# EU Public Tenders Scraper (TED): Contract Notices (`guileless_concerto/ted-eu-tenders`) Actor

Search EU public procurement tenders from the official TED API. Filter by country, CPV code, keyword, notice type and estimated value. Flat buyer-level data, no personal data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/guileless_concerto/ted-eu-tenders.md
- **Developed by:** [Scott P](https://apify.com/guileless_concerto) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 tender 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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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.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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

## EU Public Tenders Scraper (TED): contract notices, CPV & buyer data

Find **EU public procurement tenders** from **TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)**, the official EU journal for public contracts, without logging in or clicking through the TED website. You choose countries, **CPV codes**, keywords, notice types and a minimum contract value, and you get one clean, flat row per notice: buyer organisation, CPV codes, estimated value, tender deadline, procedure type and direct links. You can export it as CSV, Excel or JSON, or connect it to your CRM, Google Sheets or Slack.

The data comes from the **official TED Search API** (anonymous public API of the Publications Office of the EU). There is no HTML scraping and no browser, so runs are fast and cheap.

### What you can use it for

- **Bid / tender monitoring:** run a daily scheduled search for new contract notices in your CPV codes and countries, and send them to your sales team.
- **Lead generation for B2G sales:** build lists of public buyers (ministries, hospitals, municipalities, utilities) that are buying what you sell.
- **Market sizing:** see how many tenders, and of what estimated value, are published per country or CPV category.
- **Competitive intelligence:** pull contract award notices (`can-standard`) to see which buyers awarded contracts in your sector.
- **Consultants & bid writers:** watch big-ticket opportunities (e.g. above €1M) across all EU/EEA countries.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `daysBack` / `dateFrom` / `dateTo` | Publication date window (default: last 7 days). |
| `countries` | Buyer countries, ISO 2- or 3-letter codes (`DE`, `FRA`, `IE` ...). Empty = all. |
| `cpvCodes` | CPV codes. Trailing zeros match the whole family: `72000000` = all IT services, `45` = all construction works. |
| `keywords` | Full-text keywords/phrases (any must match), e.g. `cybersecurity`, `cloud computing`. |
| `noticeTypes` | Default: open contract notices (`cn-standard`, `cn-social`). Also prior information notices, contract award notices (`can-standard`), modifications, etc. |
| `minEstimatedValue` + `valueCurrency` | Only notices with a published procedure value at or above this amount (default currency EUR). Notices without a published value are excluded when this is set. |
| `language` | Preferred language for translated titles and buyer names (default English). |
| `maxResults` | Stop after this many notices (default 100). |

Example:

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "countries": ["DE", "FR"],
  "cpvCodes": ["72000000"],
  "noticeTypes": ["cn-standard", "cn-social"],
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output (one row per notice)

`noticeId`, `noticeUrl`, `pdfUrl`, `xmlUrl`, `title` (translated), `titleOriginal`, `noticeType`, `publicationDate`, `buyerName`, `allBuyerNames`, `buyerCountry`, `buyerCity`, `buyerLegalType`, `buyerWebsite`, `mainCpv`, `cpvCodes`, `contractNature` (works/supplies/services), `procedureType`, `estimatedValue`, `estimatedValueCurrency`, `estimatedValueBasis`, `lotCount`, `tenderDeadlineDate`, `tenderDeadline`, `requestToParticipateDeadlineDate`, `placeOfPerformanceCountries`, `source`.

```json
{
  "noticeId": "689128-2026",
  "noticeUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/689128-2026",
  "title": "Germany – Software supply services – zertifizierte Präventionsapp im Handlungsfeld \"Ernährung\"",
  "publicationDate": "2026-10-06",
  "buyerName": "AOK - Die Gesundheitskasse für Niedersachsen",
  "buyerCountry": "DEU",
  "buyerCity": "Hannover",
  "mainCpv": "72268000",
  "contractNature": "services",
  "procedureType": "open",
  "estimatedValue": null,
  "tenderDeadline": "2026-11-05T12:00:00+01:00"
}
```

Notes:

- Not every notice publishes an estimated value or a tender deadline; these fields are `null` when the buyer did not publish them. If a notice has no procedure-level value but all its lots share one currency, `estimatedValue` is the sum of the lot values (`estimatedValueBasis: "sum of lots"`).
- `tenderDeadline` is the earliest lot deadline. Always check the official notice before bidding.

### Privacy: no personal data

The Actor requests **only organisation-level fields** from TED. It never requests or outputs contact person names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers or beneficial-owner data, and it masks any e-mail address or labelled phone number that appears inside a title. You get the buyer **organisation**, its city, country and public website. To contact a buyer, use the official procurement documents linked from the notice.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$0.003 per notice** returned, plus a small flat start fee per run. Set **Maximum cost per run** in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly when your limit is reached. Example: 100 notices ≈ $0.30 plus the start fee.

### Rate limits & reliability

TED's fair-usage limit for the anonymous Search API is 700 requests per minute. This Actor uses at most 2 requests per second by default, fetches up to 100 notices per request, and backs off automatically on HTTP 429/5xx.

### FAQ

**Does it need a TED account or API key?** No. The TED Search API is public and anonymous.

**Which countries are covered?** Everything published on TED: the EU member states, EEA countries and other countries that publish on TED.

**How fresh is the data?** TED publishes one new edition every working day (Monday to Friday, by 09:00 CET). Schedule this Actor daily with `daysBack: 1` or `2`.

**Can I get the full notice text / documents?** Each row links to the official HTML, PDF and eForms XML of the notice.

### Data source & reuse attribution

Data source: **TED – Tenders Electronic Daily (https://ted.europa.eu), © European Union**, published by the Publications Office of the European Union. Reuse of TED data is authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents, provided the source is acknowledged. Every row carries a `source` field with this attribution. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the European Union or the Publications Office. Only the official notices published on TED are legally authentic.

### Changelog

- 0.1: first version (TED Search API v3, ITERATION pagination, organisation-level fields only).

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Publication window ending today (or at 'Date to'), used when 'Date from' is empty.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

First publication date (YYYY-MM-DD). Overrides 'Days back'.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Last publication date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.

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

ISO country codes of the buyer, 2 or 3 letters (e.g. DE, FRA, IE). Empty = all countries.

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

CPV codes; trailing zeros match the whole category (72000000 = all IT services, 4521 = building works). Empty = all.

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

Full-text keywords or phrases (any of them must match), e.g. 'software', 'cloud computing'. Searched in all notice languages TED indexes.

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

Notice types to include. Default: open contract notices (cn-standard, cn-social). Empty = all types.

## `minEstimatedValue` (type: `integer`):

Only notices whose procedure-level estimated value is at least this amount (notices without a published value are excluded when set).

## `valueCurrency` (type: `string`):

Currency for the minimum value filter (ISO code, e.g. EUR, PLN). Leave empty to compare raw amounts in any currency.

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

Preferred language for translated titles and buyer names (falls back to English, then the original).

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

Maximum number of notices to return (you pay per notice). The run also stops at your maximum cost per run.

## `requestsPerSecond` (type: `number`):

Politeness limit for the TED API (fair usage is 700 requests/minute; default 2/s).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72000000"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "cn-standard",
    "cn-social"
  ],
  "valueCurrency": "EUR",
  "language": "eng",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "requestsPerSecond": 2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

TED tender notices (one row per notice) in the default dataset.

# 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": [
        "DE",
        "FR"
    ],
    "cpvCodes": [
        "72000000"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("guileless_concerto/ted-eu-tenders").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": [
        "DE",
        "FR",
    ],
    "cpvCodes": ["72000000"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("guileless_concerto/ted-eu-tenders").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": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72000000"
  ]
}' |
apify call guileless_concerto/ted-eu-tenders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/gvM28XmK7qO8uFc1Y/builds/4q0dNQ9bm0fcMpfwc/openapi.json