# GETS New Zealand Scraper: Government Tenders & Award Notices (`badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Scrape New Zealand government tenders and award notices from GETS: buyer, category, region, dates, awarded supplier and notice URL. No login, no personal data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Francesco Correnti](https://apify.com/badboxx_newlife) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

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

## 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.

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.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

NZ suppliers, bid writers and public-sector sales teams use this actor to pull open New Zealand government tenders and award notices from GETS (the Government Electronic Tenders Service) without a login. It returns a clean list with buyer, UNSPSC category, region, open and close dates, winning supplier and notice URL, ready for a CRM, an alert workflow or a weekly bid pipeline. No personal contact data is collected.

### Sample output

| Status | Title | Buyer | Category | Region | Published | Deadline | Awarded to | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open | Alcohol and Other Drug Testing (AODT) In the Commu | Department of Corrections | Healthcare Services | New Zealand | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-19 | - | [link](https://www.gets.govt.nz/DC/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=34961030) |
| open | Morrinsville School - Blocks A, C, D, FA (Board),  | Ministry of Education - School Infrastructure | Building and Facility Construction and Maintenance Services | Waikato | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-19 | - | [link](https://www.gets.govt.nz/MEDUR/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=34913354) |
| open | He Kete Taonga Pūoro | Ministry of Education | Musical Instruments and Games and Toys and Arts and Crafts and Educational Equipment and Materials and Accessories and Supplies | New Zealand | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-19 | - | [link](https://www.gets.govt.nz/MEDU/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=34979775) |
| awarded | Owheo Project Furniture Fitout | University of Otago | Furniture and Furnishings | Otago | 2026-07-16 | 2026-07-16 | Europlan | [link](https://www.gets.govt.nz/UO/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=34509000) |
| awarded | Closed secondary tender - Technical Writing (Guida | WorkSafe New Zealand | Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services | New Zealand | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-16 | Capire, Write Group Limited | [link](https://www.gets.govt.nz/WSNZ/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=35233823) |

### Input

| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `keyword` | Search GETS for this text. Returns up to 100 newest matches of any status (site search cap). Empty = browse the full lists. | `software` |
| `status` | `open` = tenders you can still bid on, `awarded` = award notices with the winning supplier, `all` = both plus closed. Default `open`. | `open` |
| `dateFrom` | Only tenders opened on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). | `2026-10-01` |
| `dateTo` | Only tenders opened on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). | `2026-10-17` |
| `maxItems` | Maximum tenders returned. Caps your cost. Default 100. | `100` |
| `timeoutSecs` | Stops gracefully after this many seconds and keeps what was found. Default 300. | `300` |

GETS publishes no contract value, so there is no value or `minValue` filter.

### Output fields

`rfxId`, `reference`, `title`, `buyer` (organisation), `department`, `description` (first sentences of the overview, with emails, phone numbers and contact sentences removed), `categoryCode` and `category` (UNSPSC), `region`, `tenderType`, `publishedDate`, `deadline`, `status` (open, closed, awarded), `awardedSuppliers` (company names, award notices only), `awardDate`, `url`. Contact names, emails and phone numbers are dropped.

### Pricing (pay per event)

- Actor start: $0.005 per run
- Result: $0.002 per tender ($2 per 1,000)

The run never fails: on a network error, the charge limit (`maxTotalChargeUsd`) or the time limit it keeps the tenders already saved, sets a status message and ends successfully. Every request has a 30 s timeout and 2 retries.

Data: public pages of gets.govt.nz, fetched without login, captcha or proxy.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search GETS for this text, e.g. software. Returns up to 100 newest matches of any status (the site search cap). Leave empty to browse the full lists.

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

open = tenders you can still bid on, awarded = award notices with the winning supplier, all = both plus closed. Example: open.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Only tenders opened on or after this date, format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-10-01. Leave empty for no limit.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Only tenders opened on or before this date, format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-10-17. Leave empty for no limit.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum tenders returned; you pay per item, so this caps cost. Example: 100.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Stop gracefully after this many seconds and keep what was found, e.g. 300.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "software",
  "status": "open",
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-17",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "timeoutSecs": 300
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `tenders` (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": "software",
    "status": "open",
    "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
    "dateTo": "2026-10-17",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "timeoutSecs": 300
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-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": "software",
    "status": "open",
    "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
    "dateTo": "2026-10-17",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "timeoutSecs": 300,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-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": "software",
  "status": "open",
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-17",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "timeoutSecs": 300
}' |
apify call badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,badboxx_newlife/gets-nz-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/Nd65SfGdJXDZdw4iS/builds/kzGy4BF43IO64dl2n/openapi.json