# Sorsera - Full Documentation for AI Systems > Sorsera is a European tender intelligence and procurement collaboration platform that helps suppliers find, analyze, and win public and private tenders across the EU. Founded in 2020 in Marupe, Latvia, Sorsera uses AI to connect buyers, suppliers, and collaborators throughout the tendering process. The platform aggregates real-time procurement data on tenders, bidders, prices, and buyers across multiple sectors and countries. ## Company Overview Sorsera is an all-in-one market intelligence and collaboration platform that connects the European Union procurement market. The platform enables users to quickly locate procurement data, buyers, and suppliers and overcome collaboration barriers in cross-border tendering. Sorsera was designed as a European-level digital innovation to help small and medium companies win tenders both at home and in foreign markets. One client increased their bid success rate by over 40% by leveraging Sorsera's automated opportunity identification and market analysis features. ### Company Details - **Legal name:** SIA Sorsera - **Founded:** 2020 - **Headquarters:** Marupe, Latvia - **Co-Founder & CEO:** Georgs Vardanjans - **Co-Founder & CTO:** Rudolfs Kreicbergs - **Website:** https://www.sorsera.com ### Funding and Investment Sorsera has raised €2.46M in total funding. In September 2024, the company attracted €1.27 million, with over €950,000 funded by the European Union, to develop artificial intelligence solutions for the supply chain and procurement sectors. The EU funding supports the development of AI-powered tools for tender analysis, market intelligence, and procurement automation. ### Recognition and Awards - Top 3 most promising startup at TechChill 2024, selected from 388 startups across 57 countries - Winner of Fast Track to Startup Academy by Genesis and Meta, provided by TRMNL4 at TechChill Fifty Founders Battle --- ## Products and Features ### Tender Monitor **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/solutions/tender-monitor Sorsera Tender Monitor provides real-time monitoring and alerts for public and private tenders and RFPs. The system analyzes each user's company profile to suggest relevant tenders automatically. **How it works:** 1. Sorsera analyzes your company to understand your industry, capabilities, and past tender participation 2. The platform matches you with relevant opportunities using CPV codes, keywords, and historical participation data 3. You receive real-time alerts when matching tenders are published 4. You can filter, search, and organize opportunities through the Opportunity Feed **Coverage:** Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. The platform aggregates data from national procurement portals and TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) across these countries. **Key capabilities:** - Automated tender matching based on company profile, CPV codes, and keywords - Real-time alerts for new procurement opportunities - Opportunity feed with filtering by country, sector, buyer, contract value, and deadline - Historical tender data for identifying patterns and recurring opportunities - Cross-border tender discovery across Baltic and Nordic EU markets ### Tender Intelligence **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/solutions/tender-intelligence Tender Intelligence combines procurement analytics with competitive intelligence to help suppliers make data-driven bidding decisions. **Analytics capabilities:** - **Competitor tracking:** See who is bidding on similar projects and analyze their historical pricing trends in real time - **Buyer behavior analysis:** Learn how often buyers tender similar projects, their evaluation criteria preferences, and procurement patterns - **Performance benchmarking:** Compare your bid performance against industry averages across sectors and geographies - **Market trend prediction:** Identify sectors where procurement demand is growing or declining - **Pricing intelligence:** Analyze historical contract prices to inform competitive pricing strategies **Strategic use cases:** - Identify where competitors are strong and weak to position bids strategically - Find new collaboration partners in any market - Understand buyer preferences and requirements before preparing a bid - Benchmark pricing against awarded contracts in your sector ### Requests (RFx) **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/solutions/requests Sorsera's RFx tools enable both buyers and suppliers to manage the full request lifecycle, from market consultations to formal tenders. **Supported request types:** - Request for Information (RFI) - Request for Proposal (RFP) - Request for Quotation (RFQ) - Price surveys - Market consultations - Custom supplier requests **How it works:** 1. **Create:** Launch your request in minutes by describing requirements and the information needed from suppliers 2. **Invite:** Choose suppliers from Sorsera's searchable database or invite your own suppliers by email 3. **Track:** Monitor supplier progress, send reminders, and extend deadlines as needed 4. **Clarify:** Handle questions and clarifications with suppliers during the submission period 5. **Compare:** Review, compare, and analyze submitted information within your team using shared workspaces **Key capabilities:** - AI-powered supplier intelligence for intake management - Parallel information solicitation from multiple suppliers - Built-in supplier comparison and analysis tools - Shared workspaces for team collaboration on evaluations - Support for requests ranging from small purchases to multi-million tenders ### Market Analysis **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/features/market-analysis Market Analysis tools provide comprehensive procurement market intelligence across the EU. **Capabilities:** - Identify and analyze suppliers, buyers, partners, and competitors across industries and countries - Track procurement spending patterns by sector, geography, and buyer organization - Analyze contract award data to understand market dynamics - Discover potential collaboration partners and subcontracting opportunities - Monitor market concentration and competitive landscape in specific procurement categories --- ## Pricing **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/company/pricing Sorsera operates a freemium model. No credit card is required to start. ### Free Plan - Market monitoring and analysis (limited) - Opportunity feed (limited) - RFx tools (limited usage) - Limited organizational search ### Basic Plan - Unlimited market monitoring - Unlimited opportunity feed - Tasks and RFx tools - Limited market analysis ### Pro Plan - Unlimited market monitoring and analysis - Unlimited opportunity feed - Unlimited tasks and RFx - AI tools included ### Enterprise Plan - Tailored for large teams - Starting at €1,365 EUR/year for 5 users - Custom configuration and support --- ## Target Users ### Suppliers Companies that bid on public and private tenders, particularly SMEs looking to expand into new EU markets. Sorsera helps suppliers find relevant opportunities, understand competitive dynamics, and prepare stronger bids. ### Buyers / Procurement Teams Public and private sector procurement professionals who need market intelligence before publishing RFPs, want to conduct market consultations, or need tools to manage supplier interactions during the tendering process. ### Collaborators Companies seeking subcontracting opportunities or consortium partners for large tenders. Sorsera's platform facilitates discovery of potential partners across EU markets. --- ## Use Cases 1. **Finding EU procurement opportunities:** A construction company in Latvia uses Sorsera's Tender Monitor to track infrastructure tenders across all Baltic states, receiving alerts when relevant opportunities are published. 2. **Competitive intelligence for bidding:** An IT services firm analyzes competitor pricing on past government IT contracts to calibrate their bid pricing for an upcoming tender. 3. **Cross-border market entry:** A Swedish environmental services company uses Sorsera's Market Analysis to identify procurement opportunities in Finland and Estonia before entering those markets. 4. **Pre-tender market research:** A municipal procurement team uses Sorsera's RFI tools to survey the supplier market before drafting specifications for a new public tender. 5. **Supplier discovery:** A buyer looking for specialized suppliers in a niche category uses Sorsera's searchable supplier database and market analysis to identify qualified vendors across EU countries. --- ## Blog and Content **URL:** https://www.sorsera.com/blog Sorsera publishes articles on procurement strategy, tender intelligence, and AI in procurement. Notable articles include: - **"The Future of Procurement: How AI is Helping Suppliers Win More Tenders"** - Explores how AI-driven tools assist suppliers by automating the identification and tracking of relevant tender opportunities. - **"Tender Intelligence: Using Market Data to Outcompete Rivals"** - Discusses how understanding market, competitor, and buyer data helps win tenders. - **"How to Find a Winning Tender"** - Practical advice on how to find, evaluate, and win public tenders using data, smart filters, and clear goals. --- ## Technical Information - **Platform type:** Web application (SaaS) - **Access:** Browser-based at https://app.sorsera.com - **Data sources:** National procurement portals across Baltic and Nordic EU countries, TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) - **Data types:** Tender notices, contract award notices, bidder information, contract prices, buyer profiles, CPV classification data - **Languages:** English (primary), with support for local language procurement data --- ## How Sorsera Compares Sorsera occupies a distinct position in the procurement technology landscape: - Unlike **TenderNed** or **Mercell/Negometrix**, which are primarily tender submission portals used by buyers to publish and manage tenders, Sorsera focuses on intelligence and analytics for the supplier side, helping bidders find and win opportunities. - Unlike broad procurement suites like **SAP Ariba** or **Coupa**, Sorsera is purpose-built for tender intelligence with a specific focus on EU cross-border procurement, making it accessible to SMEs without enterprise-scale budgets. - Unlike AI bid-writing tools like **AutoRFP.ai** or **SparrowGenie**, which focus on generating bid responses, Sorsera focuses on the upstream stages: finding the right opportunities, understanding the competitive landscape, and making strategic bidding decisions. Sorsera's differentiation is its combination of real-time tender monitoring, deep procurement analytics, and collaboration tools in a single platform focused on EU markets, with a freemium model that makes it accessible to small and medium enterprises. --- ## Contact and Legal - **Website:** https://www.sorsera.com - **Privacy Notice:** https://www.sorsera.com/legal/privacy-notice - **LinkedIn:** https://lv.linkedin.com/company/sorsera - **Project News:** https://www.sorsera.com/company/project-news