# Etimad Saudi Government Tenders Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/etimad-saudi-government-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Structured tender notices from Saudi Arabia's national e-procurement platform, including agency, activity, dates, execution details and award outcomes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/etimad-saudi-government-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Etimad Saudi Government Tenders Scraper

Get structured tender notices from Etimad, Saudi Arabia's mandatory national
e-procurement platform. Every government agency in the Kingdom publishes its
tenders there — this actor returns the full public board: reference numbers,
agency and branch attribution, activity classification, key dates, financial
fees, execution details, and award outcome when Etimad has announced one.

### Features

- Covers every government agency, activity, region and tender type on Etimad's
  public board — no category filter to configure
- Reference number, tender number, agency and branch name, tender type and
  activity classification for every record
- Booklet document price and financial fees
- Submission deadline, offers-opening date, and last-enquiries date
- Execution place/region and execution duration
- Award status, awarded supplier, and awarded value once Etimad publishes a
  result for that tender
- Configurable maximum records per run, and resumable large crawls

### Usage

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

No other input is required — the actor walks Etimad's public tender board
directly.

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `maxItems` | Integer | 10 | Maximum number of tenders to scrape. Required. |

### Output

Each output record represents one tender notice:

```json
{
  "tender_id": "1095001",
  "reference_number": "260839002129",
  "tender_number": "0030",
  "tender_name": "تأمين قطع غيار وإصﻼح لبعض آليات الدفاع المدني بمحافظة القريات",
  "tender_name_en": null,
  "agency_name": "ادارة الشؤون الفنية المركزية بمنطقة الجوف",
  "agency_code": null,
  "branch_name": "ادارة الشؤون الفنية المركزية بمنطقة الجوف",
  "tender_type": "شراء مباشر",
  "tender_activity": "تجارة قطع الغيار الجديدة",
  "tender_sub_activity": null,
  "tender_area": "داخل المملكة منطقة الجوف القريات",
  "condition_booklet_price": 0,
  "financial_fees": 0,
  "submission_deadline": "2026-08-13T09:59:00",
  "offers_opening_date": null,
  "last_enquiries_date": "2026-08-11T08:25:18",
  "execution_place": "داخل المملكة منطقة الجوف القريات",
  "execution_duration": "1 شهر",
  "required_documents": [],
  "award_status": "not_announced",
  "awarded_supplier": null,
  "awarded_value": null,
  "tender_url": "https://tenders.etimad.sa/Tender/DetailsForVisitor?STenderId=...",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-09T05:42:32.761Z"
}
```

- All tender content is in Arabic, matching Etimad's own source language.
  `tender_name_en` is included in every record for schema stability but is
  currently `null` — Etimad does not publish an English tender name anywhere
  on its public board.
- `award_status` is `"not_announced"` until Etimad itself publishes a result
  for that tender; `awarded_supplier` and `awarded_value` populate once it
  does.
- `required_documents` is populated when a tender's document list is visible
  on Etimad's public board. In practice this is rarely populated for
  public tenders — Etimad reserves full attachment downloads for registered
  suppliers, not anonymous visitors.
- `agency_code` and `tender_sub_activity` are `null` when Etimad's own record
  for that tender doesn't carry a value — not every tender is coded to the
  sub-activity level.

### Resuming a large crawl

Every run emits a `resumeCursor` in its Output. If a big crawl stops before it
finishes — because it hit `maxItems`, a spend cap, or was aborted — you can
pick up where it left off: start a new run with **the same input** plus that
`resumeCursor`. The crawl continues from the queued work the previous run
didn't reach.

- You are **not re-charged** for records the earlier run already delivered.
- Resume within your account's run-retention window — on the free tier,
  roughly the 10 most recent runs. Once the source run is pruned, its
  `resumeCursor` is no longer valid.
- `resumeCursor` is opaque — supply it unmodified.

### Notes

- Etimad's public board is large — hundreds of thousands of tender notices
  across every Saudi government agency. Set `maxItems` to control run size
  and cost.
- Dates are returned exactly as Etimad publishes them (ISO timestamps where
  Etimad provides one). Etimad also tracks a parallel Hijri calendar
  internally; this actor returns the Gregorian dates it exposes on the
  public board.

# Actor input Schema

## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):

What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking.

## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):

We'll personally help with your use case. No spam.

## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/etimad-saudi-government-tenders-scraper").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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/etimad-saudi-government-tenders-scraper").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 '{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/etimad-saudi-government-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/mIxFAQcxn2XZn4Ivx/builds/wdhoOL5iG6jsKd483/openapi.json