Etimad Saudi Tenders Monitor — منافسات اعتماد

Monitor Saudi government tenders from Etimad (etimad.sa), Saudi Arabia's official e-procurement platform, and get clean, deduplicated, analysis-ready JSON.

Built for daily monitoring: schedule it once, and every run pushes only the tenders that are new since the last run — perfect for lead generation, bid/no-bid pipelines, market intelligence, and AI agents.

Why this Actor

• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia is one of the largest government procurement markets in the region — construction, industrial services, IT, logistics, healthcare and more, published daily on Etimad.
• 🔁 Monitor mode: previously seen tenders are remembered across runs; you only pay for what's new.
• 🧹 Clean data contract: stable field names, ISO dates, deduplicated records, first_seen_at point-in-time timestamps.
• 🤖 AI-agent friendly: consistent JSON that drops straight into LLM pipelines, CRMs, Sheets, or Slack alerts via Apify integrations.

Use cases

• Contractors & suppliers: never miss a tender in your activity or region again.
• Business development / lead-gen teams: feed new opportunities into your CRM daily.
• Consultancies & analysts: track agencies' buying activity over time.
• AI agents: use as a tool (MCP) to answer "what new Saudi tenders match X?"

Input

Field	Type	Description
keywords	string	Optional search keywords (Arabic or English)
activityFilter	string	Filter by activity/category text
agencyFilter	string	Filter by government agency name
maxPages	integer	Listing pages per run (default 5)
pageSize	integer	Tenders per page (default 24, max 100)
monitorMode	boolean	Push only NEW tenders (default true)
useResidentialProxy	boolean	Recommended, default true
includeRaw	boolean	Attach the raw upstream record for debugging

Output example

Real record (only the title/agency vary per tender — the schema is stable):

{
  "tender_id": "1099752",
  "tender_id_string": "vLkwa5PJsEJlkSIrVqcsqA==",
  "reference_number": "260839009073",
  "tender_number": "FAO-PR-26-00256",
  "title": "توريد وتركيب جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF).",
  "agency": "مكتب المواءمة المالية بالديوان الملكي",
  "branch": "مكتب الموائمة المالية بالديوان الملكي",
  "activity": "تقنية المعلومات",
  "tender_type": "منافسة عامة",
  "published_at": "2026-08-27T16:26:33.2436624",
  "submission_deadline": "2026-09-12T09:59:00",
  "last_enquiry_date": "2026-09-03T16:26:33.2435734",
  "opening_date": "2026-09-12T10:00:00",
  "submission_deadline_hijri": "1448-04-01",
  "conditions_fee": 500,
  "financial_fees": 500,
  "remaining_days": 15,
  "first_seen_at": "2026-08-28T00:29:55.944097+00:00",
  "source": "etimad",
  "source_url": "https://tenders.etimad.sa/Tender/DetailsForVisitor?STenderId=vLkwa5PJsEJlkSIrVqcsqA%3D%3D"
}

Key fields: source_url opens the tender's public details page directly; submission_deadline / remaining_days drive deadline alerts; submission_deadline_hijri is the official Hijri date; first_seen_at is the point-in-time timestamp of when THIS pipeline first observed the tender (UTC).

Scheduling

Typical setup: one scheduled run per day (or every 6 hours during busy seasons), monitorMode: true, connected to a Slack/email/Sheets integration for instant alerts.

Need all sources in one run?

Global Tenders Radar merges this feed with World Bank and UN (UNGM) procurement notices — one unified schema, one monitor, one run.

Fair use & disclaimer

This Actor extracts publicly available procurement notices published for public viewing, at polite request rates. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Etimad or any Saudi government entity. You are responsible for complying with the source's terms and your local regulations.