# EU Public Tenders & Government Contracts Scraper (TED Europa) (`mtellez23/eu-public-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Extract verified active European public procurement contracts, direct buyer contact emails, submission deadlines, and contract values from TED Europa with automated commercial opportunity scoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mtellez23/eu-public-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Manuel Téllez](https://apify.com/mtellez23) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 extracted tender records

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

## 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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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

## 🇪🇺 EU Public Tenders & Government Contracts Scraper (TED Europa)

> **Extract active European public procurement contracts, direct buyer procurement emails, contract values in EUR, and submission deadlines from TED Europa with automated commercial opportunity scoring.**

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### 🎯 What Does This Actor Do?

Every year, European public sector authorities publish more than **€2 Trillion** worth of procurement contracts across 27 EU member states on **TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)**.

However, searching and monitoring TED manually is complex, fragmented across dozens of languages, and filled with unstructured legal forms.

This Actor connects directly to the official European Union Publications Office TED v3 API to:

1. **Discover live, active public tenders** across all EU countries based on your sector keyword (e.g. *software, cybersecurity, consulting, medical equipment, construction, cleaning*).
2. **Extract direct procurement contacts**: Official buyer organization, city, country, and **direct contact emails** of procurement officers.
3. **Calculate urgency and time-to-deadline**: Exact countdown in days natural (`days_until_deadline`) and urgency classification (`URGENT` < 15 days, `OPEN`, `LONG_TERM`).
4. **Compute Opportunity Score (0–100)**: Prioritize contracts that offer the best return on bidding effort based on economic volume, bidding window, and direct contactability.
5. **Deduplicate cleanly**: Deterministic SHA-256 opportunity IDs guarantee zero duplicate records.
6. **Provide direct links**: One-click URL to the official tender notice and administrative bidding documents on `ted.europa.eu`.

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### 💡 Who Is This For?

- **B2B Tech Agencies & SaaS Providers**: Find high-value government software development, cloud infrastructure, and maintenance contracts.
- **Consultancies & Advisory Firms**: Target public sector strategy, management, and audit tenders.
- **Suppliers & Distributors**: Spot equipment, supplies, and medical procurement notices across Europe.
- **Lead Generation & Market Intelligence Teams**: Feed sales pipelines with verified public tender opportunities with procurement emails.
- **Bid Managers & Proposal Teams**: Never miss a tender deadline with automated urgency and countdown scoring.

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### 💰 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Zero Waste Guarantee

This Actor operates under **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing:

| Event | Price | What You Get |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `tender-extracted` | **$0.08 / event** | 1 fully verified, active European public tender with buyer details, contact emails, deadline, and opportunity score |

> **🛡️ Zero-Charge Quality Guarantee**: You are **ONLY charged for valid, billable tender records**. Any corrupt, expired, or invalid records are discarded automatically and **cost you $0.00**.

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### ⚙️ Input Parameters

Configure your search using simple, powerful filters:

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `query` | String | `"software"` | Search keyword or sector (e.g., `cloud`, `consulting`, `security`, `transport`). Supports full-text search. |
| `country` | Select | `"ALL"` | Filter by EU Member State code: `ESP`, `FRA`, `DEU`, `ITA`, `NLD`, `BEL`, `SWE`, `POL`, etc. |
| `contractNature` | Select | `"ALL"` | Procurement category: `services` (consulting, IT), `supplies` (goods, equipment), or `works` (construction). |
| `minValueEur` | Integer | `0` | Minimum contract value in Euros. Exclude contracts below this value (e.g., `100000` for €100k+). |
| `preferredLanguage`| Select | `"eng"` | Preferred title language: English (`eng`), Spanish (`spa`), French (`fra`), German (`deu`), Italian (`ita`). |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `20` | Maximum number of verified opportunities to extract (1 to 500). |

#### Example Input:

```json
{
  "query": "cybersecurity",
  "country": "ESP",
  "contractNature": "services",
  "minValueEur": 50000,
  "preferredLanguage": "spa",
  "maxItems": 25
}
```

***

### 📊 Output Schema

The Actor stores records in the default Apify dataset with the following structure:

| Field | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `opportunity_id` | `string` | Deterministic SHA-256 identifier (e.g. `ted_34e6be6fbdf7ece9`). |
| `publication_number`| `string` | Official TED notice identifier (e.g. `641327-2026`). |
| `title` | `string` | Normalized tender title in your preferred language. |
| `buyer_name` | `string` | Contracting authority / government entity name. |
| `buyer_country` | `string` | ISO 3-letter country code (`ESP`, `FRA`, `DEU`, etc.). |
| `buyer_city` | `string` | City of the contracting authority. |
| `buyer_emails` | `array` | List of verified procurement officer and department emails. |
| `primary_email` | `string` | First verified direct email address for outreach. |
| `has_direct_email` | `boolean` | `true` if direct procurement email is available. |
| `contract_nature` | `string` | `services`, `supplies`, or `works`. |
| `total_value_eur` | `number` | Contract value in EUR (or `null` if undisclosed). |
| `economic_tier` | `string` | `MEGA` (>€10M), `HIGH` (>€1M), `MID` (>€250k), `LOW` (<=€250k), `UNDISCLOSED`. |
| `classification_cpv`| `array` | European Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes. |
| `publication_date` | `string` | Official date published on TED (`YYYY-MM-DD`). |
| `submission_deadline`| `string`| ISO datetime deadline for bid submission. |
| `days_until_deadline`| `integer`| Days remaining until submission deadline. |
| `urgency_status` | `string` | `URGENT` (<15 days), `OPEN` (15-45 days), `LONG_TERM` (>45 days). |
| `opportunity_score` | `integer`| Composite prioritization score from `0` to `100`. |
| `notice_type` | `string` | Notice category (`cn-standard` for open competition). |
| `notice_url` | `string` | Direct link to official tender documents and specifications. |
| `extracted_at` | `string` | Extraction UTC timestamp. |

#### Sample Output Record:

```json
{
  "opportunity_id": "ted_34e6be6fbdf7ece9",
  "publication_number": "639755-2026",
  "title": "Netherlands – Software package and information systems – Standard Software Agreement",
  "buyer_name": "Gemeente Amsterdam",
  "buyer_country": "NLD",
  "buyer_city": "Amsterdam",
  "buyer_emails": [
    "h.wijdicks@amsterdam.nl",
    "inkoop@amsterdam.nl"
  ],
  "primary_email": "h.wijdicks@amsterdam.nl",
  "has_direct_email": true,
  "contract_nature": "supplies",
  "total_value_eur": 100000000.0,
  "economic_tier": "MEGA",
  "classification_cpv": [
    "48000000",
    "72000000"
  ],
  "publication_date": "2026-09-17",
  "submission_deadline": "2026-10-30T11:00:00Z",
  "days_until_deadline": 43,
  "urgency_status": "OPEN",
  "opportunity_score": 93,
  "notice_type": "cn-standard",
  "notice_url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/639755-2026",
  "extracted_at": "2026-09-17T17:16:40.904094+00:00"
}
```

***

### ⚖️ Legal & Compliance Notice

This Actor extracts public data published by the European Union Publications Office in compliance with:

- **EU Directive 2014/24/EU** on public procurement.
- **EU Directive 2014/25/EU** on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors.
- **European Open Data Directive (EU) 2019/1024**.

All information processed is public government procurement data designed for transparent market access. This Actor does not bypass captchas, does not require authentication, and strictly respects official API rate limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword or sector to search across active EU tenders (e.g., 'software', 'cloud', 'cybersecurity', 'consulting', 'medical', 'cleaning').

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

Filter by EU Member State or contracting authority country.

## `contractNature` (type: `string`):

Category of procurement contract (services, supplies, or public works).

## `minValueEur` (type: `integer`):

Filter out contracts below this threshold in Euros (e.g. 100000 for €100k+ contracts). Set to 0 to disable.

## `preferredLanguage` (type: `string`):

Language used for tender title and descriptions when available.

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

Maximum number of verified, billable tender records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "software",
  "country": "ALL",
  "contractNature": "ALL",
  "minValueEur": 0,
  "preferredLanguage": "eng",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

JSON items array containing all verified and enriched European public procurement tenders

# 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("mtellez23/eu-public-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mtellez23/eu-public-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 '{}' |
apify call mtellez23/eu-public-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mtellez23/eu-public-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/nIX5MnNvyrnG3tbJ7/builds/ZxnYMYaazkBZTHrqt/openapi.json