# Germany Public Tenders Monitor — Öffentliche Ausschreibungen (`aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor`) Actor Monitor German public tenders (öffentliche Ausschreibungen) as clean JSON. Filter by keyword, CPV code, Bundesland & category. Daily alerts on new opportunities from all federal, state & municipal authorities. Official Open Data (CC0). Data is public domain. - **URL**: https://apify.com/aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Leo Rohmann](https://apify.com/aileo) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, News, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.00 / 1,000 delivered tender notices This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Germany Public Tenders Monitor 🇩🇪 — Öffentliche Ausschreibungen Scraper & API **Monitor German public procurement tenders (öffentliche Ausschreibungen) in clean JSON.** Filter by keyword, **CPV code**, region (Bundesland) and category. Get daily alerts about new opportunities from **every German federal, state and municipal contracting authority** — plus all EU-wide notices published for Germany. Built directly on the **official Open Data service** *Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf* (oeffentlichevergabe.de). Data is public domain (**CC0**) — no scraping of protected pages, no login, no legal grey zone. > Keywords: German tenders scraper, öffentliche Ausschreibungen API, public procurement > Germany, Vergabe monitoring, Bekanntmachungen, tender alerts, RFP monitoring, OCDS, > eForms, Ausschreibungsdatenbank, government contracts Germany. --- ### 💡 What you can do with it - **Lead generation for B2B sellers to government** — find every open tender in your industry. - **Tender / bid monitoring** — schedule a daily run and get only the *new* opportunities. - **Competitive intelligence** — track `award` notices to see who wins which contracts. - **Market research** — export a whole month of procurement activity by CPV or region. - **Feed your CRM, Slack, Google Sheet or AI agent** with structured, alert-ready JSON. Comparable commercial tender-alert services cost **49–500 €/month**. This Actor gives you the same raw signal for a few cents per run. --- ### ⚙️ Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | `lookbackDays` | Fetch notices from the last N completed days (use `1` for daily monitoring). | | `pubMonth` | Alternative: fetch a whole month `YYYY-MM` (one-time backfill). | | `keywords` | Keep only notices whose title/description contains one of these terms. | | `cpvCodes` | CPV prefix filter, e.g. `72` = IT/software, `45` = construction. | | `categories` | `works` / `goods` / `services`. | | `noticeTypes` | `tender` (open opportunities), `award` (who won), `planning`. | | `bundeslaender` | Filter by German federal state (via the buyer's NUTS region). | | `onlyNew` | Monitoring mode — skip notices already delivered in earlier runs. | | `includeDeadline` | Enrich each open tender with its submission deadline (Angebotsfrist). | | `includeContactData` | Include the authority's email/phone. **Off by default** — may contain personal data (GDPR). | | `maxItems` | Cap the number of delivered notices per run. | **Example input** ```json { "lookbackDays": 1, "keywords": ["Software", "IT-Dienstleistung"], "cpvCodes": ["72"], "categories": ["services"], "noticeTypes": ["tender"], "onlyNew": true, "includeDeadline": true, "maxItems": 500 } ```` ### 📤 Output Each result is one procurement notice: ```json { "noticeId": "006f8d07-dc63-46da-884c-051a1ae82991", "noticeType": "tender", "title": "A44 Viersen-Willich, Umbau AS Münchheide L26, Nachtragsbearbeitung", "buyer": "Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW - Regionalniederlassung Niederrhein", "buyerCity": "Mönchengladbach", "bundesland": "Nordrhein-Westfalen", "regionNuts": "DEA15", "category": "services", "procedure": "Open", "cpvCodes": ["71300000"], "deadline": "2025-12-16T11:00:00+01:00", "contactEmail": "RNL-NR-Vergabeservice@strassen.nrw.de", "contactPhone": "+49 21614090", "publishedDate": "2025-11-10T23:00:00.000Z", "sourceUrl": "https://oeffentlichevergabe.de/api/notices/006f8d07-dc63-46da-884c-051a1ae82991" } ``` > `contactEmail` and `contactPhone` are only populated when `includeContactData` is enabled. > By default they are `null`, so the output contains **no personal data** (see below). ### 🔁 Set up daily monitoring 1. Run the Actor once with your filters and `onlyNew: true`. 2. Open **Schedules** in the Apify Console and add a daily schedule. 3. Each day you receive **only the new tenders** matching your CPV/keyword/region filters. 4. Connect the dataset to Slack, email, Google Sheets or your CRM via Apify integrations. ### 🧠 How it works The Actor calls the official **notice-exports** Open Data endpoint, downloads the daily **OCDS** export (clean, normalized contracting data) and enriches each open tender with its submission deadline from the parallel **eForms** export. Results are filtered locally by your keywords, CPV codes, category, notice type and region, deduplicated against previous runs, and pushed to the dataset. - **Source:** Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf — oeffentlichevergabe.de - **License:** Creative Commons **CC0** (public domain) - **Coverage:** federal, state and municipal notices from 2022-12-01 onward, plus EU-wide notices for Germany. ### ❓ FAQ **Which notices have a submission deadline?** Open `tender` notices carry an Angebotsfrist (deadline). `award` and `planning` notices do not have one by nature. **Why is `sourceUrl` an API URL?** It is the official canonical notice URL. It returns the full machine-readable record; append `?format=ocds` or `?format=eforms` for a specific format. **Is this legal?** Yes. The data is published as Open Data under CC0 specifically for reuse via the official API. *** ### 🔒 Data protection & source (GDPR / DSGVO) - **Source:** official *Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf* (oeffentlichevergabe.de), retrieved via the sanctioned Open Data API. No login-protected or robots-disallowed page is accessed. - **License:** the data is dedicated to the public domain under **CC0**, which permits commercial reuse and redistribution. Note that CC0 waives copyright/database rights but does **not** waive data-protection rights. - **Personal data:** by default this Actor outputs only organisational and procurement data (buyer organisation, CPV, category, deadline, link) — **no personal data**. The authority's email/phone (which can be personal) are included **only** if you explicitly enable `includeContactData`. - **Your responsibility:** if you enable contact data, you become responsible for a lawful basis (typically legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for any further processing, and for not using it for unrelated marketing/spam. When in doubt, consult a data-protection lawyer. *** *Not affiliated with the German government. Data belongs to the respective contracting authorities and is provided under CC0 via the Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf.* # Actor input Schema ## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`): Ruft die Bekanntmachungen der letzten N abgeschlossenen Tage ab (heute wird von der Quelle noch nicht bereitgestellt). Für tägliches Monitoring: 1. ## `pubMonth` (type: `string`): Statt 'letzte Tage': einen kompletten Monat im Format YYYY-MM abrufen (z. B. 2025-11). Nützlich für einmaligen Backfill. Überschreibt 'lookbackDays'. ## `keywords` (type: `array`): Nur Ausschreibungen behalten, deren Titel oder Beschreibung mindestens eines dieser Stichwörter enthält (Groß/Kleinschreibung egal). Leer = kein Stichwort-Filter. ## `cpvCodes` (type: `array`): Filter nach CPV-Warengruppen per Präfix. Beispiel: '72' = alle IT-/Software-Leistungen, '45' = Bau. Leer = alle CPV. ## `categories` (type: `array`): Filter nach Hauptkategorie. Leer = alle. ## `noticeTypes` (type: `array`): 'tender' = offene Ausschreibungen (Chancen), 'award' = Zuschläge (wer hat gewonnen), 'planning' = Vorinformationen. Standard: nur offene Ausschreibungen. ## `bundeslaender` (type: `array`): Filter nach Bundesland (über NUTS-Region der Vergabestelle). Leer = ganz Deutschland. ## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`): Monitoring-Modus: bereits in früheren Läufen gelieferte Bekanntmachungen werden übersprungen. Für tägliche Alerts aktiviert lassen. ## `includeDeadline` (type: `boolean`): Reichert jede offene Ausschreibung mit der Angebotsfrist aus den eForms-Daten an. Deaktivieren für maximale Geschwindigkeit. ## `includeContactData` (type: `boolean`): Liefert E-Mail und Telefon der Vergabestelle mit. Kann personenbezogene Daten enthalten (DSGVO). Standardmäßig deaktiviert – nur aktivieren, wenn du eine eigene Rechtsgrundlage für die Weiterverarbeitung hast. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Obergrenze für gelieferte Bekanntmachungen pro Lauf. Für Monitoring mit engem Filter gern höher setzen. ## Actor input object example ```json { "lookbackDays": 1, "pubMonth": "2025-11", "noticeTypes": [ "tender" ], "onlyNew": true, "includeDeadline": true, "includeContactData": false, "maxItems": 100 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=aileo/germany-public-tenders-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Germany Public Tenders Monitor — Öffentliche Ausschreibungen", "description": "Monitor German public tenders (öffentliche Ausschreibungen) as clean JSON. Filter by keyword, CPV code, Bundesland & category. Daily alerts on new opportunities from all federal, state & municipal authorities. Official Open Data (CC0). Data is public domain.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "11a5icB0EzYAwYaM5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/aileo~germany-public-tenders-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-aileo-germany-public-tenders-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/aileo~germany-public-tenders-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-aileo-germany-public-tenders-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/aileo~germany-public-tenders-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-aileo-germany-public-tenders-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "lookbackDays": { "title": "Zeitraum: letzte Tage", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 31, "type": "integer", "description": "Ruft die Bekanntmachungen der letzten N abgeschlossenen Tage ab (heute wird von der Quelle noch nicht bereitgestellt). Für tägliches Monitoring: 1.", "default": 1 }, "pubMonth": { "title": "Alternativ: ganzer Monat (Backfill)", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "Statt 'letzte Tage': einen kompletten Monat im Format YYYY-MM abrufen (z. B. 2025-11). Nützlich für einmaligen Backfill. Überschreibt 'lookbackDays'." }, "keywords": { "title": "Stichwörter", "type": "array", "description": "Nur Ausschreibungen behalten, deren Titel oder Beschreibung mindestens eines dieser Stichwörter enthält (Groß/Kleinschreibung egal). Leer = kein Stichwort-Filter.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "cpvCodes": { "title": "CPV-Codes (Präfix)", "type": "array", "description": "Filter nach CPV-Warengruppen per Präfix. Beispiel: '72' = alle IT-/Software-Leistungen, '45' = Bau. Leer = alle CPV.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categories": { "title": "Auftragsart", "type": "array", "description": "Filter nach Hauptkategorie. Leer = alle.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "works", "goods", "services" ], "enumTitles": [ "Bauleistung (works)", "Lieferleistung (goods)", "Dienstleistung (services)" ] } }, "noticeTypes": { "title": "Bekanntmachungstyp", "type": "array", "description": "'tender' = offene Ausschreibungen (Chancen), 'award' = Zuschläge (wer hat gewonnen), 'planning' = Vorinformationen. Standard: nur offene Ausschreibungen.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "tender", "award", "planning" ], "enumTitles": [ "Ausschreibung (tender)", "Zuschlag (award)", "Vorinformation (planning)" ] }, "default": [ "tender" ] }, "bundeslaender": { "title": "Bundesländer", "type": "array", "description": "Filter nach Bundesland (über NUTS-Region der Vergabestelle). Leer = ganz Deutschland.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "DE1", "DE2", "DE3", "DE4", "DE5", "DE6", "DE7", "DE8", "DE9", "DEA", "DEB", "DEC", "DED", "DEE", "DEF", "DEG" ], "enumTitles": [ "Baden-Württemberg", "Bayern", "Berlin", "Brandenburg", "Bremen", "Hamburg", "Hessen", "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern", "Niedersachsen", "Nordrhein-Westfalen", "Rheinland-Pfalz", "Saarland", "Sachsen", "Sachsen-Anhalt", "Schleswig-Holstein", "Thüringen" ] } }, "onlyNew": { "title": "Nur neue seit letztem Lauf", "type": "boolean", "description": "Monitoring-Modus: bereits in früheren Läufen gelieferte Bekanntmachungen werden übersprungen. Für tägliche Alerts aktiviert lassen.", "default": true }, "includeDeadline": { "title": "Angebotsfrist anreichern", "type": "boolean", "description": "Reichert jede offene Ausschreibung mit der Angebotsfrist aus den eForms-Daten an. Deaktivieren für maximale Geschwindigkeit.", "default": true }, "includeContactData": { "title": "Kontaktdaten mitliefern (personenbezogen)", "type": "boolean", "description": "Liefert E-Mail und Telefon der Vergabestelle mit. Kann personenbezogene Daten enthalten (DSGVO). Standardmäßig deaktiviert – nur aktivieren, wenn du eine eigene Rechtsgrundlage für die Weiterverarbeitung hast.", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max. Ergebnisse", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Obergrenze für gelieferte Bekanntmachungen pro Lauf. 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