Cookie Policy

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie Subgroup Name Description Duration
TendersDirect ASP.NET_SessionId This cookie is used to persist the user session on the website. End of Session
TDE This cookie is used to track the visitor’s usage of the site in order to show appropriate content (i.e. contact forms). End of Session
TDParams This cookie is used to track the visitor’s usage of the site in order to show appropriate content (i.e. contact forms). 1 Year
TDCookieConsent This cookie is used to track users marketing preferences. 1 Year
savedFiltersMerged Stores your selection of notice filters which are applied for notice search pages. 1 Year
NSC_njmm-xfc-mjwf_2012 This cookie is used by load-balancer, which helps us distribute users evenly across our IT infastructure. 1 Hour

Functional & performance Cookies

Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.

Cookie Subgroup Name Description Duration On/Off
Google Analytics _ga This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. 2 Years
_gid This cookie is used to store and update a unique value for each page visited. 2 Years
_glc_au Advertisement efficiency across websites using Google AdSense. 3 Months
IDE This cookie is used to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficiency of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. 1 Year
_gat_* This cookie is used to throttle the request rate. 1 Minute
In_Or This cookie is used by a tool which builds feedback forms. 1 Day
Zopim _zte2095 This cookie allows the use of Zendesk on the site, which allows us to gather user feedback. End of Session
_zlcmid This cookie is managed by Zopim, a tool which provides live chat functionality. 1 Year
_zlcprivacy Live chat cookie, storing acceptance of privacy policy. 1 Year
_zlcid This cookie is managed by Zopim, a tool providing Live chat functionality. End of Session
_zlcstore This cookie is managed by Zopim, a tool which provides live chat functionality – the purpose of the cookie is to store the state of the chat session. End of Session
HotJar _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress A HotJar cookie, storing unique site visits. End of Session
_hjFirstSeen A HotJar cookie, storing date of first visit to the site. End of Session
_hjid This cookie is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser – assigned when a user first lands on a page with a Hotjar script. 1 Year
_hjSessionUser_* A hotJar cookie, storing a unique user id. 1 Year
_hjsession_* A HotJar functional cookie. 30 Minutes
_hjTLDTest A HotJar functional cookie. End of Session
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample A HotJar functional cookie. 30 Minutes
_hjIncludedInSessionSample A HotJar functional cookie. 2 Minutes
ClickDimensions Cuvid A CD cookie, storing unique id. 2 Years
Cusid A CD cookie, storing user activity in 30 min intervals. 30 Minutes
Cuvon A CD cookie, storing the last time a visitor viewed a page. 30 Minutes
LinkedIn Bscookie This cookie is used to track the use of embedded services from the social network. 2 Years
Bcookie This cookie is used to identify visitor through an application. This allows the visitor to login to a website through their LinkedIn application for example. 2 Years
Lidc This cookie is used to track the use of embedded services from the social network. 1 Day
UserMatchHistory This cookie is used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. 29 Days
Lang This cookie is used to store the user’s language preferences. End of Session
_clsk This cookie is managed by Microsoft Clarity – a marketing tool. Used to store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. End of Session
_clck This cookie is managed by Microsoft Clarity – a marketing tool. Used to store a unique user id. 1 Year