# Etimad Saudi Tenders Monitor — منافسات اعتماد (`gulfdata/etimad-tenders-monitor`) Actor

Monitor and extract Saudi government tenders from Etimad. Filter by activity, agency and keywords. Daily monitor mode pushes only NEW tenders — clean, deduplicated, point-in-time JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gulfdata/etimad-tenders-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Ali Alshamrani](https://apify.com/gulfdata) (community)
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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):

```json
{
  "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](https://apify.com/gulfdata/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.

# Actor input Schema

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

Optional search keywords (Arabic or English), e.g. 'حفريات' or 'scaffolding'. Leave empty to fetch all recent tenders.

## `activityFilter` (type: `string`):

Optional activity/category text to filter tenders by (matched against the tender's activity field after fetch).

## `agencyFilter` (type: `string`):

Optional government agency name filter (substring match).

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

How many listing pages to fetch per run.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Tenders per page requested from the source.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, previously seen tender IDs are remembered in a named key-value store and only new tenders are pushed. Ideal for scheduled daily runs.

## `useResidentialProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Route requests through Apify residential proxies (recommended — the source blocks datacenter IPs with a CAPTCHA).

## `proxyCountryCode` (type: `string`):

Country code for residential proxy sessions.

## `includeRaw` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the raw upstream record under `raw` for debugging/advanced users.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxPages": 5,
  "pageSize": 24,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "useResidentialProxy": true,
  "proxyCountryCode": "SA",
  "includeRaw": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `tenders` (type: `string`):

Normalized Saudi government tenders scraped in this run (JSON items 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gulfdata/etimad-tenders-monitor").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gulfdata/etimad-tenders-monitor").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 '{}' |
apify call gulfdata/etimad-tenders-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/fKqhDC5S5VjKkuWwL/builds/WgunxLb8YJpWtQVj0/openapi.json