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dgMarket - User's Guide

dgMarket is an electronic marketplace for government procurement information such as tender notices, contract awards, and bidding documents.

With dgMarket, you can:

  • Access hundreds of thousands of tender notices.
  • View tender notices for projects financed by the World Bank Group, and other multilateral development banks.
  • View all larger government tenders of EU member states, US, and many other countries.
  • Receive free email alerts on tender opportunities that fit your business profile.
  • Post procurement information for an international audience of suppliers.
 

Registration

Registration is free. You can register here.

To complete the registration, please fill out the form and submit it. You can also choose on that page the language which you want to receive your e-mail alerts in. Once you have submitted your registration you will receive a confirmation e-mail that you have successfully registered on the dgMarket website. Please make sure that you do not forget your password and that it is not available to others.

If you previously registered on one of the sites powered by dgMarket, or on the Development Gateway site (www.developmentgateway.org), you do not need to register again. Instead, please use your registered e-mail and password to log in to this site.

 

Forgotten password

If you forgot your password, click here to have it reset. You will receive an email at the electronic address you registered with on the site. You will be prompted to click on the link included in the email to create another password. After submitting your request you will be able to log in immediately again.

 

E-mail alerts

To receive e-mail alerts you must first register with dgMarket.

This will allow you to be notified by e-mail for free whenever tender opportunities matching your business profile are published on dgMarket.

Each user is responsible for setting up personal e-mail alerts. To set up your e-mail alert profile, please start here. You will be able to select the countries and funding organizations for which you want to receive alerts. Next, on the search results pages you will be able to specify the product or service categories which interest you the most.

We classify all notices using Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) categories so that you can obtain more targeted and precise alerts. If you are not familiar with the CPV classification, you will find information about it at simap.eu.int

You can extend or narrow down the scope of search results by navigating the hierarchy of CPV categories. Once you are satisfied with a result page, click 'Set email alert' link on this page. We will alert you once we publish a new procurement notice that falls under the same search criteria.

You can define as many e-mail alerts as you need.

 

Types of Notices

There are several different types of procurement notices in our database. Notice type is determined by what is procured and by the contract awarding procedure. These are the most common types of notices:

  • Prior Information Notice (PIN)

    Prior Information Notice, sometimes called general procurement notice or periodic indicative notice, is issued by some buyers to indicate that tenders (invitations to bid) are soon to follow.

    Invitation for Bids (IFB)

    An Invitation for Bids, invitation to tender, or contract notice, informs suppliers that bidding documents are available and provides them with information on availability of bidding documents, deadlines and other details of tendering procedures.

    Invitation for Prequalification  (IPQ)

    An Invitation for Prequalification is issued when complex and detailed bids are required. IPQs inform suppliers that prequalification for a contract is open and invites them to apply. Only those suppliers who prequalify will be issued an invitation to bid on that contract at a future date. Prequalification is common for complex construction projects, turnkey plants and some specialized goods, such as complex information technology systems.

    Request for Expressions of Interest (REI)

    Requests for Expressions of Interest provide consultants with general information about upcoming consulting assignments and invite firms to submit information on their capacity to perform the assignment. This information is used to help create a short list of qualified firms that will be issued the formal request for proposals.

    Contract Award (CA)

    Once a contract is awarded, the purchase authority publishes a contract award notice for this contract. Contract award notices provide information on the date the contract was awarded, the name of the successful supplier and the value of the contract.

 

Main Navigation menu

  • Home

    Allows you to go back to the homepage at any time.

    Notices

    Displays a list of active notices published on dgMarket. The list is grouped into several industries.

    For archived notices, please go to Advanced Search and select 'Archived' under 'Notice Status'.

    Buyers

    Displays a list of international development agencies and their projects registered as buyers in our database. You can see summary project information by clicking on the buyer title. Links to more detailed project information are available on the buyer page, including tender notices that have been issued.

    DACON

    DACON is the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank's registry of consulting companies. Access to the DACON database is included in the subscription.

    Help

    Opens this page.

 

Search

  • Quick search for notices

    You can look for notices in your particular area of interest by going to 'Home' or 'Tenders', then entering a keyword and/or selecting a region or a country. If you want to narrow down or refine your search use the Advanced Search feature.

    Quick search for buyers

    To search for buyers in your particular area of interest, click 'Buyers' on the main navigation menu. Then type in a keyword and/or select a country and a type of buyers you are interested in.

    Advanced Search

    You can narrow down your search for procurement notices by using different criteria allowing you to select a funding agency (in the case of tenders financed by international organizations), a notice status, and a notice type to obtain more precise results.

    For archived notices, please select 'Archived' under 'Notice Status'.

    Using Advanced Search, your can also search for buyers and projects (in the case of tenders financed by international organizations).

 

Paid Subscription

If you want to access the full text to obtain the contact information and the details of the tender, a small fee will be charged for viewing the full text of current tenders. To view the subscription options, please click here and go to Fee-based services.

 

For further assistance please contact us at info@dgmarket.com