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# Track expiring contracts

> Find re-tender opportunities early by looking at contracts that are ending soon and at what each buyer has bought before.

Many public contracts are re-tendered when they end. If you know a contract is ending, you can prepare months before the new notice is published. This recipe uses the **Expiring contracts** view and Emma's buyer research to build a list of re-tender targets. You decide which buyers to approach and when.

## Who it's for

Business development leads who want a pipeline beyond today's open tenders, and teams trying to unseat an incumbent.

## Before you start

* Your [company profile](https://reyda.mintlify.site/getting-started/company-profile.md) has the interests and CPV codes that describe your services.
* You understand two terms. An **award notice** records who won a contract. A **framework** is an umbrella agreement that buyers call off work from, often for several years.

## Steps

**1. In **Opportunities**, open the **Expiring contracts** view**

It lists awarded notices with a contract end date in the coming months.

**2. Sort by **Contract end: soonest****

Narrow the list with filters such as **CPV Codes**, **City**, **Contract value**, and **Buyer**. Save the result as a search profile with **Save** next to the search box so you can come back to it.

**3. Open a promising contract**

Note the buyer, the incumbent supplier, the value, and the end date.

**4. Ask Emma to research the buyer's history**

Ask Emma

Who has this buyer awarded similar contracts to in recent years, at what values, and how often
do they re-tender? Do they tend to reuse the same suppliers? Cite the notices you use.

**5. Ask Emma for a wider sweep**

Ask Emma

Find contracts for commercial cleaning in Germany and Ireland ending in the next nine months,
and buyers who have tendered this service more than once. Rank them by fit with our profile and
show the incumbent for each.

**6. Add the best targets to Pipeline with **Add to pipeline****

In the Pipeline item, generate the **Buyer activity report** for a structured view of past notices, suppliers, and buying patterns.

**7. Check the **Upcoming** view regularly**

Buyers often publish a prior information notice (PIN) before the full tender.

**8. Ask Emma to keep watch with a routine**

Ask Emma

Every Monday, check whether any of the buyers on our expiring-contracts shortlist have
published a new notice, prior information notice, or market consultation for the same service.
Tell me only if something changed.

## What Emma does and what you decide

**Emma:** searches historical award data, compares buyers and suppliers, ranks targets against your profile, generates buyer activity reports, and runs routines that watch for new notices.

**You:** pick which buyers to pursue, decide whether and how to contact them, and plan your positioning against the incumbent.

## Tips

> [!WARNING]
>
> **End dates are not always final.** Published end dates can change. Contracts may be extended, or a buyer may call off work from a
> framework instead of re-tendering. Treat an end date as a signal to research, not a guarantee of a
> new tender.

* Respect the buyer's procurement rules. Market engagement is often welcome before a tender, but contact usually becomes restricted once the tender is live.
* Use the **Similar Notices** list on an opportunity to find buyers with comparable needs.
* Claim your supplier profile under **Settings → Experience** so your own past awards count in matching. See [Past projects](https://reyda.mintlify.site/knowledge/past-projects.md).

## Related

* [Opportunity views](https://reyda.mintlify.site/opportunities/opportunity-views.md)
* [Search and filters](https://reyda.mintlify.site/opportunities/search-and-filters.md)
* [Buyer activity report](https://reyda.mintlify.site/pipeline/buyer-activity-report.md)
* [Routines](https://reyda.mintlify.site/automation/routines.md)
* [Monitor new tenders](https://reyda.mintlify.site/use-cases/monitor-new-tenders.md)


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