eTenders alerts that judge the work, not the keyword
Tender alerts that email you only when a tender fits your business — judging the work being bought, not the keyword. Quiet weeks stay quiet.
Free eTenders alerts are CPV-code and keyword-blind
eTenders gives every registered supplier free notifications based on CPV codes. That’s a genuinely useful starting point — but it matches the classification a buyer picked and the keywords in a title, not the work actually being bought. Set a broad code and you drown in near-misses; set a narrow one and you miss a tender filed under a neighbouring code. The notices also tend to land in an end-of-day batch, and nothing tells you which are worth a real bid.
With roughly 6,850 tenders published in Ireland each year across more than €22bn of public spending, the problem for most suppliers isn’t finding notices — it’s finding the right ones. In fact only 16% of suppliers say finding tenders is the hard part (OECD); the writing is where the effort goes.
- Matches the code a buyer chose, not the work
- Broad code: a stream of near-misses to sift
- Narrow code: misses neighbouring-code tenders
- No signal on which notices are worth a bid
- Reads each notice and judges the actual work
- One email, only when something genuinely fits
- Every match carries a one-line reason
- Willing to say a tender isn’t for you
An alert that reads the work like a bid writer
You describe your business once, in plain language. Every day we read the new eTenders notices and put each one to a relevance check for a business like yours — judging the actual work being bought, not keyword overlap — and email you only when a tender worth a real bid actually comes up. A “fire-safety” training course won’t reach you if you service alarms. Quiet days stay quiet; you never get a stream of pings, and never SMS.
Fire alarm servicing & maintenance — county council buildings
- Authority
- Local authority
- Source
- via eTenders
- Deadline
- in 24 days
Planned and reactive servicing of existing alarm systems — maintenance work, not an install or a training course.
Illustrative match. Genuine matches are batched into one email — no match, no email.
From notice to submitted bid, in one place
The alert is the front door: it finds the tender, and TenderBuilder drafts it to the marking scheme using facts from your own business. Read the eTenders supplier guide for how the platform works, see AI tender writing for Ireland for what happens after a match, or see the Founding 50 offer — alerts are included on every plan.
Describe your business in a sentence. We’ll watch eTenders for you.
No commitment — quiet weeks stay quiet.
Frequently asked questions
- What are eTenders alerts?
- eTenders (etenders.gov.ie) lets registered suppliers set up free notifications based on CPV codes — the EU’s Common Procurement Vocabulary — so you get emailed when a matching contract notice is published. They are keyword/code-driven: useful, but they match the classification a buyer chose, not the work actually being bought.
- Are eTenders’ own alerts free?
- Yes. Registration on eTenders is free for suppliers and so are the CPV-based notifications. The limitation isn’t cost — it’s relevance: a broad CPV code can flood you with notices that don’t fit, while a narrow one can miss a tender filed under a different code.
- How is TenderBuilder’s alert different?
- You describe your business in plain language once. Every day we read the new eTenders notices and put each one to a relevance check for a business like yours — judging the actual work being bought, not keyword overlap. You only hear from us when something genuinely fits — each match arriving with a one-line reason, batched into one email so you never get a stream of pings. Quiet weeks stay quiet, and it’s willing to say a tender isn’t for you. Alerts are included on every plan.
- Will I get spammed with notifications?
- No. You only get an email when there’s a genuine match; on quiet days you get nothing at all — never a stream of pings, and never SMS. Only 16% of suppliers say finding tenders is the hard part (OECD) — the point of a good alert is fewer, better notices, so your time goes on the writing.
- Does it cover SupplyGov and framework mini-competitions too?
- The alert reads the daily eTenders notices — Ireland’s national platform where most public opportunities are published. SupplyGov is a separate local-authority platform; if you work with councils, register there directly as well. TenderBuilder then drafts responses for RFTs from any of these once you upload the pack.