# TenderWatch - Irish Government Tender Intelligence

> TenderWatch is a free Irish public procurement search platform. It aggregates all public procurement contracts published by Irish contracting authorities - including the HSE, local councils, government departments, and state agencies - sourced daily from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), the EU's official procurement journal.

## What This Site Does

TenderWatch monitors Irish public procurement tenders and provides:
- A searchable database of open Irish government tenders, updated daily
- Award notices analysis (who won what, by authority, supplier, and framework)
- Per-authority, per-sector procurement market pages
- EU and national funding calls, grants, and consortium/partner intelligence
- AI-powered tools for Irish SMEs to analyse and win government contracts
- Procurement intelligence on Irish contracting authorities
- Sector-specific tender listings across 11 categories
- Canonical reference data (EU directives, Irish statutes, voted expenditure)
- Open-data JSON endpoints for consultants and AI agents
- Irish procurement guides, thresholds, and policy updates

## Key Facts

- Country focus: Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
- Data source: TED API (Tenders Electronic Daily) - official EU procurement database
- Update frequency: Daily
- Language: English (en-IE)
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Sectors: Construction, IT Services, Healthcare, Education, Transport, Environment, Professional Services, Facilities, Defence, Social Services, Other
- Irish procurement thresholds covered: €25k, €50k, €140k, €216k, €5.4M

## URL Structure

- Homepage: https://tenderwatch.ie/
- Individual tender: https://tenderwatch.ie/tender/{resource_id}/{slug}
- Sector category: https://tenderwatch.ie/category/{sector-slug}
- Contracting authority: https://tenderwatch.ie/authority/{authority-slug}
- County tenders: https://tenderwatch.ie/county/{county-slug}
- AI tools: https://tenderwatch.ie/tools/{tool-name}
- Blog/guides: https://tenderwatch.ie/{post-slug}
- Statistics: https://tenderwatch.ie/stats
- Framework agreements: https://tenderwatch.ie/frameworks
- CPV codes: https://tenderwatch.ie/cpv
- Policy updates: https://tenderwatch.ie/policy
- RSS feed: https://tenderwatch.ie/rss.xml

### Awards (contract award notices)

- Awards index: https://tenderwatch.ie/awards/
- Awards by authority: https://tenderwatch.ie/awards/by-authority/{authority-slug}
- Awards by supplier: https://tenderwatch.ie/awards/by-supplier/{supplier-slug}
- Awards by framework: https://tenderwatch.ie/awards/by-framework/{framework-slug}
- Awards by date: https://tenderwatch.ie/awards/{date}

### Market, funding, and reference

- Market index: https://tenderwatch.ie/market/
- Authority-by-sector market page: https://tenderwatch.ie/market/{authority-slug}/{sector-slug}
- Funding call: https://tenderwatch.ie/funding/{call-slug}
- Grants index: https://tenderwatch.ie/grants/
- Individual grant: https://tenderwatch.ie/grants/{grant-slug}
- Consortium and partner intelligence: https://tenderwatch.ie/consortium
- Regions index: https://tenderwatch.ie/regions
- Single region: https://tenderwatch.ie/region/{region-slug}
- Reference: EU directives: https://tenderwatch.ie/reference/eurlex
- Reference: voted expenditure: https://tenderwatch.ie/reference/voted-expenditure
- Procurement press: https://tenderwatch.ie/news/procurement
- OGP circulars and guidance: https://tenderwatch.ie/guidance/circulars
- Reports index: https://tenderwatch.ie/reports/
- Sector report archive: https://tenderwatch.ie/reports/{sector-slug}
- Weekly sector report: https://tenderwatch.ie/reports/{sector-slug}/{week}
- Glossary index: https://tenderwatch.ie/glossary/
- Glossary term: https://tenderwatch.ie/glossary/{term-slug}
- Supplier index: https://tenderwatch.ie/supplier/
- Supplier profile: https://tenderwatch.ie/supplier/{supplier-slug}

### Open-data JSON endpoints

These return raw structured data for consultants, researchers, and AI agents to pull directly:

- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/thresholds.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/eurlex.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/ogp-publications.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/procurement-press.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/voted-expenditure.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/grants.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/supplier-enrichment.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/unmatched-suppliers.json
- https://tenderwatch.ie/data/tenders-by-software-category.json

## AI Tools Available

- Tender Matcher: Describe your business, see which tenders fit
- Fit Score: Scored bid/no-bid analysis
- Mandatory Check: Pass/fail eligibility requirements checker
- Bid Readiness: Assess if you can realistically win
- Tender Brief: Plain-English summary of any tender
- Buyer Intelligence: Research any Irish public buyer
- Competitor Intel: Who else will bid on this tender
- Vendor Finder: Find Irish suppliers with public sector track records
- Market Rates: Pricing benchmarks for Irish public contracts
- Jargon Decoder: Plain English for procurement terms

## Irish Procurement Context

TenderWatch covers procurement governed by:
- EU Public Procurement Directives (2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU)
- S.I. No. 284/2016 (Irish transposition of EU rules)
- Office of Government Procurement (OGP) circulars and frameworks
- Public Spending Code
- Green Public Procurement requirements (mandatory from 2025 for contracts >€50k)

Key Irish procurement bodies referenced:
- Office of Government Procurement (OGP)
- eTenders.gov.ie (national e-procurement platform)
- Health Service Executive (HSE)
- All 31 county/city councils
- Education and Training Boards
- Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland

## For More Detail

See the full version: https://tenderwatch.ie/llms-full.txt