Documents
How procurement documents are fetched, why the first load takes a moment, and what to do when a portal requires a login.
The real requirements are rarely in the notice text. They are in the attached documents: the specification, the bill of quantities, the contract draft, the forms.
How it works
Documents are fetched on demand. The first time anyone opens the documents of a tender, we go to the source portal, resolve the real file list and cache it. That first load can take a few seconds; every later visit is instant.
Where a file is directly downloadable, we serve it through Polytender, so you do not need an account on the portal to read it.
What you can see
Each entry shows the real file name and type where the portal exposes them, plus a label for how it can be accessed:
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Direct | A file we can fetch and show you. |
| Archive | A ZIP. Open it to list the files inside, then open one of them. |
| Login required | The portal only releases the documents to registered users. We link you to the right page. |
| Page | The portal offers no file list, only a page. We link to it. |
Portals that require a login
Some platforms, among them simap.ch, subreport and vemap, only hand out documents to registered users, usually after a free registration. For those you sign in on the portal to download the files. We show what the portal publishes and link you straight to its document page.