

DTVP (Deutsches Vergabeportal): One of the most widely used portals, operated by Aumass GmbH
eVergabe of the Federal Government: Portal of the Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior for federal procurements
Ausschreibungsanzeiger / subreport ELViS: Aggregator for tenders from various contracting authorities
Vergabe.NRW: Federal-state portal of North Rhine-Westphalia
TED (Tenders Electronic Daily): EU-wide portal operated by the EU Publications Office – mandatory publication site for all EU-wide tenders

Key Procurement Portals in Austria

The most important procurement portals in Austria are:

Ausschreibung.at: The most widely used Austrian procurement portal
Wiener Zeitung / Ankündigungsblatt: Official national notice medium
TED: For EU-wide tenders of Austrian contracting authorities

Use by Bidders

For undertakings seeking to win public contracts, regular monitoring of relevant procurement portals is essential. Recommended practice is:

Registration on the relevant portals with search agents/notification functions
Systematic monitoring by CPV code (Common Procurement Vocabulary) for the relevant fields of activity
Timely registration so that no deadlines are missed

Procurement Portal vs Procurement Platform

The terms procurement portal and procurement platform are often used synonymously but describe different perspectives of the same system. The procurement platform is the technical system (from the contracting authority's perspective); the procurement portal is the public access interface (from the bidder's perspective). In practice, the portal and platform are often identical – the same system is used by contracting authorities for administration and by bidders for research and tender submission.

FAQ

Can all public tenders be found on a single portal? No. Germany and Austria do not have a single central portal for all tenders. EU-wide tenders are accessible via TED; national and municipal tenders are spread across various portals and notice gazettes.

Is the use of procurement portals chargeable for bidders? Most portals allow notice searches free of charge. For advanced features (e.g. search agents, archive access) some portals charge fees. Electronic tender submission is generally free for bidders.

Last updated: January 2026 All information provided without guarantee. For legally binding advice, please consult a law firm specialising in public procurement law.