UK Public Tenders (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender)

UK government tender and contract notices from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (title, buyer, value, CPV codes, deadline, notice link), for bid writers, consultancies and suppliers.

What does UK Public Tenders do?

UK councils, NHS bodies, universities and government departments must advertise the contracts they want to buy, and announce who won them, on two official government websites: Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. This Actor reads both websites through their open-data feeds and gives you one clean list, with the same fields whichever site a notice came from.

You can ask for open tenders to bid for, contract awards (who won and for how much), early planning notices, or all three. Narrow the list by keyword, CPV code (the standard product and service code), buyer name and contract value. It is built for bid writers, consultancies, suppliers and anyone who tracks public spending.

What data does it return?

One row per notice.

Field	Example	Meaning
source	find-a-tender	Which site the notice came from: contracts-finder or find-a-tender.
noticeId	092822-2026	The site's own ID for the notice.
ocid	ocds-h6vhtk-077e95	Open Contracting ID. Notices about the same procurement (tender, changes, award) share it.
title	Cleaning Services Framework	Notice title.
descriptionSnippet	Contract cleaning services framework	The first 500 characters of the description, with email addresses and phone numbers removed.
buyer	DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST	The organisation buying.
stage	tender	planning, tender or award.
status	active	Notice status as the site gives it, for example active or complete.
isUpdate	false	true when the notice changes or updates an earlier one.
publishedAt	2026-10-01T12:49:51+01:00	When the notice was published.
deadline	2026-10-27T12:00:00Z	Closing date for bids, when the notice gives one.
valueAmount	2000000	The value the buyer advertised, when it publishes one.
currency	GBP	Currency of the values.
procedure	Restricted procedure	How the buyer is running the procurement.
category	services	goods, services or works.
cpvCodes	["90910000"]	CPV codes, main code first.
cpvDescription	Cleaning services	Plain-English name of the main CPV code.
regions	["UKE"]	Where the work is delivered: a region or country name (Contracts Finder) or a NUTS area code (Find a Tender).
noticeUrl	https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092822-2026	Link to the notice on the source site.
license	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/	The licence link the source publishes with the notice.
suppliers	["Haskoning UK LTD"]	Winning suppliers that are companies, charities or public bodies (award notices only, up to 20 names). A supplier that may be a sole trader, that is a person, is counted but not named.
supplierCount	1	How many suppliers won, named or not.
awardValue	999999.99	Total value awarded (award notices only).
awardDate	2026-09-21T00:00:00+01:00	Date of the award (award notices only).

A field the notice doesn't provide is null (or an empty list).

How to use it

1. Open the Input tab and fill in the fields below. The prefilled values work as they are.
2. Click Start.
3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

Input	Meaning
source	both (default), contracts-finder or find-a-tender. With both the results alternate between the two sites.
stage	tender (open tenders, default), award (contract awards), planning (planning notices) or all.
daysBack	How far back to look, from 1 to 90 days (default 14). Contracts Finder uses the publication date. Find a Tender uses the date a notice was last updated.
keywords	Keep only notices that mention at least one of these words in the title, description, buyer name or CPV description. Not case sensitive.
cpvPrefixes	Keep only notices with a CPV code starting with one of these numbers, separated by commas, for example 72, 45.
buyerName	Keep only notices whose buyer name contains this text, for example NHS.
minValue, maxValue	Keep only notices worth at least or at most this much (0 means no limit). Award notices are compared on their award value when they have one. Notices without a value are left out when you set a limit. UK notices are almost always priced in GBP, and the Actor compares the number as published.
maxItems	Stop after this many results.

Neither site can search by keyword, CPV code, buyer or value, so the Actor reads the notices for your date range and applies those filters itself. You pay only for the notices that match. A narrow filter over a long date range reads many pages and takes longer. One run reads at most 10,000 notices per site; use a shorter date range if the log says it stopped early.

How much does it cost?

You pay $4.00 per 1,000 results, with no monthly fee. New Apify accounts get free monthly credit, so you can try it at no cost.

Example output

An open tender from Find a Tender:

{
    "source": "find-a-tender",
    "noticeId": "092822-2026",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-077e95",
    "title": "Cleaning Services Framework",
    "descriptionSnippet": "Contract cleaning services framework",
    "buyer": "DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST",
    "stage": "tender",
    "status": "active",
    "isUpdate": false,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-01T12:49:51+01:00",
    "deadline": "2026-10-27T12:00:00Z",
    "valueAmount": 2000000,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "procedure": "Restricted procedure",
    "category": "services",
    "cpvCodes": ["90910000"],
    "cpvDescription": "Cleaning services",
    "regions": ["UKE"],
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092822-2026",
    "license": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "suppliers": [],
    "supplierCount": 0,
    "awardValue": null,
    "awardDate": null
}

A contract award from Find a Tender:

{
    "source": "find-a-tender",
    "noticeId": "093030-2026",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-077f0d",
    "title": "Continued support for ongoing bus stop infrastructure improvements",
    "descriptionSnippet": "To provide ongoing support with WNC bus stop infrastructure improvements,",
    "buyer": "West Northamptonshire Council",
    "stage": "award",
    "status": "complete",
    "isUpdate": false,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-01T16:45:39+01:00",
    "deadline": null,
    "valueAmount": null,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "procedure": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "category": "services",
    "cpvCodes": ["71311300"],
    "cpvDescription": "Infrastructure works consultancy services",
    "regions": ["UKF24"],
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093030-2026",
    "license": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "suppliers": ["Haskoning UK LTD"],
    "supplierCount": 1,
    "awardValue": 999999.99,
    "awardDate": "2026-09-21T00:00:00+01:00"
}

Data source and limits

• Source: the official open-data feeds of Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK government's public notice services. Both publish their notices in the Open Contracting Data Standard format for other websites and applications to use. The terms are at the Contracts Finder terms page.
• Licence: the notices are published under the Open Government Licence, which allows commercial reuse if you acknowledge the source. If you republish the data, include this statement: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• How fresh: the Actor reads the live feeds every time it runs, so results are as current as the two websites.
• Same notice twice: a few procurements are listed on both sites, so choosing both can show the same contract twice. Match them on title and buyer. When a buyer corrects a notice, the site may list several versions of it; you get the newest version once per run.
• Rate limits: the Actor sends about one request every two seconds across both sites. Contracts Finder blocks callers for 5 minutes after too many requests. If it does, the Actor stops reading that site, says so in the run log, and carries on with the other one.
• No contact details: notices include named contact points. The Actor never reads them, and it removes email addresses and phone numbers from the description text it keeps. Suppliers are named only when they are on a company, charity or public-body register, or their name shows a legal form such as Ltd; a supplier that may be a sole trader is counted but not named.

The data is public. This Actor doesn't collect personal data. It is an independent tool and isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the UK Government, Contracts Finder or Find a Tender.

FAQ

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run it daily or hourly and send the results to Google Sheets, Slack, a webhook or your own API. Set daysBack to 1 or 2 for a daily run.

What is the difference between a tender and an award? A tender notice is an opportunity: the buyer wants bids. An award notice says who won the contract and for how much. A planning notice is an early warning that a buyer expects to run a tender.

Why are some values empty? Not every notice states a value, a deadline or a region. The Actor shows what the source publishes and doesn't guess.

Is it legal? It reads public, non-personal data from official feeds that the UK government offers under the Open Government Licence, at a polite rate. Check that your own use fits the licence.