# EU Public Tenders Search (TED): open tenders by country & CPV (`factline/eu-tenders-ted-search`) Actor

Search open EU public tenders from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) by keyword, country, CPV code, value and deadline. Clean rows with buyer, deadline, estimated value and link. Official API, no login. Pay per notice.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/factline/eu-tenders-ted-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Matthew Sammels](https://apify.com/factline) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.01 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## EU Public Tenders Search (TED)

Find open public tenders in the EU from **TED, Tenders Electronic Daily**, the official journal for European public procurement. Filter by keyword, buyer country, CPV code, estimated value and publication date.

### Output (one row per tender)

| Title | Buyer | Country | Deadline | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU aanbesteding Applicatie schuldhulpverlening | Gemeente Helmond | NL | 2026-12-01 | 560,000 EUR |

Fields: notice id, English title and original title, buyer, city, country, deadline and days left, estimated value and currency, CPV codes, notice type, publication date, link to the notice.

### Tips

- Combine **CPV codes** (e.g. `72` IT services, `45` construction, `79` business services) with a country for the cleanest lists.
- Run it daily on a schedule with **Published in the last N days = 1** to get new tenders only.
- For Dutch tenders below the EU threshold (not in TED), use our TenderNed actor.

### Price

**$0.003 per tender notice.**

Data: TED, Publications Office of the European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Only the notices published in the Official Journal are authentic.

***

Factline Data: official records as ready-made tools. Every row names its source.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Words to find in the notice, e.g. software, cleaning, consultancy.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

ISO country codes, e.g. NL, DE, FR. Empty: all EU/EEA.

## `cpvCodes` (type: `array`):

CPV codes or prefixes, e.g. 72 (IT services), 45 (construction), 79 (business services).

## `publishedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only notices published in this many days (1 to 365).

## `onlyOpen` (type: `boolean`):

Leave on to skip tenders whose deadline has passed.

## `minValueEur` (type: `integer`):

Leave empty for any value.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "software",
  "countries": [
    "NL",
    "BE"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 30,
  "onlyOpen": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All rows as JSON.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

The main fields as a table.

## `csv` (type: `string`):

The results as a CSV file.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "countries": [
        "NL",
        "BE"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("factline/eu-tenders-ted-search").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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "countries": [
        "NL",
        "BE",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("factline/eu-tenders-ted-search").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 '{
  "keywords": "software",
  "countries": [
    "NL",
    "BE"
  ]
}' |
apify call factline/eu-tenders-ted-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,factline/eu-tenders-ted-search"
        }
    }
}
```

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/AQSzzkOxVAilCHpu8/builds/ZVQBhHWQrEPq5B45J/openapi.json