How to set up a good watch profile

A watch profile uses CPV codes, countries, keywords, a value range and buyer keywords to define which tenders reach Tender Watch. You need at least one keyword, CPV code or buyer keyword.

Create a profile on Settings → Watch Profiles with the New Profile button. A tender reaches your list when it meets every criterion you filled in; within one criterion (several keywords or several countries, for example) one match is enough.

• Profile Name – shown next to the tender as the Matching profile.
• CPV Codes – the EU's common procurement categories. Search by name or code and pick from the list. Choosing a main category includes its subcategories (e.g. 72000000 = IT services).
• Regions – the countries whose buyers' tenders you want to follow. Leave empty to watch every country.
• Keywords – comma separated; searched in the tender's title and description. If you also picked countries, Translate keywords has AI translate them into those countries' languages and English, so notices in other languages match too. You can edit the translations. Translation uses credits.
• Value Range (EUR) – minimum and maximum estimated value. Tenders that publish no estimated value are not filtered out.
• Buyer Keywords – filters on the contracting authority's name, e.g. ministry, municipality.
• Active – an inactive profile receives no new tenders; the ones already collected stay.

Tip: start broad, and if too many irrelevant tenders come through, narrow the profile with CPV codes or a value range.