# Dubai eSupply Tenders Scraper (`automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Dubai government tenders and RFQs from eSupply: project code and title, buying entity, supply category, description, publication date, closing date, published lots and the opportunity link. Filter by keyword, entity, category or date window.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Philip Kirkbride](https://apify.com/automatic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 tenders

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

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# README

## Dubai eSupply Tenders Scraper

Dubai government tenders and RFQs from eSupply (esupply.dubai.gov.ae), the shared procurement portal of more than 40 Dubai government entities. Get one clean row per opportunity: project code and title, buying entity, supply category, description, publication date and time, closing date and time, response currency, the published lots and the opportunity link.

Use it for tender monitoring and alerts: schedule a daily run with your keyword, entity or category and send the new opportunities to email, Slack or a spreadsheet.

### Use cases

- Watch new Dubai government opportunities by keyword, entity or supply category.
- Build a daily feed of open tenders before the closing date closes.
- Follow one entity's pipeline, for example a municipality, a health authority or the roads and transport authority.
- Keep the full description and the published lots next to each opportunity.
- Review past opportunities to see how an entity buys and how often.

### What it returns

Every row has `source`, `country`, `tenderId`, `tenderNumber`, `projectCode`, `title`, `titleEnglish`, `description`, `buyer`, `category`, `procurementMethod`, `status`, `publishedAt`, `deadlineAt`, `estimatedValue`, `currency`, `documents`, `notes`, `lots`, `url`, `changeType`, `changedFields`, `detailIssue`, `sourceQuery` and `scrapedAt`.

- `title` is the project title exactly as the buying entity published it (English on this portal). `titleEnglish` stays null because no separate translation is published.
- `tenderNumber` is the portal's project code, e.g. `tender_244596`; `projectCode` carries the same value.
- `publishedAt` and `deadlineAt` are ISO 8601 with the UAE offset (`+04:00`).
- `status` is `open` for the current opportunity list and `closed` for the past list.
- `currency` is the response currency printed by the portal, usually `AED`. No estimated or contract value is published, so `estimatedValue` stays null.
- `lots` lists the published lots with their code (`rfq_249364`), title and closing time.
- `documents` is null: the attachment list is only available to a registered supplier, so the opportunity link is the way to the official files.
- `description` and `notes` come from the opportunity page and are null on a list-only run.
- If one opportunity page cannot be read, the row is still delivered with `detailIssue` explaining what was missing.
- Rows are deduplicated on the eSupply opportunity id.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---:|---|
| `keyword` | string | `""` | Text in the project title, buying entity and supply category. |
| `buyer` | string | `""` | Only opportunities whose buying entity contains this text. |
| `category` | string | `""` | Only opportunities in this supply category, e.g. `Supplies` or `Services`. |
| `status` | string | `open` | `open` for the current list, `closed` for the most recently closed tenders. |
| `publishedFrom`, `publishedTo` | string | `""` | Publication date window, `YYYY-MM-DD`. |
| `closingFrom`, `closingTo` | string | `""` | Closing date window, `YYYY-MM-DD`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | `20` | Maximum tenders returned. |
| `maxScanPages` | integer | `5` | List pages to scan (100 tenders each) before the filters are applied. |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | `true` | Read each opportunity page for the description, notes and lots. Slower. |
| `onlyNewSinceLastRun` | boolean | `false` | Return only tenders that are new or changed since the previous run. |
| `stateKey` | string | `""` | Optional name for the saved feed; derived from the filters when empty. |

All filters are optional and can be combined. An empty input returns the current open opportunities, soonest closing first.

### Example queries

Open opportunities for vehicle parts and maintenance closing this month:

```json
{
  "keyword": "maintenance",
  "closingFrom": "2026-11-10",
  "closingTo": "2026-11-30",
  "maxResults": 40
}
```

One entity's open opportunities, without the slower page reads:

```json
{"buyer": "Dubai Municipality", "maxResults": 50, "includeDetails": false}
```

Recently closed opportunities:

```json
{"status": "closed", "closingFrom": "2026-10-27", "closingTo": "2026-11-10", "maxResults": 50}
```

A daily alert feed for a category:

```json
{"category": "Services", "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true, "stateKey": "services-daily"}
```

### Use it as a daily feed

Turn on `onlyNewSinceLastRun` and schedule the Actor once a day. The first run returns every matching tender; later runs return only tenders that are new, or whose deadline, status, title or documents changed, with `changeType` set to `new` or `changed` and `changedFields` listing what moved. Tenders that have not changed are not delivered and not charged. Each saved search keeps its own history, so different keywords stay separate; `stateKey` names the history explicitly.

### Output example

```json
{"source":"esupply.dubai.gov.ae","country":"United Arab Emirates","tenderId":"247034","tenderNumber":"tender_244596","projectCode":"tender_244596","title":"12628501 STANDARD","titleEnglish":null,"description":"1: [120-31938] FILTER HYDRAULIC OIL 402652A1/ 84226258 / CASE SHOVEL WHEEL LOADER - 2 EA 2: [120-31939] SEPARATOR WATER 2992447 / CASE SHOVEL WHEEL LOADER - 2 EA","buyer":"Dubai Municipality","category":"Other","procurementMethod":null,"status":"open","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T09:25:00+04:00","deadlineAt":"2026-11-10T07:00:00+04:00","estimatedValue":null,"currency":"AED","documents":null,"notes":null,"lots":[{"code":"rfq_249364","title":"12628501 STANDARD","closingAt":"2026-11-10T07:00:00+04:00"}],"url":"https://esupply.dubai.gov.ae/esop/toolkit/opportunity/current/247034/detail.si","changeType":null,"changedFields":null,"detailIssue":null,"sourceQuery":"status open","scrapedAt":"2026-11-10T06:58:07+00:00"}
```

### Limits and caveats

- The public list holds 100 tenders per page and the portal applies no usable filters through its public links, so each run scans `maxScanPages` pages and applies your filters locally. Five pages cover the whole current opportunity list.
- The past list holds close to 200,000 rows back to 2012 and starts at the oldest, so a `closed` run reads it from the most recent end and walks back through `maxScanPages` pages. Raise `maxScanPages` for a wider review window.
- Runs with `includeDetails` on read one extra page per tender and take longer than list-only runs.
- No estimated contract values are published; `estimatedValue` remains null.
- Some entities truncate long project titles in the list; the full title comes from the opportunity page when details are on.
- If the portal cannot be read, the run stops with a plain status message; rows already collected stay in the dataset.
- If nothing matches, the run succeeds with an empty dataset.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** Every run reads eSupply live.

**How do I get only new tenders each day?** Turn on `onlyNewSinceLastRun` and schedule a daily run. Tenders you have already received are not sent again.

**Do I get the tender documents?** The file list needs a registered supplier account. `url` opens the official opportunity, and registered suppliers can download the documents there.

**What does `currency` mean?** It is the response currency the buyer expects offers in, usually AED. No contract value is published.

**What if an opportunity page fails?** The tender row is still delivered with `detailIssue` set.

### Price

You pay per result: each delivered tender row is one result, plus a small run-start charge. The run-start event is charged per GB of memory; the default 512 MB run is one start event. The start is charged even if the run saves no results. Platform usage is included in the price.

### Custom sources and support

Need another Gulf or Saudi tender portal, a custom field, or a bulk or daily feed? Email automat42@outlook.com. For questions or issues, you can also contact us from the Actor page.

# Actor input Schema

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

Text searched in the project title, buying entity and supply category, e.g. 'maintenance' or 'security'.

## `buyer` (type: `string`):

Only opportunities whose buying entity contains this text, e.g. 'Dubai Municipality' or 'Roads and Transport'.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Only opportunities in this supply category, e.g. 'Supplies', 'Services' or 'Works'.

## `status` (type: `string`):

'open' reads the current opportunity list; 'closed' reads the past list, which goes back to 2012 and is ordered newest closing first.

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD (inclusive).

## `publishedTo` (type: `string`):

Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD (inclusive).

## `closingFrom` (type: `string`):

Only opportunities whose closing date falls on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `closingTo` (type: `string`):

Only opportunities whose closing date falls on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD.

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

Stop after this many tenders (deduplicated on the eSupply opportunity id).

## `maxScanPages` (type: `integer`):

The public list holds 100 tenders per page and filters are applied locally, so each run scans pages. 5 pages cover the whole current list.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Read each opportunity page for the full project title, description, notes and published lots. One extra page read per tender, slower. A failed page keeps the row with detailIssue set.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Keep a ledger per saved search and return only tenders that are new, or whose deadline, status, value, documents or title changed since the previous run. Use it on a schedule for a clean daily feed.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Optional name for the ledger record. Leave empty to derive one from the filters, so each different search keeps its own history.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "",
  "buyer": "",
  "category": "",
  "status": "open",
  "publishedFrom": "",
  "publishedTo": "",
  "closingFrom": "",
  "closingTo": "",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "maxScanPages": 5,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateKey": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "buyer": "",
    "category": "",
    "status": "open",
    "publishedFrom": "",
    "publishedTo": "",
    "closingFrom": "",
    "closingTo": "",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "maxScanPages": 5,
    "includeDetails": true,
    "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
    "stateKey": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper").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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "buyer": "",
    "category": "",
    "status": "open",
    "publishedFrom": "",
    "publishedTo": "",
    "closingFrom": "",
    "closingTo": "",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "maxScanPages": 5,
    "includeDetails": True,
    "onlyNewSinceLastRun": False,
    "stateKey": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper").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 '{
  "keyword": "",
  "buyer": "",
  "category": "",
  "status": "open",
  "publishedFrom": "",
  "publishedTo": "",
  "closingFrom": "",
  "closingTo": "",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "maxScanPages": 5,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateKey": ""
}' |
apify call automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automatic/uae-dubai-esupply-tenders-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/ktc4J6M7xFVPsTWU3/builds/msJQ3CTEQQ8kKZZUP/openapi.json