national procurement data space

A national procurement data space is the central access point for all procurement information in a country, as described in the European Commission's proposal for a new procurement regulation (COM(2026) 590), presented on 9 September 2026. Each country is to have one. It is a proposal, not adopted law, being handled by the European Parliament and the Council.

How does a national procurement data space work?

Under Article 134, each member state must set up or designate one national data space (National Public Procurement Data Space). It is both the central access point for procurement information in the country and the contact point towards the EU's common Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS, Article 135). The data space must be established, owned and controlled in the EEA, and the data must be stored in the EEA.

Contracting authorities send public summaries through the data space, but it is to hold much more tender data than the notices (Article 134(3) to (5)):

• all public summaries above the threshold, and equivalent information below the threshold
• contracts awarded under the exemptions, such as in-house provision and public-public cooperation
• concluded and completed contracts from €10,000 below the threshold
• participants and outcomes, subcontractors, tender documents, tenders and contracts
• budget and EU funds, individual payments and participation by small and medium-sized enterprises
• risk factors such as corruption and collusion between suppliers on prices, complaints and participation from countries outside the EU

The information must be delivered as soon as possible, and no later than 20 days after it arose. It must remain available for at least 10 years. Member states must introduce fines for breaches of the delivery obligation. From the national data space, the information passes on to the EU data space within 10 days (Article 135). Competition authorities, audit institutions and financial intelligence units get direct access, including to information that is not public.

The EU data space already exists and is to build on existing national databases, without duplicating anything. Calls for tenders are still published in TED.

What does it mean for you as a supplier?

If the proposal is adopted, the market becomes more transparent, also below the threshold and throughout the contract life cycle. You can see who wins what, at what price, and how the contracts are actually performed. That gives you a better basis for choosing which competitions to go for.

It is not yet settled how each country will do this. One possibility is that the existing national notice database becomes the data space or is connected to it. In Norway, for example, that could be Doffin, but this is not decided. Today you often have to request access or read the procurement record to learn the same things. Tools like Cobrief help you turn tender data into insight you can use.

Frequently asked questions

When does this apply?

Not yet. The proposal is being handled by the European Parliament and the Council. The regulation applies two years after it enters into force (Article 149), realistically 2029 at the earliest. For EEA EFTA states such as Norway, incorporation into the EEA Agreement comes in addition.

Will my tender become public?

Tenders and contracts must be delivered to the data space, but not all the information there becomes public. Some of it is only available to authorities such as competition authorities and audit institutions.

Will today's national notice portals disappear?

The proposal says nothing about that. It is up to each country to set up or designate the data space, and the data space is to build on existing national databases.

In short: the national data space gathers all procurement information in a country in one place, from the first notice to the last payment. For suppliers it means more transparency about who buys what, and who wins.