🇪🇺 EU Government Tender & Procurement Contract Scraper (TED API)

Access Europe's multi-trillion Euro public procurement pipeline in real-time. Automatically discover and extract high-value government tenders, RFPs, and contracts published across 27 EU member states and EEA nations via the official European Commission Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) API v3.

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⚡ Why Use This Actor?

Every year, public authorities across the European Union publish over €2 Trillion worth of public procurement contracts on the TED portal. Winning just one public tender can transform a company's financial trajectory.

Commercial procurement intelligence platforms like Stotles, Tenderstream, and GovSpend charge €3,000 to €20,000 per year for access.

This Actor provides direct, unmetered programmatic access to official EU public tenders with zero vendor markups, zero scraping fragility, and instant alert capabilities.

🌟 Key Unfair Advantages:

• Official European Commission API v3: Direct, stable connection to https://api.ted.europa.eu/v3/notices/search. No HTML scraping, zero IP bans, sub-second latency.
• Curated Sector CPV Presets: 1-click filtering across major commercial markets (IT/Software, Defense/Security, Healthcare/Pharma, Energy/Utilities, Construction, Consulting).
• Valuation Filtering: Focus exclusively on high-ticket tenders (e.g. filter for tenders > €500,000 or > €1,000,000).
• Direct Buyer Contact Information: Extract the purchasing authority's official contact email, department, and location to ask questions before the bidding window closes.
• Deadline Countdown & Urgency Badging: Automatically flags tenders closing in < 7 days (CRITICAL) or < 14 days (URGENT).
• Instant Webhook Alerts: Connect directly to your team's Slack or Discord channel for automated deal flow notifications.

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🏛️ Supported Industry Sectors

Sector Preset	CPV Codes	Example Contract Opportunities
💻 IT, Software, Cloud & AI	72000000, 48000000	Cloud migration, cybersecurity ops, SAP/Salesforce rollouts, custom software
🛡️ Defense, Tactical & Security	35000000	Drone surveillance, border security systems, tactical gear, radar networks
🏥 Healthcare, Medical & Pharma	33000000, 85000000	Hospital imaging (MRI/CT), ICU monitors, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic kits
⚡ Renewable Energy & Utilities	09300000, 65000000	Solar farms, wind turbines, grid modernization, water treatment facilities
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure & Works	45000000, 71200000	Highway construction, railway engineering, bridge maintenance, public buildings
📊 Consulting & Legal Services	79000000	Management consulting, statutory auditing, legal advisory, financial audits
🚚 Transport & Logistics	60000000, 34000000	Fleet vehicle electrification, municipal bus procurement, courier logistics

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sectors	array	["IT_SOFTWARE", "DEFENSE_SECURITY"]	Industry categories mapped to official EU CPV divisions
customCpvCodes	string	null	Optional comma-separated 8-digit CPV codes (e.g. 72260000, 35120000)
countries	array	[]	Filter by EU buyer countries (e.g. DEU, FRA, ITA, ESP, POL, NLD)
keywords	string	null	Full-text search across tender title and specifications (e.g. cybersecurity)
minContractValueEur	integer	0	Minimum contract estimated valuation in € EUR (0 = all tenders)
noticeTypes	array	["cn-standard", "pin-only"]	Contract Notices (active RFPs) or Prior Information Notices (pre-tenders)
daysBack	integer	14	How many days back to search from today (1 to 90 days)
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of tenders to extract per run (up to 2,000)
webhookUrl	string	null	Optional Discord or Slack webhook URL for real-time tender alert cards

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📤 Sample Output Record

{
  "publicationNumber": "522906-2024",
  "title": "Italy – Engineering services – Detailed feasibility and executive engineering design",
  "titleOriginal": "Affidamento dei servizi di ingegneria di progettazione di fattibilità tecnico economica",
  "description": "Engineering services for technical-economic feasibility study and hydraulic safety works...",
  "noticeType": "Contract Notice (Open RFP)",
  "publicationDate": "2024-09-02+02:00",
  "deadlineDate": "2024-09-23 12:00 UTC",
  "daysUntilDeadline": 21,
  "urgencyStatus": "🟢 ACTIVE (21d left)",
  "estimatedValueEur": 353942.65,
  "valueFormatted": "€353,943",
  "buyerName": "Comune di Foiano di Val Fortore",
  "buyerCountry": "ITA",
  "buyerCity": "Foiano di Val Fortore",
  "buyerEmail": "protocollo.foianovalfortore@asmepec.it",
  "sectorName": "Architectural, Engineering & Inspection Services",
  "primaryCpv": "71300000",
  "cpvCodes": ["71300000"],
  "contractNature": "services",
  "tenderUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/522906-2024/html",
  "tenderPdfUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/522906-2024/pdf",
  "procurementDocsUrl": "https://portaleappalti.comune.foiano.bn.it"
}

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💰 Pricing & Monetization

• Startup Fee: $0.003
• Per Tender Extracted: $0.005

Extracting 100 high-value government RFPs costs just $0.50 — a fraction of the cost of legacy RFP intelligence databases.

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🎯 Pro Tip: Automated B2B Sales Workflow

1. Select your target sector (e.g. IT_SOFTWARE).
2. Add your Slack or Discord webhook in webhookUrl.
3. Set daysBack: 1 and schedule the Actor to run every morning at 08:00 CET using Apify's built-in scheduler.
4. Your sales and bid management team will wake up to fresh, high-ticket government RFPs directly in your company communication channel!