# BidWisely Procurement Matcher (`elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher`) Actor

Discovers procurement opportunities from public Nigerian procurement sources and intelligently matches them to an SME's profile using AI extraction and transparent scoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher.md
- **Developed by:** [Elizabeth Ogunmola](https://apify.com/elizzy) (community)
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## BidWisely Procurement Matcher

**Automatically discover and match procurement opportunities to your SME.**

BidWisely solves a critical problem for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria: finding procurement opportunities that fit their capacity, industry, and location, then evaluating eligibility quickly.

### The Problem

Nigerian SMEs lose time manually scrolling through procurement portals (budget.gov.ng, state tenders, etc.) looking for relevant opportunities. Most don't match their:

- Industry (wrong category of goods/services)
- Location (opportunities in other regions)
- Contract capacity (too large or too small)

**Result:** Missed bids, wasted effort, fewer growth opportunities.

### The Solution

BidWisely crawls public procurement listing pages, uses AI to intelligently extract opportunity details from unstructured procurement notices, and matches each one against your SME's profile with a transparent score and explanation.

#### What It Does

1. **Discovers:** Crawls public Nigerian procurement sources (budget.gov.ng, state portals, tender boards)
2. **Extracts:** Uses your chosen LLM (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Cohere) to intelligently parse unstructured procurement notices into structured data (title, buyer, category, location, deadline, contract value, requirements)
3. **Matches:** Compares each opportunity against your SME profile (industry, location, capacity) with a rule-based scoring system
4. **Explains:** Shows the match score and the basis for the decision (industry match? location match? capacity check?)

#### Pay-Per-Event Monetization

BidWisely uses **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing. You only pay for:

- **Opportunity Discovered:** $0.02 — per procurement page successfully crawled
- **AI Extraction:** $0.03 — per opportunity parsed with your LLM

No monthly fees, no subscriptions—you pay only for what you use. *Your own LLM API key means you control extraction costs.*

### How to Use

#### Prerequisites

- LLM API key (Gemini free at https://ai.google.dev/, or OpenAI/Claude/Cohere)
- One or more public procurement listing URLs

#### Inputs

```json
{
  "sourceUrls": [
    "https://budget.gov.ng/portal/tenders"
  ],
  "smeProfile": {
    "industry": "Catering",
    "location": "Lagos",
    "capacity": 50000000,
    "certifications": ["SIRS"]
  },
  "llmApiKey": "your-api-key",
  "llmProvider": "gemini"
}
```

#### Output

A dataset of matched opportunities, each with:

```json
{
  "title": "Catering Services for FIRS Annual Conference",
  "buyer": "Federal Inland Revenue Service",
  "category": "Catering",
  "location": "Lagos",
  "deadline": "2026-10-15",
  "contractValue": 12000000,
  "requirements": ["SIRS certified", "Experience with government events"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://budget.gov.ng/...",
  "match": {
    "score": 100,
    "basis": "Industry, Location, and Contract Capacity",
    "checks": {
      "industryMatch": true,
      "locationMatch": true,
      "capacityMatch": true
    }
  },
  "crawledAt": "2026-09-25T...",
  "extractedAt": "2026-09-25T..."
}
```

### Use Cases

- **SME owners:** Monitor opportunities relevant to your business daily
- **Procurement consultants:** Scout opportunities for your portfolio of clients
- **Development organizations:** Identify opportunities for the SMEs you support

### How It Works (Agent Pattern)

Given an unstructured procurement notice and an SME profile, the Actor:

1. **Perceives:** Crawls and reads procurement pages autonomously
2. **Reasons:** Uses your LLM to extract structured data and evaluate eligibility criteria
3. **Explains:** Produces transparent match scores with rule-based justification

This agentic approach means the Actor adapts to varied procurement formats without hardcoded selectors.

### Pricing Transparency

- **Per run cost example:**
  - Crawl 1 listing page (LISTING label)
  - Extract 5 opportunities (5 × $0.02 = $0.10 discovered)
  - Parse 5 with LLM (5 × $0.03 = $0.15 extraction)
  - **Total: ~$0.25 per run** (plus Apify platform fee)

Users set `ACTOR_MAX_TOTAL_CHARGE_USD` to cap spending.

### Future Enhancements

- Multi-source crawling (combine budget.gov.ng + state portals + private tender boards)
- Dashboard for browsing matched opportunities
- Email/SMS alerts for high-scoring matches
- Integration with SME profile databases
- Support for additional LLM providers
- Historical tracking of opportunities

***

*Built for Nigerian SMEs by BidWisely. Powered by Apify and your choice of LLM.*

# Actor input Schema

## `smeProfile` (type: `object`):

Details about the Small/Medium Enterprise. BidWisely will discover and match Nigerian procurement opportunities to this profile.

## `llmApiKey` (type: `string`):

Your LLM provider API key (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, or Cohere)

## `llmProvider` (type: `string`):

Which LLM service to use for extraction

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "llmProvider": "gemini"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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("elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher").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("elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher").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 elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,elizzy/bidwisely-procurement-matcher"
        }
    }
}
```

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/fgCwOuUearY9jpAoA/builds/eRqVzInkqKBKdhf4L/openapi.json