UK Public Tenders Scraper – Contracts Finder & Find a Tender

Get every new UK public sector tender, contract opportunity and award from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (FTS) in one clean feed. Filter by keyword, CPV code, value, region, deadline and SME suitability. Official open APIs, no login. Pay per result.

UK Public Tenders Scraper by Moxie: fast, reliable and polite, built on official/public data sources.

What can it do?

• Bid teams: a daily feed of new UK government tenders in your sector (schedule with incremental mode)
• Lead generation for suppliers: buyer names and contact emails for relevant contracts
• Competitor intelligence: who won which public contracts and for how much (award stage)
• Market research on public sector spend by CPV code and region
• Feeding tender notices into an LLM for bid/no-bid triage

Data source

The official Contracts Finder OCDS search API (contractsfinder.service.gov.uk) and the Find a Tender service OCDS API (find-tender.service.gov.uk), both published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. No login, no key.

Features

• Pay only for results (pay-per-event pricing, no monthly rental)
• Incremental mode: scheduled runs return only items you haven't received before
• LLM-ready output: optional compact Markdown per item for RAG / AI agents
• Polite rate limiting with automatic retries and backoff
• Clean, flat JSON you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or via API

Input example

{
  "keywords": [
    "software",
    "IT services",
    "digital"
  ],
  "lastDays": 7,
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output example

{
  "id": "contractsFinder:612ec727-9bb1-4e65-99f4-1c68f8c05873-919870",
  "source": "contractsFinder",
  "noticeId": "612ec727-9bb1-4e65-99f4-1c68f8c05873-919870",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-0f6c3841-68b9-4063-849d-9112d3ee3f2a",
  "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/612ec727-9bb1-4e65-99f4-1c68f8c05873",
  "title": "Embedded product team to develop the Alpha and Beta of the EEF's Digital Public Service and support the incubation of an agile product culture",
  "description": "Our ambition is to build a Digital Public Service to support teachers and leaders to combine research with professional judgement to make decisions that improve outcomes in their settings, particularly for socio-economically disadvantaged children and young people.\r\n\r\nThis commission is much more than a technology refresh. It is the first critical step in a wider transformation of our technology, engagement model and ways of working. It should deliver two things:\r\n\r\nA working, user-centered digital product that helps educators find, understand and apply evidence when they need it.\r\n\r\nThe capabilities and product culture to deliver an effective service that the EEF can own, sustain and improve.\r\n\r\nAdditional information: Embedded product team to develop the Alpha and Beta of the EEF's Digital Public Service and support the incubation of an agile product culture",
  "stage": "tender",
  "status": "active",
  "buyerName": "THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION",
  "buyerContactName": "Adil Morris",
  "buyerContactEmail": "procurement@eefoundation.org.uk",
  "buyerPostcode": "SW1P4QP",
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-30T15:11:59Z",
  "deadline": "2026-11-30T17:00:00Z",
  "valueAmount": 730000,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "cpvCode": "72200000",
  "cpvDescription": "Software programming and consultancy services",
  "category": "services",
  "regions": [],
  "procurementMethod": "Open procedure (above threshold)",
  "contractStart": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "contractEnd": "2027-11-01T23:59:59Z",
  "suitableForSme": true,
  "suppliers": [],
  "awardValue": null
}

Pricing

Event	Price
Tender notice (result)	$0.003
Actor start	$0.003 per run

Example: 1,000 results ≈ $3.00 + $0.003 start fee. Apify platform usage is included in the price.

Benchmark: ciel_labs/uk-government-tenders-contracts-finder (21 users) covers Contracts Finder only; neuton/uk-find-tender-notices-scraper covers Find a Tender only (Apify Store, 1 Nov 2026).

Use via API or MCP

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/devteamdrew~uk-public-tenders/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"keywords": ["software", "IT services", "digital"], "lastDays": 7, "maxItems": 20}'

AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) can call this actor through the Apify MCP server: add https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=devteamdrew/uk-public-tenders as an MCP server.

FAQ

What is the difference between Contracts Finder and Find a Tender?
Contracts Finder lists lower-value public contracts (mainly England, from about £12k/£30k). Find a Tender (FTS) carries higher-value notices across the UK under the Procurement Act 2023. This actor merges both.

Do I need an account or API key?
No. Both are free, open government APIs.

Can I get awarded contracts and suppliers?
Yes, set the notice stage to award; suppliers and awardValue are filled in.

How do I only see live opportunities?
Keep the stage as tender and tick 'Only open'.

Can I schedule it?
Yes. Use Apify Schedules together with incremental mode to receive only new items.

Something broke?
Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab; we monitor nightly and usually fix within 24 hours.

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Legal and GDPR

This actor only collects publicly available data from official or open APIs and respects their rate limits and terms of use.

Results may contain personal data (e.g. names, handles). You are responsible for having a lawful basis under GDPR/UK GDPR and similar laws to process it, and for using the data in line with the source platform's terms. Do not use it for spam or for profiling individuals.

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See real sample rows, FAQs and ready-made feeds at rowsift.co.uk.