Using the TED online EU tender database
TED is a sophisticated system which holds details on a very large volume of EU tenders.
1. Go to http://ted.europa.eu
2. Select English
3. Select Extended Search
4. Build the search criteria that you want - we currently use ( Country = GB and Document = ( "Contract award" OR "Prequalification notices" OR "Call for expressions of interest" OR "Corrigenda" OR "Contract notice" ) and CPV code = 72* OR 302* and Type of authority = ( "Regional or local authority" ) and ) and Exclude archive. You might also like to see Prior Information Notices.
5. Save this as a profile (which allows you to recall it again in the future).
6. Select Go
7. The results can be sorted but default to the most recent first.