# Australian Government Contract Intelligence (`datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence`) Actor

Search Australian Government contract awards by supplier, ABN, agency, UNSPSC, value and expiry. Analyze supplier and agency spend, identify high-value awards and expiring contracts, and export structured procurement data via API or dataset.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Samuel Huirau Atutahi](https://apify.com/datavaultlabs) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Australian Government Contract Intelligence

Turn Australian Government contract data into clean supplier, agency, spend, category, and expiry intelligence.

This Actor retrieves published Australian Government Contract Notices from the AusTender OCDS API, follows pagination automatically, filters the records, and returns normalized contract intelligence ready for analysis, lead research, procurement monitoring, competitive intelligence, spreadsheets, databases, AI agents, or API workflows.

### What you can find

- Australian Government contract awards
- Supplier names and ABNs
- Procuring agencies and agency ABNs
- Contract values in AUD
- Contract descriptions and references
- UNSPSC procurement categories
- Contract start and end dates
- Days remaining until contract expiry
- Procurement contact emails where supplied by the source
- Supplier locations
- Contract status
- OCDS identifiers

The Actor also calculates aggregate supplier and agency spend information for each run.

### Useful filters

Search by:

- publication date range
- keyword
- supplier
- government agency
- ABN
- UNSPSC code or prefix
- minimum contract value
- maximum contract value
- contract status
- contracts expiring within a chosen number of days

You can also set result and pagination limits for predictable runs.

### Example use cases

#### Supplier intelligence

Search a supplier or ABN to identify Australian Government contracts associated with that organisation.

#### Agency spend research

Filter by an Australian Government agency and analyse its recent procurement activity and suppliers.

#### Contract expiry intelligence

Find contracts approaching expiry to identify potential future procurement activity and incumbent suppliers.

#### Category research

Use UNSPSC filters to identify government spending in specific industries such as ICT, consulting, engineering, transport, construction, or professional services.

#### Large contract monitoring

Set a minimum contract value to quickly identify high-value government awards.

### Output

Results are returned as structured dataset items and can be exported from Apify as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or accessed through the Apify API.

Typical fields include:

`contract_id`, `supplier_name`, `supplier_abn`, `agency`, `agency_abn`, `description`, `unspsc`, `value_aud`, `start_date`, `end_date`, `days_to_expiry`, `status`, and `ocid`.

### Data source

This Actor uses publicly available Contract Notice data exposed through the Australian Government AusTender OCDS API.

**Unofficial community tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by AusTender, the Australian Government, or the Australian Government Department of Finance.**

Source data remains subject to the terms and licensing applicable to the original government dataset.

### Cost efficiency

This Actor uses the structured government API directly rather than running a browser or residential proxies. This keeps runs fast, reliable, and inexpensive.

### Automation

Run manually, through the Apify API, from MCP-compatible AI agents, or schedule recurring runs using Apify Schedules.

# Actor input Schema

## `from_date` (type: `string`):

Contract publication start date. Leave blank for the last 30 days.

## `to_date` (type: `string`):

Contract publication end date. Leave blank for today.

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

Search contract description, reference, supplier, agency, ABN and UNSPSC.

## `supplier` (type: `string`):

Return contracts whose supplier name contains this text.

## `agency` (type: `string`):

Return contracts whose procuring agency contains this text.

## `abn` (type: `string`):

Filter by supplier or agency Australian Business Number.

## `unspsc` (type: `string`):

Filter by full UNSPSC code or a code prefix such as 80.

## `min_value_aud` (type: `integer`):

Only return contracts at or above this AUD value.

## `max_value_aud` (type: `integer`):

Only return contracts at or below this AUD value.

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

Filter by contract status.

## `expiry_within_days` (type: `integer`):

Set to 0 to disable. Example: 90 returns contracts ending within the next 90 days.

## `max_records` (type: `integer`):

Maximum contracts returned in this run.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Safety limit for very large date ranges. Each API page can contain up to approximately 100 releases.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "status": "any",
  "expiry_within_days": 0,
  "max_records": 1000,
  "max_pages": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Filtered and normalized Australian Government contract records.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Run summary including total contract value, top suppliers, top agencies, pagination statistics, and limits reached.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence").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 '{}' |
apify call datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datavaultlabs/aus-gov-contract-intelligence"
        }
    }
}

```

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/uyTRUG18aFfHdGgBW/builds/Vjfpa7NL2xku65oni/openapi.json