# UNGM Tenders Monitor — UN Procurement Notices (`gulfdata/ungm-tenders-monitor`) Actor

Monitor UN procurement opportunities from UNGM (UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, WHO and 30+ agencies). Filter by agency, country and keywords. Daily monitor mode pushes only NEW notices — clean, deduplicated JSON.

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

from $4.00 / 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

## UNGM Tenders Monitor — UN Procurement Notices (UNICEF, UNDP, WFP...)

Monitor **United Nations procurement opportunities** from UNGM (the UN Global Marketplace) — tenders from UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, WHO, FAO, UNFPA and 30+ UN agencies — as clean, deduplicated, analysis-ready JSON.

Built for **daily monitoring**: schedule it once, and every run pushes **only the notices that are new since the last run**.

### Why this Actor

- 🇺🇳 **All UN agencies in one feed** — EOIs, RFPs, RFQs, ITBs and consultant calls across the whole UN system, published daily on UNGM.
- 🔁 **Monitor mode**: previously seen notices are remembered across runs; you only pay for what's new.
- 🧹 **Clean data contract**: stable field names, deadlines converted to UTC ISO, deduplicated records, `first_seen_at` point-in-time timestamps.
- 🌐 **Same schema family** as our World Bank and Etimad (Saudi) tenders actors — combine feeds without remapping fields.
- 🤖 **AI-agent friendly**: consistent JSON that drops straight into LLM pipelines, CRMs, Sheets, or Slack alerts.

### Use cases

- **Suppliers & contractors selling to the UN system**: never miss an opportunity in your sector or region.
- **Development consultancies**: track consultant calls and RFPs across agencies.
- **Bid-intelligence teams**: procurement activity by agency, country, and type.
- **AI agents**: use as a tool to answer "what new UN tenders match X?"

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | string | Matched against the notice title (server-side search) |
| `unAgency` | string | UN agency filter, e.g. "UNICEF", "UNDP", "WFP" |
| `country` | string | Beneficiary country filter, e.g. "Kenya" |
| `noticeType` | string | e.g. "Invitation to bid", "Request for proposal" |
| `publishedSinceDays` | integer | Only notices published in the last N days (default 7) |
| `maxRecords` | integer | Scan cap per run (default 500) |
| `monitorMode` | boolean | Push only NEW notices (default true) |

### Output example

Real record (schema is stable — additive changes only):

```json
{
  "tender_id": "312633",
  "reference_number": "2026/FLBOL/FIELD/138125",
  "title": "ITB 095.2026 Contrucción de cerramientos",
  "agency": "FAO",
  "activity": null,
  "tender_type": "Invitation to bid",
  "submission_deadline": "2026-09-15T03:00:00Z",
  "published_date": "2026-08-28",
  "country": "Bolivia",
  "first_seen_at": "2026-08-28T01:29:00+00:00",
  "source": "ungm",
  "source_url": "https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/312633"
}
```

`source_url` opens the notice's public UNGM page. `submission_deadline` is converted from the notice's local timezone to UTC. `first_seen_at` is the point-in-time timestamp of when THIS pipeline first observed the notice.

### Scheduling

Typical setup: one scheduled run per day, `monitorMode: true`, connected to a Slack/email/Sheets integration for instant alerts on new opportunities.

### Need all sources in one run?

[Global Tenders Radar](https://apify.com/gulfdata/global-tenders-radar) merges this feed with Saudi Etimad and World Bank procurement notices — one unified schema, one monitor, one run.

### Fair use & disclaimer

This Actor reads **publicly available procurement notices** from ungm.org at polite request rates (site-default page size, paced requests). It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, UNGM or any UN agency. You are responsible for complying with the source's terms and applicable regulations.

# Actor input Schema

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

Optional keywords matched against the notice title (server-side search).

## `unAgency` (type: `string`):

Optional UN agency filter, e.g. 'UNICEF', 'UNDP', 'WFP' (substring match).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional beneficiary country filter, e.g. 'Kenya' (substring match).

## `noticeType` (type: `string`):

Optional opportunity type filter, e.g. 'Request for proposal', 'Invitation to bid', 'Request for EOI'.

## `publishedSinceDays` (type: `integer`):

Ignore notices published earlier than this many days ago.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound of notices scanned per run.

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

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

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

Not needed — ungm.org serves plain clients fine. Enable only if you ever see blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "publishedSinceDays": 7,
  "maxRecords": 500,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "useResidentialProxy": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notices` (type: `string`):

Normalized UN procurement notices 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/ungm-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/ungm-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/ungm-tenders-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gulfdata/ungm-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/8UtCRChp96OtKiPhG/builds/fgF2Fyc03PCCgjjnM/openapi.json