Besides grants, the Commission's departments (Directorates-General) also conclude public procurement contracts by announcing calls for tenders for the provision of services, supply of goods, or implementation of works. Information on calls for tenders of the Commission can be found on the websites of the various Directorates-General of the Commission or in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, whose electronic online format is the TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) database. It is the single official source of public contracts in Europe. TED is also a part of SIMAP, the gateway to EU public procurement.TED contains public contract notices for services, supplies, and works from all EU Member States, utilities contract notices (water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors), public contract notices from EU institutions, external aid and European Development Fund notices, European Investment Bank, European Central Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development financed projects, European Economic Area contract notices (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), contract notices pursuant to the agreement on government procurement (GPA), concluded within the framework of the GATT/ World Trade Organisation (WTO), from Switzerland, contract notices concerning the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG), and public contracts for air services.Grant Opportunities in External Cooperation ProgrammesFinancing of grants for projects whose implementation is in non-EU countries is done through the Commission’s EuropeAid cooperation office. Their operations are conducted outside the countries of the EU - in pre-accession countries, in neighbouring countries, in Asia and Central Asia, in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP countries), and others.Tender Opportunities in External Cooperation ProgrammesTenders for projects in non-EU countries are done through the Commission’s EuropeAid cooperation office. Their operations are conducted outside the countries of the EU - in pre-accession countries, in neighbouring countries, in Asia and Central Asia, in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP countries), and others.The calls for proposals for grants and the procurement notices for contracts are available here.