Brazil Open Tenders API (Licitações Abertas)

Find Brazilian government tenders that are open for proposals right now, from PNCP (Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas), the official national procurement portal where federal, state and municipal agencies must publish their tenders under Law 14.133/2021.

Use it to find sales opportunities with the government, build a daily alert of new tenders for your product, or give an AI agent a live view of Brazilian public procurement.

🇧🇷 Licitações abertas do PNCP via API: encontre editais com propostas abertas agora, por UF, modalidade (pregão eletrônico, concorrência, dispensa...), município, órgão, valor estimado e palavras no objeto, com prazo de encerramento e link do edital. Ideal para alertas diários de oportunidades. Mais detalhes em português no fim da página.

What can you do with it?

• 💼 Find sales opportunities: every open tender for your product in the states you serve, with the closing date.
• 🔔 Daily alerts: schedule a run every morning and get only new tenders by e-mail, Slack or webhook.
• 🗺️ Map demand: see which agencies and cities buy what you sell, and their estimated budgets.
• 🤖 AI agents: let an agent search live Brazilian public tenders and draft bid summaries.

What you get per tender

• Buyer agency (CNPJ, name, federal/state/municipal), unit, city and state
• Tender object (what the agency wants to buy) and additional information
• Type (pregão, concorrência, dispensa, credenciamento...), dispute mode and legal basis
• Estimated total value in BRL (when the agency publishes it)
• Proposal opening and closing date and time (Brasília time)
• Link to the tender page on PNCP and to the agency's own system

How to find open tenders in 3 steps

1. Click Try for free and pick the states (empty means the whole country) and tender types.
2. Add keywords for your product (accents and case are ignored) and, if you want, a minimum estimated value.
3. Click Start. Tenders closing soonest come with the deadline in Brasília time; export them or schedule a daily run.

Input

Field	Description
states	Buyer states (UF), e.g. ["SP", "MG"]. Filtered by PNCP. Default ["DF"]; empty = whole country.
modalities	Tender types, e.g. electronic reverse auction (pregão eletrônico). Filtered by PNCP. Empty = all.
closingBefore	Only tenders whose proposals close by this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty = 30 days from today.
keywords	Words in the tender object, accents and case ignored (any word matches).
buyerCnpj	Only one agency. Filtered by PNCP.
cityIbgeCode	Only one city (7-digit IBGE code). Filtered by PNCP.
minEstimatedValueBrl	Minimum estimated value. Tenders without an estimate are skipped when set.
maxItems	Stop after this many tenders (default 50).

Speed

Brazil has about 25,000 tenders open at any time. State, type, agency and city are filtered by PNCP itself, so use them. Keywords and value are checked by the Actor while reading the results. PNCP returns 50 tenders per page and the first page of a query can take up to a minute; the next pages take about 2 seconds. Example: São Paulo + pregão eletrônico + keyword "software" finished in about 30 seconds.

Output example

{
  "pncpId": "45781176000166-1-001353/2025",
  "pncpUrl": "https://pncp.gov.br/app/editais/45781176000166/2025/1353",
  "modality": "Pregão - Eletrônico",
  "object": "Contratação de empresa especializada para prestação de serviço de locação de sistema web...",
  "estimatedValueBrl": 4330766.67,
  "proposalsCloseAt": "2026-11-05T07:30:00",
  "buyerName": "MUNICIPIO DE AMERICANA",
  "city": "Americana",
  "state": "SP"
}

How much does it cost?

You pay only for open tenders that match your filters. Reading the PNCP pages and filtering is free.

This Actor does one thing: open tenders. Signed contracts are in Brazil Public Contracts (PNCP) and company data in Brazil CNPJ Lookup, from the same publisher.

$0.002 per open tender (tender event, pay per event). Charged once per open tender returned that matches your filters. Scanning is free.

You get	Free tier	Bronze tier (10% off)	Gold tier (30% off)
100 open tenders	$0.20	$0.18	$0.14
1,000 open tenders	$2.00	$1.80	$1.40
10,000 open tenders	$20.00	$18.00	$14.00

Discounts follow your Apify subscription tier: Bronze 10%, Silver 20%, Gold and above 30%. No subscription to this Actor and no charge for platform usage: you pay only for results. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, enough for about 2,500 open tenders at the list price. You can cap the cost of any run with Maximum cost per run; the Actor stops when it is reached.

Data source and limits

Official public API of PNCP (pncp.gov.br/api/consulta). Data follows what each agency publishes; some agencies publish late or without an estimated value. Tenders whose deadline already passed are removed from the results. Always confirm the rules in the official notice before bidding.

More questions

Does it return only tenders that are still open?

Yes. It reads PNCP's list of tenders receiving proposals and also drops any tender whose closing date and time (proposalsCloseAt, Brasília time) has already passed when the run reads it, because PNCP sometimes still lists them.

Which tender types can I filter?

The 13 PNCP modalities: electronic reverse auction (pregão eletrônico), in-person reverse auction, electronic and in-person competition (concorrência), competitive dialogue, contest, auctions (leilão), direct purchase by exemption (dispensa), unenforceability (inexigibilidade), expression of interest, pre-qualification and accreditation (credenciamento). Pick several at once; each state × type pair is one PNCP query, and duplicates are removed.

How do I get alerts for my product every day?

Save an input with your states, types and keywords as a task and add an Apify schedule (for example every morning). Each run returns every tender open at that moment, so to see only the new ones, sort or filter by publishedAt in your sheet or automation, or connect a webhook / integration (Slack, e-mail, Google Sheets).

Where do keywords look?

In the tender object and in the additional information, ignoring accents and case. A tender is kept when any keyword appears as part of that text (software also finds softwares).

Why do some tenders have no estimated value?

Agencies may keep the estimate confidential (Law 14.133/2021 allows it) or publish it later. Those come with estimatedValueBrl: null; if you set minEstimatedValueBrl, they are skipped.

Where do I download the notice (edital)?

pncpUrl opens the tender page on PNCP, where the notice and attachments are. sourceSystemUrl and electronicProcessUrl point to the agency's own system (Compras.gov.br, BLL, Licitanet and others) when the agency provides them. Always confirm dates and rules in the notice before bidding.

Why does the first page take so long?

PNCP takes up to a minute to answer the first page of each new query; the next pages take about 2 seconds. Filters sent to PNCP (state, type, agency and city IBGE code) make each query smaller, so use them instead of scanning the whole country.

How do I filter by city?

Use cityIbgeCode with the 7-digit IBGE code (São Paulo is 3550308). Our Brazil Municipalities & IBGE Codes Actor finds the code from a city name.

Use it via API

Run it from any language and get the results as JSON. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/br_data_hub~br-pncp-open-tenders/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"states": ["DF"]}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("br_data_hub/br-pncp-open-tenders").call(run_input={'states': ['DF']})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also schedule runs, send results to webhooks, or connect the Actor to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and other integrations.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor is ready for AI agents: typed input and output schemas, pay-per-event pricing, limited permissions and short runs.

• Apify MCP server: add https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=br_data_hub/br-pncp-open-tenders to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client, and the agent can call this Actor as a tool.
• Agent frameworks: call it from LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI or the OpenAI Agents SDK through the Apify integrations, or with the API call above.
• Results come as structured JSON with stable field names, documented in the Output tab.

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

Official public API of PNCP (pncp.gov.br/api/consulta). Data follows what each agency publishes; some agencies publish late or without an estimated value. Tenders whose deadline already passed are removed from the results. Always confirm the rules in the official notice before bidding.

How much does it cost?

$0.002 per open tender. Discounts follow your Apify subscription tier: Bronze 10%, Silver 20%, Gold and above 30%. See How much does it cost? above for examples.

Do I pay for errors or empty results?

No. Charged once per open tender returned that matches your filters. Scanning is free.

Can I run it on a schedule or connect it to other tools?

Yes. Use Apify schedules to run it daily or weekly, webhooks to get notified, and integrations such as Make, Zapier, n8n and Google Sheets. Everything also works through the API.

Can AI agents use it?

Yes. It works as a tool in the Apify MCP server and in agent frameworks, and AI agents can pay per event. See Use it with AI agents (MCP).

Is it legal to use this data?

The Actor reads only public, official sources and keeps personal data masked as the source publishes it. You are responsible for how you use the data, including LGPD compliance.

I found a bug or need a feature. What should I do?

Open an issue in the Issues tab. We answer within 14 days, usually much sooner.

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Usar em português

Licitações abertas do PNCP via API. O Actor busca na API oficial do Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas (PNCP) as licitações com recebimento de propostas aberto agora, de órgãos federais, estaduais e municipais, e devolve objeto, modalidade, valor estimado, prazo de encerramento (horário de Brasília) e os links do edital.

Para que serve: achar oportunidades de venda para o governo, montar alertas diários de editais do seu produto, mapear quais órgãos e cidades compram o que você vende e dar a um agente de IA acesso às licitações em tempo real.

Como usar em 3 passos:

1. Clique em Try for free e escolha as UFs (vazio = Brasil inteiro) e as modalidades (pregão eletrônico, concorrência, dispensa, credenciamento...).
2. Acrescente palavras-chave do seu produto (acentos e maiúsculas são ignorados) e, se quiser, um valor estimado mínimo, um órgão (CNPJ) ou um município (código IBGE).
3. Clique em Start, baixe na aba Output ou agende uma execução diária com envio por e-mail, Slack ou webhook.

Exemplo de entrada:

{ "states": ["SP", "MG"], "modalities": ["electronic-reverse-auction"], "keywords": ["software", "licença"], "minEstimatedValueBrl": 50000, "maxItems": 50 }

Campos principais: pncpId, pncpUrl (página do edital no PNCP), sourceSystemUrl e electronicProcessUrl (sistema do órgão), tenderNumber, processNumber, modality, disputeMode, legalBasis, isPriceRegistration (registro de preços), object, additionalInfo, estimatedValueBrl, status, proposalsOpenAt, proposalsCloseAt (prazo final), buyerCnpj, buyerName, buyerSphere, buyerUnit, city, cityIbgeCode, state, publishedAt.

Bom saber: licitações com prazo já vencido são descartadas; sem closingBefore, o Actor busca as que encerram nos próximos 30 dias. Órgãos podem manter o valor estimado em sigilo (vem null). Confira sempre as regras no edital antes de participar.

O que é grátis: você paga só pelas licitações entregues. Consulta sem resultado, erro de entrada ou falha do PNCP não geram cobrança.

Quanto custa: $0.002 por resultado (tender); 1.000 resultados saem por $2.00. Desconto pelo nível da assinatura Apify: Bronze 10%, Silver 20%, Gold ou acima 30%. Erros e consultas sem resultado não são cobrados. Use também pela API ou por agentes de IA no servidor MCP da Apify (https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=br_data_hub/br-pncp-open-tenders).