Analysis finds nearly half of EU procurement awards omit contract signing date

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In October 2026, a data analysis of 110,217 EU procurement award notices from three months revealed that 44.4% lacked a usable contract award date. The missing dates were actively marked as 'not stated' by authorities, a data quality issue not reflected in official statistics. Among notices that did include a date, roughly half were published within the mandated 30-day window, while a quarter were published over 90 days late. The analysis also found significant regional variation, with Central and Eastern European authorities awarding contracts to single bidders two to three times more often than their Western counterparts.

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