# AusTender Australian Government Contracts Scraper (`mptech/austender-contract-notices`) Actor

Australian Government contract notices from AusTender's official OCDS API: agency, supplier, ABN, value AUD, UNSPSC, dates. Filter by keyword, agency, value.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mptech/austender-contract-notices.md
- **Developed by:** [Umair Jahangir](https://apify.com/mptech) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## 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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## AusTender Australian Government Contracts Scraper

Extract **Australian Commonwealth contract notices (CNs)** from the official [AusTender OCDS API](https://api.tenders.gov.au/) (CC-BY 3.0 AU).

**Use cases:** see who wins Australian Government work, build B2G lead lists, benchmark pricing, monitor competitors and agencies (Defence, Home Affairs, Services Australia…).

**Filters:** date window (published/start/end/modified), keywords, agency, UNSPSC prefix, min value.

**Output:** CN ID, OCID, description, agency, supplier name, ABN and state, value (AUD), UNSPSC codes, signed/start/end dates, procurement method and a search link. Supplier contact persons are not collected.

### Input

See the Input tab. Every field is optional; defaults return recent records.

### Pricing

Pay per result.

### Compliance

Uses only the official, keyless public API / open-data endpoint; respects robots.txt and rate limits; no login, no personal data.

*Keywords: AusTender, Australian government tenders, contract notices, procurement, OCDS*

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Contracts published in the last N days.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

ISO datetime, e.g. 2026-10-01T00:00:00; overrides Days back.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

ISO datetime; default now.

## `dateField` (type: `string`):

Which date the window applies to.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Match in description or agency name.

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Substring of agency name, e.g. Defence.

## `unspscPrefixes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 43 (IT), 8111.

## `minValue` (type: `integer`):

Skip smaller contracts.

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

Maximum number of records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 3,
  "dateField": "contractPublished",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All records 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mptech/austender-contract-notices").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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mptech/austender-contract-notices").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 '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call mptech/austender-contract-notices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mptech/austender-contract-notices"
        }
    }
}
```

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/sqSihSMPZzglsvrzJ/builds/c9FC93nwKb7IWA44f/openapi.json