# EU Public Tenders (TED) – Search & Daily Alerts API (`fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api`) Actor

Search EU public tenders from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) via the official open TED API. Simple filters for keyword, country, CPV, notice type, value and deadline. Flat JSON with buyer, CPV, value, deadline and TED link. Pay per notice.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Fast Data](https://apify.com/fast_data_asap) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 notices

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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# README

## EU Public Tenders (TED) – Search & Daily Alerts API

Search **EU public tenders from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)** – the official journal for public procurement in the European Union – and get clean, flat JSON rows. The Actor uses the **official, open TED Search API** (api.ted.europa.eu, no API key, no website scraping) and turns simple filters like *country*, *CPV code*, *keyword*, *notice type*, *value* and *deadline* into a TED expert query for you.

One row per notice with buyer, country, city, CPV codes, notice and procedure type, estimated value and currency, publication date, submission deadline, number of lots, a short summary and the direct TED link – ready for daily alerts in **n8n, Make or Zapier**, CRM import, Slack/e-mail notifications or as a data source for **AI sales agents**.

### Who is it for?

- **Companies selling to the public sector** in Europe (IT, consulting, construction, facility services, medical suppliers) that want a daily feed of new calls for tenders matching their CPV codes and countries.
- **Bid managers and tender consultants** watching several countries at once.
- **Market and competitor research** – switch to *contract award notices* to see who buys what and how large contracts are.
- **Developers and AI agents** that need structured EU procurement data without learning TED's expert-query syntax.

### Why this Actor?

- **Official open data only** – TED Search API v3 of the Publications Office of the EU. No login, no API key, no bot-protection tricks.
- **Simple filters instead of expert-query syntax** – ISO country codes (`DEU`, `AUT`, `FRA` – 2-letter codes are converted), CPV prefixes (`72` = IT services), notice type, "published in the last N days", deadline and minimum value.
- **Flat, normalised schema** – deadline as ISO date-time (earliest lot deadline), value summed across lots with currency, main CPV plus all CPV codes, title/buyer in your preferred language (English by default).
- **Privacy by design** – only the contracting organisation is returned, never contact persons, e-mail addresses or phone numbers.
- **Fast and cheap** – the default input (Germany, CPV 72, last 7 days, 20 notices) finishes in about 10 seconds; you pay only for notices returned.
- **Robust** – if TED changes or drops a field, the Actor removes it and keeps running instead of failing your daily workflow.

Looking only for German tenders below the EU thresholds too? Use our sister Actor **[German Public Tenders – service.bund.de](https://apify.com/fast_data_asap/german-public-tenders-bund)**, which covers national federal, state and municipal tenders in Germany. Together they give you EU-wide and German national coverage.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `keywords` | Full-text terms (any language). A notice matches if it contains any of them. |
| `countries` | Buyer country, ISO alpha-3 (`DEU`, `AUT`, `FRA`, `ITA`, `ESP`, `NLD`, `POL` …). Empty = all. |
| `cpvCodes` | CPV prefixes, e.g. `72` IT services, `48` software, `45` construction, `79` business services, `33` medical equipment. |
| `noticeTypes` | `competition` (calls for tenders), `result` (contract awards), `planning` (prior information), `change` (corrigenda). |
| `publishedWithinDays` | Only notices from the last N days (1–2 for daily alerts; 0 = no limit). |
| `deadlineAfter` | `YYYY-MM-DD` or `today` – skip tenders whose deadline has passed. Notices without a deadline are kept. |
| `minValueEur` | Drop notices whose published estimated value is lower. Notices without a value are kept. |
| `language` | Preferred language for title, buyer and summary (`en`, `de`, `fr` …). |
| `maxResults` | Maximum notices returned and charged per run. |
| `includeSummary` | Adds the procedure description (max. 500 characters). |

Example – open IT and software tenders in Germany and Austria, still open, worth at least EUR 100,000:

```json
{
  "countries": ["DEU", "AUT"],
  "cpvCodes": ["72", "48"],
  "noticeTypes": ["competition"],
  "publishedWithinDays": 2,
  "deadlineAfter": "today",
  "minValueEur": 100000,
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output

One item per notice (real example from a test run on 8 Nov 2026):

```json
{
  "noticeId": "773326-2026",
  "title": "Germany – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Rahmenvereinbarung zum Einsatz von KI zur Unterstützung der Krankenhausabrechnungsprüfung sowie zu Compliance, KI-Governance und Managementsystemen",
  "buyerName": "MD-IT GmbH",
  "buyerCountry": "DEU",
  "buyerCity": "Berlin",
  "cpvMain": "72000000",
  "cpvCodes": ["72000000", "72220000", "48000000"],
  "noticeType": "cn-standard",
  "formType": "competition",
  "procedureType": "open",
  "estimatedValue": 121000000,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-06",
  "deadline": "2026-12-02T10:00:00+01:00",
  "lotsCount": 3,
  "url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/773326-2026",
  "language": "eng",
  "summary": "Fachlos 1: KI-gestützte Lösung zur fallbezogenen Zusammenfassung Fachlos 2: Compliance, Informationssicherheit, Penetrationstests und KI-Governance Fachlos 3: Softwarelösung zur Führung von Managementsystemen",
  "source": "TED (ted.europa.eu)",
  "status": "ok",
  "snapshotAt": "2026-11-08T13:26:36+00:00"
}
```

Field notes: `noticeType` is the eForms notice subtype (`cn-standard` = contract notice, `can-standard` = award notice, `pin-only` = prior information …), `procedureType` e.g. `open`, `restricted`, `neg-w-call`. `estimatedValue` is the procedure value or the sum of the lot values (null if the buyer did not publish one – about half of the notices). `deadline` is the earliest submission deadline across lots.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.002 per notice returned** ($2 per 1,000 notices). Empty runs and failed requests are free. Set *Maximum cost per run* in the run options to cap spending.

### Use it via API, n8n or MCP

- **API**: `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fast_data_asap~eu-tenders-ted-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>` with the input JSON as body – returns the notices directly.
- **n8n / Make / Zapier**: schedule the Actor daily with `publishedWithinDays: 1` and `deadlineAfter: "today"`, then send new rows to Slack, e-mail, a Google Sheet or your CRM (deduplicate on `noticeId`).
- **MCP (Claude, Cursor, AI agents)**: `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api`

### Notes

Data comes from TED, published by the Publications Office of the European Union, reused under the EU's open-data reuse policy. This Actor is not affiliated with the EU. Always check the official notice on TED before bidding.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Full-text search terms (any language used in the notice, e.g. software, cloud, Reinigung). A notice matches if it contains ANY of the terms. Empty = no keyword filter.

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

Country of the contracting authority as ISO 3166 alpha-3 code, e.g. DEU, AUT, FRA, ITA, ESP, NLD, POL. 2-letter codes (DE, AT, FR) are converted automatically. Empty = all countries.

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary prefixes, e.g. 72 (IT services), 48 (software packages), 45 (construction work), 79 (business services), 90 (cleaning/environment), 33 (medical equipment). A notice matches if any of its CPV codes starts with one of the prefixes.

## `noticeTypes` (type: `array`):

competition = calls for tenders (contract notices, open opportunities), result = contract award notices (who won), planning = prior information notices, change = corrigenda/modifications. Empty = all.

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

Only notices published in the last N days. Use 1 or 2 for a daily alert. 0 = no date limit.

## `deadlineAfter` (type: `string`):

Only notices whose tender submission deadline is on or after this date, e.g. today to skip expired tenders. Use 'today' for the current date. Notices without a deadline are kept.

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

Drop notices whose estimated value is known and lower than this amount (in the notice currency, normally EUR). Notices without a published value are kept.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language used for title, buyer name and summary when the notice is multilingual. Falls back to English, then to the original language.

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

Maximum number of notices returned (and charged) per run.

## `includeSummary` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the procedure description (shortened to 500 characters) when TED provides it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [],
  "countries": [
    "DEU"
  ],
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "competition"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 7,
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "includeSummary": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "countries": [
        "DEU"
    ],
    "cpvCodes": [
        "72"
    ],
    "noticeTypes": [
        "competition"
    ],
    "publishedWithinDays": 7,
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api").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 = {
    "countries": ["DEU"],
    "cpvCodes": ["72"],
    "noticeTypes": ["competition"],
    "publishedWithinDays": 7,
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api").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 '{
  "countries": [
    "DEU"
  ],
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "competition"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 7,
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call fast_data_asap/eu-tenders-ted-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/prdqnds5Iv8qVMmcd/builds/twxO3vwLYkoZNdFoa/openapi.json