UK Tenders Scraper: Find a Tender & Contracts Finder API

UK Tenders Scraper: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder API for UK government contracts

The easiest way to get UK tenders, UK government contracts and public sector contract awards into a spreadsheet, CRM or alert. Get UK public sector tenders, contract opportunities and contract awards as clean, flat JSON/CSV/Excel rows. This Actor reads the official Find a Tender (FTS) OCDS API, where every new UK public procurement notice has been published since the Procurement Act 2023 changes (24 February 2025), and the Contracts Finder API for older and below-threshold notices in England. No login, no browser, no blocked pages: just the official open data, filtered the way you need it.

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What you get

• Open tenders, contract awards and pipeline/planning notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
• Filters: keywords, CPV codes (prefix match), UK region (name or ITL/NUTS code), value min/max, notice type, published since
• Only new since last run (alerts mode): remembers what it already sent you in a named key-value store, so a daily schedule gives you a clean new-tenders feed for email, Slack, Sheets or a CRM
• Winning supplier names and award values for awarded contracts
• Companies House company numbers: taken free from the notice when present, and (optional) matched for buyers and suppliers using your free Companies House API key
• Robust: automatic retries with backoff on rate limits (HTTP 429) and server errors, cursor pagination, de-duplication across both sources

Use cases

• Bid writers and SMEs: daily alert of new tenders in your CPV codes and region
• Sales and business development: see who just won public contracts (and their company number) to prospect suppliers and buyers
• Market research: track public spend by sector, buyer or region
• Recruiters and consultants: spot new frameworks and big awards early

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["software", "digital"],
  "cpvCodes": ["72000000"],
  "regions": ["London", "South East"],
  "valueMin": 50000,
  "noticeTypes": ["tender", "award"],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxResults": 200
}

Output example

{
  "id": "104641-2026",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-...",
  "noticeType": "award",
  "title": "Lakes Estate Regeneration",
  "buyerName": "Milton Keynes City Council",
  "regions": ["UKJ12"],
  "value": 72400000,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "cpvCodes": ["45000000"],
  "status": "complete",
  "awardSuppliers": ["John Graham Construction Ltd Trading as GRAHAM"],
  "supplierCompanyNumbers": ["NI003503"],
  "awardValue": 72400000,
  "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/104641-2026",
  "source": "Find a Tender",
  "isNew": true
}

Fields: id, ocid, noticeType, tags, title, description, buyerName, buyerAddress, buyerPostcode, buyerLocality, regions, value, currency, cpvCodes, cpvDescription, procurementMethod, deadline, publishedDate, status, awardSuppliers, awardValue, awardDate, buyerCompanyNumber, supplierCompanyNumbers, url, source, isNew, scrapedAt. A run summary is saved as SUMMARY in the default key-value store.

Tips

• Tender alerts: turn on Only new since last run, then schedule daily. Give each saved search an Alert name if you want to reset it later.
• CPV 45 = all construction work, 72 = IT services, 79 = business services, 85 = health and social work.
• Regions accept names (London, Scotland, Wales, North West...) or ITL codes (UKI, UKM, UKL...).
• Value filters skip notices without a published value.

FAQ

Is it legal? Yes. Both services publish this data openly under the Open Government Licence v3.0 through public APIs. The Actor does not scrape behind logins. Why both sources? Find a Tender is the main UK service for all new notices; Contracts Finder holds older and lower-value notices published before February 2025.

Pricing

Pay per result: $5 per 1,000 results ($0.005 per row in the dataset), plus a tiny $0.00005 per run start. No subscription and no extra charges for filters, alerts mode or Companies House matching. Set a maximum cost per run in Apify and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached, keeping everything it has already returned.

Data licence and attribution

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Find a Tender service and Contracts Finder (Cabinet Office). Notices may contain business contact names published by buyers; use them in line with UK GDPR.