PNCP Tenders Monitor – Brazil Government Tenders & Alerts

PNCP tenders monitor for Brazil government tenders (licitações): find open public tenders – pregão eletrônico, dispensa, concorrência – published on PNCP (Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas), the official mandatory procurement portal under Lei 14.133/2021. It uses PNCP's official public consultation API – no login, no captcha, no browser – and can send daily tender alerts with only new bids.

What does this PNCP tenders monitor do?

• 🟢 "Open" mode: only tenders still receiving proposals (deadline in the future) – the ones you can actually bid on.
• 📅 "Published" mode: everything published on PNCP in the last N days (daysBack).
• 🔔 Only-new tender alerts: schedule it daily; it remembers what it returned and you pay only for fresh tenders.
• 🔍 Accent/case-insensitive keywords (computador matches COMPUTADOR, veiculos matches veículos) + exclude terms.
• 📍 Filters: state (UF), modality, estimated value range (BRL), agency CNPJ, date window.
• 🔗 Direct PNCP edital link + original bidding-system link, normalized English field names.
• 🛡️ Polite rate limiting (2 req/s by default), retries with backoff on 429/5xx, partial results never lost.

Who is it for?

B2G sales prospecting, bid alerts to Slack/email via Apify webhooks, n8n, Make or Zapier, procurement (licitação) consultancies, and market intelligence on Brazilian government demand.

How to monitor Brazilian public tenders (step by step)

1. Choose mode: open (receiving bids now) or published (last N days).
2. Add your keywords and optional filters: states (UF), modalities, min/max value, agency CNPJ.
3. Click Start and check the results in the dataset (export to JSON, CSV, Excel).
4. For daily alerts, create an Apify Schedule with onlyNew: true and attach a webhook or integration.

Input example (JSON)

{ "mode": "open", "keywords": ["software", "notebook"], "excludeKeywords": ["merenda"], "states": ["SP", "MG"], "modalities": [6, 8], "minValue": 50000, "onlyNew": true, "maxItems": 500 }

Modality codes: 6 Pregão Eletrônico · 8 Dispensa · 4 Concorrência Eletrônica · 7 Pregão Presencial · 9 Inexigibilidade · 12 Credenciamento · 1 Leilão Eletrônico (default: [6, 8]).

Field	Default	Notes
mode	open	open or published
daysAhead	30	Open mode: proposal deadline up to N days ahead (1–365)
daysBack	3	Published mode: last N days (1–365)
onlyNew / stateKey	false / default	Use different stateKey names for independent monitors
maxItems	500	Hard cost cap
maxPagesPerQuery	20	50 items per page
requestsPerSecond / maxRetries	2 / 3	Max 5 req/s, max 6 retries

Unknown UF codes fail the run before any API call.

Output example (real sample)

{
  "pncpId": "43052497000102-1-000433/2026",
  "object": "Contratação de serviços de locação de solução tecnológica para controle ...",
  "agency": "DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTRADAS DE RODAGEM", "agencyCnpj": "43052497000102", "sphere": "Estadual",
  "state": "SP", "city": "São Paulo", "modality": "Pregão - Eletrônico", "estimatedValueBRL": 899265.6,
  "proposalOpenAt": "...", "proposalCloseAt": "2026-10-27T10:00:00", "status": "Divulgada no PNCP",
  "pncpUrl": "https://pncp.gov.br/app/editais/43052497000102/2026/433", "sourceSystemUrl": "..."
}

Other fields: additionalInfo, unit, ibgeCityCode, modalityCode, disputeMode, legalBasis, priceRegistration, awardedValueBRL, purchaseNumber, process, year, publishedAt, updatedAt, scrapedAt. Some agencies mark the estimated value as confidential → 0 or null. Dates are Brasília time. Run counters are saved to the STATS key-value record.

How much does it cost? (Pricing)

• $0.008 per tender returned ($8 / 1,000 tenders), pay per event.
• Already-seen tenders in only-new mode are free.
• Use maxItems as a hard cost cap.

FAQ

What is PNCP?

PNCP (Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas) is Brazil's official national portal where federal, state and municipal agencies must publish their public tenders under Lei 14.133/2021.

Is it legal to use PNCP data?

Yes – PNCP data is public by law (Lei 14.133/2021 & Lei de Acesso à Informação) and served through an official open API.

How do I get daily tender alerts?

Create an Apify Schedule with onlyNew: true and attach a webhook or integration (Slack, email, n8n, Make, Zapier).

Can I search in English?

Filters match the original Portuguese tender text, so use Portuguese keywords (e.g. computador, veiculos). Accents and case are ignored. Output field names are in English.

Can I bid through this actor?

No. It finds tenders and gives you the PNCP edital link and the original bidding-system link where you submit proposals.

Related actors

• Brazil Company Due Diligence Report by CNPJ (KYB) – Receita data + CEIS/CNEP sanctions + PNCP public contracts + risk level, $0.10 per report.

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🇧🇷 Monitor de Licitações PNCP – alertas de editais e pregões

Encontre licitações abertas (pregão eletrônico, dispensa, concorrência) publicadas no PNCP – Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas e receba alertas diários só com editais novos.

• Filtros por palavra-chave (ignora acentos/maiúsculas), termos excluídos, UF, modalidade, faixa de valor e CNPJ do órgão.
• Modo "abertas": só editais ainda recebendo propostas.
• Agende diariamente com "somente novas" e pague só pelo que é novo (US$ 0,008 por edital — US$ 8 por 1.000).
• Link direto do edital no PNCP; exporte para Excel/CSV ou envie para Slack, e-mail, n8n, Make, Zapier.

Ideal para empresas que vendem para o governo, consultorias de licitação e inteligência comercial B2G.

Actor comunitário não oficial; sem vínculo com o PNCP ou o Governo Federal.