# EU Tender Gap (`edufacturing/eu-tender-gap`) Actor

Four data bands on the EU TED procurement index: lots with zero bids, expiring contracts (BT-537), country×CPV hunger map, and archived tender documentation.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/edufacturing/eu-tender-gap.md
- **Developed by:** [Krasimir Georgiev](https://apify.com/edufacturing) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 13.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## EU Tender Gap

Four data bands on the EU TED procurement index: grain, not raw data.

### Data

- **Source:** TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)
- **License:** CC BY 4.0 (EUR-Lex Decision 2011/833/EU)
- **Volume:** 224,940 records over 64 days
- **Strips:** Contractor email, buyer email removed before delivery

### The Four Bands

#### gaps

Lots with zero bids. Procurement failures: where the market did not show up. Narrow the market failure diagnosis: which CPVs, which countries, which buyer types are most likely to fail?

#### expiring

Contracts with a known expiration date (field BT-537). Preparation for re-tender: signal when renegotiation should begin, and map the CPV×country demand that will reset.

#### hunger

Country × CPV demand map. Which combinations are undersupplied? Aggregated across all lots, all contracts. Identify gaps before suppliers plan capacity.

#### archive

Tender documentation archived at procurement completion. Specifications, clauses, evaluation criteria, awarded supplier names, contract values. Proof for due diligence, forensics, and pattern discovery.

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Default | Notes |
|-----------|---------|---------|-------|
| band      | string  | required | One of: gaps, expiring, hunger, archive |
| country   | string  | optional | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g., DE, FR) |
| cpv       | string  | optional | CPV code prefix, 2 or 8 digits (e.g., 72, 72212000) |
| limit     | integer | 50      | Max results (capped at 200) |
| offset    | integer | 0       | Pagination offset |
| days      | integer | 30      | Horizon in days (expiring, hunger bands) |

### Output Format

Each result is a JSON object with standard fields (tender id, CPV, country, title, value, etc.) plus metadata:

```json
{
  "tender_id": "...",
  "cpv": "...",
  "country": "...",
  "title": "...",
  "value_eur": 12345.67,
  "meta": {
    "source": "TED (EUR-Lex Decision 2011/833/EU)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  }
}
```

### Pricing

**Play Fair:** $0.01 per result delivered (PPE — Pay Per Event). No setup fee, no minimums. You pay only for the grain you keep.

### Privacy

- Contractor email addresses: removed
- Buyer email addresses: removed
- No other PII filtering applied; TED records are public procurement, no further anonymization done.

### Running Locally

```bash
## Install
pip install -r requirements.txt

## Test
pytest tests/test_actor.py -v

## Run
python main.py
```

### Building the Docker Image

```bash
docker build -t eu-tender-gap:0.1 .
docker run eu-tender-gap:0.1
```

***

*EU Tender Gap is maintained by Art Printing 3D (EIK 207544017). Data sourced from EUR-Lex and TED under CC BY 4.0.*

# Actor input Schema

## `band` (type: `string`):

Data band to query from the EU TED procurement index.

## `country` (type: `string`):

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter results (e.g. DE, FR, BE). Leave empty for all countries.

## `cpv` (type: `string`):

CPV code prefix to filter results, 2 or 8 digits (e.g. 72, 72212000). Leave empty for all CPV codes.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return (default 50, max 200).

## `offset` (type: `integer`):

Pagination offset — number of results to skip (default 0).

## `days` (type: `integer`):

Time horizon in days for expiring and hunger bands (default 30).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "band": "gaps",
  "country": "",
  "cpv": "",
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0,
  "days": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset rows — one per TED notice matching the query band and filters.

# 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("edufacturing/eu-tender-gap").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("edufacturing/eu-tender-gap").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 edufacturing/eu-tender-gap --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,edufacturing/eu-tender-gap"
        }
    }
}
```

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/SyUStbQoEvKf0nYsP/builds/st57jfKFO3OdeScTc/openapi.json