The market no one explains.

Every year, public authorities across the European Union spend enormous sums buying vehicles — city buses, refuse trucks, ambulances, panel vans, gritters, fire engines, and a long tail of special-purpose machines most people never think about. Every one of those purchases is, by law, a matter of public record.

And yet that record is almost impossible to read. It is scattered across twenty-seven countries, published in two dozen languages, classified by codes few outside the procurement world recognise, and buried in notice formats built for compliance rather than clarity. The information is public, but it is not legible.

Vehicletender exists to close that gap. It is a working knowledge base on EU vehicle public procurement: how the system actually functions, what the rules mean in practice, and where the market is heading. It is written for the people who have the most to gain from understanding it — the sales teams, dealers, manufacturers, importers and converters who sell into this market and have never had a straightforward way to see it whole.

How we work

Everything here is built on primary sources — the EU's official procurement journal, the directives that govern it, and the public notice data underneath. We cite those sources directly so you can check the work. Where we analyse, we try to be clear about what the evidence supports and what it doesn't. The aim is to be the explanation we wished existed when we started looking at this market.

Who's behind it

Vehicletender is written from inside the commercial-vehicle industry, by people who have spent years in it. For now the work speaks under the Vehicletender name rather than a personal byline — the value is in the analysis and the sources, not the signature. If you want to reach us, you can write to hello@vehicletender.com.