# EU Tenders Scraper (TED + TenderNed) (`fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper`) Actor Scrape EU public procurement notices from TED and TenderNed. Filter by CPV, country and keywords. Normalized output + digest mode. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Fetchwerk](https://apify.com/fetchwerk) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 tender records 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## EU Tenders Scraper (TED + TenderNed) This **EU tenders scraper** collects public procurement notices from the two most important European sources in one run: **TED** (Tenders Electronic Daily, the official EU procurement journal covering all member states) and **TenderNed** (the Dutch national tender portal). You get one clean, normalized JSON format across both sources, deduplicated and filtered by CPV code, buyer country, publication window and keywords. No API keys required, no personal data collected. ### Why TED + TenderNed in one run? Most EU tender scrapers cover TED only. That misses a large part of the market: **Dutch tenders below the EU threshold are published only on TenderNed and never reach TED**. If you sell to the Dutch public sector, a TED-only feed skips most of the smaller and mid-size contracts. This is the only Apify actor that combines both sources: | | TED-only scrapers | Separate TenderNed scraper | This actor | |---|---|---|---| | EU-wide coverage (all member states) | yes | no | yes | | Dutch below-threshold tenders | no | yes | yes | | One normalized schema | n/a | n/a | yes | | Cross-source deduplication | n/a | n/a | yes | | Ready-to-send digest mode | rarely | no | yes | At **$2.00 per 1,000 notices** it is also priced below comparable TED scrapers, and a typical filtered weekly run costs a few cents. ### What data does it return? Every notice is normalized to the same structure, so you can pipe TED and TenderNed straight into one database, sheet or agent workflow: ```json { "id": "ted:505064-2026", "source": "ted", "title": "Austria - IT services: consulting, software development", "buyer": "Autobahnen- und Schnellstrassen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft", "country": "AUT", "cpv_codes": ["72000000"], "notice_type": "cn-standard", "publication_date": "2026-07-22", "deadline": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/505064-2026", "description": null } ```` ### How to use the EU tenders scraper Example input, all fields optional: ```json { "sources": ["ted", "tenderned"], "cpvCodes": ["72000000"], "buyerCountries": ["NLD", "DEU", "BEL"], "keywords": ["cloud", "software"], "daysBack": 7, "maxItems": 200, "mode": "digest" } ``` - **cpvCodes**: CPV classification codes (e.g. 72000000 for IT services). Applied to TED; TenderNed results are filtered by your keywords. - **buyerCountries**: ISO-3 codes. Leave empty for all of the EU. - **keywords**: case-insensitive match on title and description, across both sources. - **daysBack**: publication window, 1 to 90 days. - **mode**: `search` returns the dataset only; `digest` also writes a ready-to-send markdown summary (grouped by country, with deadlines) to the key-value store under the key `DIGEST`. ### Tender monitoring and alerts Run the actor on a daily or weekly [schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) in `digest` mode and connect an Apify integration (Slack, email, webhook, Make, Zapier) to deliver the `DIGEST` markdown wherever your team works. Duplicate notices that appear on both TED and TenderNed are merged automatically, keeping the record with the richest description. ### Use cases - **Bid monitoring**: never miss a relevant tender in your CPV categories again. - **Selling to the Dutch public sector**: the TenderNed source catches national and below-threshold aanbestedingen that TED-only tools miss. - **Market research**: track which public buyers are purchasing what, where, and how often. - **Sales intelligence**: to see who *won* contracts (winner, value, number of bidders), use our companion [EU Contract Award Radar](https://apify.com/fetchwerk/eu-award-radar) on the same TED source. - **AI agents**: the normalized output and MCP availability make this actor easy to consume from Claude, Cursor or your own agent stack. ### FAQ **Is scraping TED and TenderNed allowed?** Both sources are official open government portals. This actor uses their public, documented APIs (TED Search API v3 and the TenderNed public publications API) and collects no personal data, only organization-level procurement information. **How fresh is the data?** As fresh as the portals themselves: both publish continuously on business days. Run the actor on a schedule to stay current. **Which countries are covered?** TED covers all EU member states plus EEA and other participating countries. TenderNed adds Dutch national publications below the EU threshold. **How does pricing work?** Pay per event: $0.002 per returned notice ($2.00 per 1,000) plus $0.05 per generated digest. `maxItems` caps your cost per run. A weekly digest of 100 matching tenders costs about $0.25. **Can I request features?** Yes. Open an issue on the actor page; issues are typically answered within a day. ### Related Fetchwerk actors All Fetchwerk procurement actors share the same normalized output schema, so you can merge them into one pipeline: - **[EU Contract Award Radar](https://apify.com/fetchwerk/eu-award-radar)**: the results side of the same TED source. See who won which contract, for how much, against how many bidders. - **[German Tenders Scraper](https://apify.com/fetchwerk/de-tenders-scraper)**: German national and below-threshold tenders from the official oeffentlichevergabe.de service, which TED does not carry. - **[UK Tenders Scraper](https://apify.com/fetchwerk/uk-tenders-scraper)**: UK public contracts from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, which left TED after Brexit. *** Built and operated by **Fetchwerk**. # Actor input Schema ## `sources` (type: `array`): Which portals to fetch: TED (all EU) and/or TenderNed (Netherlands). ## `keywords` (type: `array`): Case-insensitive match on title/description. Empty = no keyword filter. ## `cpvCodes` (type: `array`): CPV classification codes, e.g. 72000000 (IT services). TED only; TenderNed is filtered by keywords. ## `buyerCountries` (type: `array`): ISO-3 codes, e.g. NLD, DEU, BEL. TED only. ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): Only notices published in the last N days. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on returned notices (also caps your cost). ## `mode` (type: `string`): search = dataset only; digest = dataset + markdown digest in key-value store (key DIGEST). ## Actor input object example ```json { "sources": [ "ted", "tenderned" ], "keywords": [], "cpvCodes": [], "buyerCountries": [], "daysBack": 7, "maxItems": 200, "mode": "search" } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetchwerk/eu-tenders-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "EU Tenders Scraper (TED + TenderNed)", "description": "Scrape EU public procurement notices from TED and TenderNed. Filter by CPV, country and keywords. 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Empty = no keyword filter.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "cpvCodes": { "title": "CPV codes", "type": "array", "description": "CPV classification codes, e.g. 72000000 (IT services). TED only; TenderNed is filtered by keywords.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "buyerCountries": { "title": "Buyer countries", "type": "array", "description": "ISO-3 codes, e.g. NLD, DEU, BEL. TED only.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "daysBack": { "title": "Days back", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 90, "type": "integer", "description": "Only notices published in the last N days.", "default": 7 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on returned notices (also caps your cost).", "default": 200 }, "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "digest" ], "type": "string", "description": "search = dataset only; digest = dataset + markdown digest in key-value store (key DIGEST).", "default": "search" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```