EU Tenders Monitor: TED Procurement Alerts (MCP)

Every public procurement notice across the European Union — 11,000+ notices per day from the official TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) Search API, no key, no login. Search by keyword, buyer country or CPV sector code; or monitor watch queries and get new-tender alerts the day they're posted. MCP-compatible, agent-ready.

Why companies pay for this

TED-alert SaaS tools charge €50–200/month to watch your keywords. Public contracts are how EU businesses win steady revenue — but TED's own expert search uses a bespoke query language nobody writes by hand. This actor turns it into plain JSON: keyword in → tenders out, with buyer, deadline, CPV codes and direct TED links.

What you get per row

publicationNumber, noticeType (cn-standard, can-standard…), title (English preferred), buyerName, buyerCountry, placeCountry, publicationDate, deadlineDate (latest across lots), cpvCodes, estimatedValue + currency when disclosed, buyerProfileUrl (the buyer's portal), procedureId, and a direct tedUrl.

Two modes

search — prospect right now

{ "mode": "search", "query": "cloud services", "country": "DEU", "daysBack": 14, "maxResults": 20 }

Sector filter: "cpv": "33" (medical equipment) or "45" (construction).

monitor — daily deal-flow

{ "mode": "monitor", "watchQueries": ["hotels@FRA", "medical supplies@DEU@33", "security services"], "maxResults": 30 }

• Run 1 = free baseline — cursor stamped to today.
• Run 2+ emits only tenders posted since the last run — new-tender, numbered, with deadline and buyer.
• Schedule daily; a quiet day costs $0.001.

Recipes

1. Win public contracts — sales teams watch their keywords per country; the row arrives with the deadline so nothing is missed.
2. Bid research for agents — "any new IT tenders in Italy this week?" answered with dated, sourced rows.
3. Competitor radar — watch the buyer's category names or CPV slices you care about.

Data honesty & limits

• Every row comes from the official TED Search API at run time; nothing is inferred. Values are present only when the contracting authority discloses them (estimated value is often empty on early-stage notices).
• Titles arrive in the notice's official language; English is preferred when a translation exists.
• Monitor reads notices posted since the cursor; tenders posted while the actor is paused appear on the next run (dates are preserved).

Pricing

event	price
Actor start	$0.001
EU tender notice	$0.001 / row

Typical runs: 20-row prospecting search ≈ $0.021 · daily watch with 5 new tenders ≈ $0.006.

MCP / AI-agent usage

https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_HANDLE~eu-tenders-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN

Input = the JSON above. Output = rows as documented. Compatible with per-request agentic payments.

Questions / field requests (contract value history, award results): Issues tab on Apify Store.