# DOT Bid Tabulations Scraper – WSDOT & Caltrans Bid Results (`appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results`) Actor

Get state DOT bid results from WSDOT bid tabulations and Caltrans: contract number, project, bid opening date, engineer's estimate, every bidder with amount and rank, and the low bidder's margin. For contractors, estimators and suppliers. One result per contract.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results.md
- **Developed by:** [GM Labs](https://apify.com/appetizing_horsefly) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 bid results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## DOT Bid Results Scraper – WSDOT Bid Tabulations & Caltrans Bid Results

Pull **state Department of Transportation bid results** into clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Each record includes the contract number, project title, bid opening date, engineer's estimate, every bidder with its bid amount and rank, the low bidder, and how far the low bid came in under or over the estimate. Built for **heavy-civil contractors, estimators, materials suppliers, subcontractors, construction-data providers and bid-alert services**.

### Sources

| Agency | What you get | Source |
|---|---|---|
| **WSDOT** (Washington) | Highway construction **bid tabulations**: engineer's estimate, all bidders with addresses and WSDOT contractor numbers, contract totals, % vs. estimate, award date | Official WSDOT bid tabulation PDFs (public) |
| **Caltrans** (California) | Weekly **procurement and service contract bid results**: contract number, description, district, bidders, small-business (SB) flag, bid amounts | dot.ca.gov weekly bid results pages |

More DOTs are planned. TxDOT is not included because its current results are only available in an interactive Tableau dashboard.

### Use cases

- **Competitive intelligence:** see who bid, what they bid and how often they win. Filter by `bidderContains` to track a competitor.
- **Estimating:** compare low bids with engineer's estimates to calibrate your pricing.
- **Sales prospecting:** materials suppliers and subcontractors can find the contractors who just won work.
- **Market reports:** analyze letting volume and bid spreads by region and month.
- **Alerts:** schedule weekly runs with `sinceDate` and push results to Slack, email or Google Sheets.

### Try it free in 1 click

The input form is **prefilled with a small, working example**. Press **Start** without changing anything: the run returns the 10 most recent WSDOT and Caltrans bid results. Our test run of exactly this input finished in about 43 seconds with 10 results. At list price that is about $0.20, which fits inside the free monthly credit of Apify's free plan. Then swap in your own values.

Prefilled input:

```json
{
  "agencies": [
    "WSDOT",
    "Caltrans"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

### Sample output

Real rows from the prefilled run on 2026-10-14 (5 of 10 results shown; long fields trimmed). Download the full dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

| agency | contractNumber | title | bidOpenedDate | bidderCount | lowBidder | lowBidAmount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSDOT | XE3772 | SR 906 HYAK VICINITY EMERGENCY WASHOUT RESTORATION 26Y… | 2026-09-23 | 8 | SCARSELLA BROS., INC. | $1,242,940 |
| WSDOT | XE3762 | SR 104 BREMERTON TRM SLIP 1 VTS TOWER PRESERVATION 26W… | 2026-08-26 | 2 | ASSOCIATED UNDERWATER SERVICES INC. | $140,982 |
| Caltrans | 01A6672 | Hazardous Waste Disposal Services in Mendocino, Humbol… | 2026-10-07 | 3 | Dillard Trucking, Inc. dba Dillard Environmental Servi… | $283,875 |
| Caltrans | 12A2394 | Hazardous Waste Disposal Services in Orange County | 2026-10-07 | 2 | Costera Waste & Environmental, Inc. | $1,197,000 |
| WSDOT | XE3764 | US 12 LOCUST LN VICINITY EMERGENCY WASHOUT REPAIR 26Y0… | 2026-08-26 | 7 | INTERWEST CONSTRUCTION, INC. | $329,923 |

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `agencies` | `WSDOT`, `Caltrans` |
| `sinceDate` | Bid openings on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Default: last 60 days |
| `untilDate` | Optional end date |
| `keyword` | Filter on project title (e.g. `bridge`, `paving`, `HVAC`) |
| `bidderContains` | Only contracts where a matching company bid |
| `maxResults` | 0 = unlimited |

### Example output

```json
{
  "agency": "WSDOT",
  "state": "WA",
  "category": "construction",
  "contractNumber": "XE3772",
  "projectId": "26Y014",
  "title": "SR 906 HYAK VICINITY EMERGENCY WASHOUT RESTORATION 26Y014",
  "location": "SR 906, KITTITAS County",
  "region": "SCR",
  "bidOpenedDate": "2026-09-23",
  "awardedDate": "2026-09-24",
  "engineersEstimate": 1382987,
  "lowBidder": "SCARSELLA BROS., INC.",
  "lowBidAmount": 1242940,
  "lowBidPctOfEstimate": 89.87,
  "bidderCount": 8,
  "bidders": [
    {"rank": 1, "name": "SCARSELLA BROS., INC.", "address": "8404 S 196TH ST", "cityStateZip": "KENT, WA 98031-1884", "contractorNumber": "746000", "bidAmount": 1242940, "pctVsEstimate": -10.13},
    {"rank": 2, "name": "KLB CONSTRUCTION LLC", "bidAmount": 1288804.8, "pctVsEstimate": -6.81}
  ],
  "parseStatus": "ok",
  "sourceUrl": "https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/Contracts-bidtabulation-26Y014.pdf"
}
```

### Notes

- WSDOT occasionally posts a bid tab as a scanned, image-only PDF. Those contracts are still returned, with `parseStatus: "image-only-pdf"` and the PDF link, so nothing is silently dropped.
- Caltrans results are preliminary, as posted by Caltrans, and may change after bid review.
- One result = one contract, with all of its bidders.

**Keywords:** DOT bid results, bid tabulations, bid tabs scraper, WSDOT bid tabulation, Caltrans bid results, highway construction bids, letting results, low bidder, engineer's estimate, construction bid data.

### Use it as an MCP tool (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, any AI agent)

This Actor works as a tool in the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com), so an AI agent can call it directly and you pay per result, the same as a normal run. Add this server URL to any MCP client:

```
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results
```

Sign in with your Apify account (or pass your Apify API token as a Bearer header). The agent reads the input fields above from the Actor's input schema. Example request to the agent: "Show Caltrans bid results since September 1 where a given contractor bid, with the low bid versus the engineer's estimate."

### Support

Questions, a bug, or a data source you need? Use this Actor's **Issues** tab or email **gm-labs@mail.grokbot.com**. Built and maintained by GM Labs.

# Actor input Schema

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Which DOT sources to pull.

## `sinceDate` (type: `string`):

Bid opening date on/after. Empty = last 60 days.

## `untilDate` (type: `string`):

Optional latest bid opening date to include, as YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to include everything up to today.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

e.g. paving, bridge, HVAC

## `bidderContains` (type: `string`):

Optional text to match in any bidder name, for example a competitor's company name. Case-insensitive.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of contracts to return. 0 means no limit. You are charged per contract returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "agencies": [
    "WSDOT",
    "Caltrans"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All results in the default dataset

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "agencies": [
        "WSDOT",
        "Caltrans"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "agencies": [
        "WSDOT",
        "Caltrans",
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "agencies": [
    "WSDOT",
    "Caltrans"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,appetizing_horsefly/dot-bid-results"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dtrcaiNV4bLUD1ftk/builds/D1LiDAaf0UfcfXoTs/openapi.json