# RFP & Bid Opportunity Finder (`niche_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder`) Actor

Find public RFPs, bids, RFQs, tenders, proposal requests, procurement notices, and opportunity documents across websites.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/niche\_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Niche Lens](https://apify.com/niche_lens) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$70.00 / 1,000 bid opportunity founds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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.
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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

## RFP & Bid Opportunity Finder

Find public RFPs, bids, RFQs, tenders, procurement notices, and proposal opportunities on websites.

### What it does

This Actor crawls public websites and detects opportunity pages/documents related to:

- RFPs and RFQs
- bids and tenders
- procurement and purchasing notices
- proposal requests and addenda
- due-date clues, contact emails/phones, and source documents

It is useful for agency/vendor prospecting, procurement monitoring, and niche public-opportunity datasets.

### Billing

This Actor uses Apify Pay Per Event pricing.

- **Paid event:** `BID_OPPORTUNITY`
- **Price:** **$0.07 per billable bid/RFP opportunity** / **$70 per 1,000 extracted opportunities**
- You are charged only for active/useful bid opportunity rows.

Rows marked `no_opportunities_found`, closed/archive rows, and zero-confidence/status rows are not emitted with the paid event.

### Good inputs

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://example.gov" }
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSite": 40,
  "maxDepth": 2,
  "minConfidenceScore": 35
}
```

### Output quality notes

Each row includes opportunity type, status, confidence score, due-date text, document URLs, source page, contact details, matched keywords, and context snippet. The Actor favors document-backed and keyword-backed records and keeps no-result diagnostics transparent but non-billable.

### Limits and responsible use

The Actor identifies public web clues. You should confirm submission deadlines and requirements on the source website before acting.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more public websites or procurement/bids pages to scan.

## `maxPagesPerSite` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of same-domain HTML pages to crawl for each start URL.

## `maxDepth` (type: `integer`):

How many internal link hops from the start page to follow.

## `opportunityKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords that indicate RFP, bid, procurement, RFQ, tender, proposal, quote, or solicitation opportunities.

## `documentExtensions` (type: `array`):

Document/file extensions to collect from opportunity pages.

## `minConfidenceScore` (type: `integer`):

Only output opportunities at or above this confidence score. Lower values return more exploratory matches.

## `respectRobotsTxt` (type: `boolean`):

Best-effort robots.txt check for safer marketplace use.

## `requestDelayMillis` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay per site in milliseconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/finance/purchasing"
    }
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSite": 40,
  "maxDepth": 2,
  "opportunityKeywords": [
    "rfp",
    "rfq",
    "rfi",
    "bid",
    "bids",
    "proposal",
    "proposals",
    "procurement",
    "purchasing",
    "solicitation",
    "tender",
    "quote",
    "addendum",
    "plan holders",
    "pre-bid",
    "sealed bid",
    "invitation to bid"
  ],
  "documentExtensions": [
    "pdf",
    "doc",
    "docx",
    "xls",
    "xlsx",
    "csv",
    "ppt",
    "pptx",
    "zip"
  ],
  "minConfidenceScore": 35,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "requestDelayMillis": 500
}
```

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/finance/purchasing"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("niche_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder").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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/finance/purchasing" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("niche_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder").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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/finance/purchasing"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call niche_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,niche_lens/rfp-bid-opportunity-finder"
        }
    }
}

```

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/JrxmdUYClX5XakWKV/builds/6Wp5DRipCLKnLTCt8/openapi.json