UK Tenders Scraper & Monitor (Find a Tender + Contracts Finder)

Monitor UK public sector tenders, contract notices and contract awards from the two official UK government portals, Find a Tender (FTS) and Contracts Finder, in one clean feed. Filter by keyword, notice type and minimum value, and get only new notices on every scheduled run.

• Official source: Find a Tender (FTS) and Contracts Finder official OCDS APIs.
• No login, no browser, no personal data.
• Monitoring built in: turn on Only new since last run and schedule it for a daily alert feed.
• Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or straight into Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own code via the Apify API.

What can you use it for?

• Bid and sales teams: get a daily list of new UK public sector opportunities that match your keywords.
• Competitor tracking: see which suppliers win which contracts, and for how much.
• Bid-alert services and consultants: feed fresh notices into your own alerting or CRM.
• Market research: analyse UK government spend by buyer, category and value.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start). The input is pre-filled, so the first run works with one click and finishes in seconds.
2. Adjust the filters in the Input tab (see the table below).
3. Click Start and open the Output tab. The Overview view shows the key columns; All fields shows everything.
4. Download the results (JSON, CSV, Excel...) or connect them to your tools (see Scheduling and integrations).

Input

Field	Name	What it does
keywords	Keywords	Match any keyword in title, description, buyer or CPV description (case-insensitive). Leave empty for all notices.
daysBack	Days back	How many days back to look. Default 2. On scheduled runs with 'Only new since last run' on, a small window (1-3 days) is enough.
sources	Sources	Which UK portals to query.
noticeTypes	Notice types	OCDS release tags to keep. Empty = all.
minValue	Minimum value (GBP)	Keep only notices with a value at or above this amount. Notices without a value are dropped when set.
maxItems	Max results	Stop after this many results. You pay per result ($2 per 1,000), so this caps your cost: 50 results = $0.10.
onlyNew	Only new since last run	Skip records already returned by earlier runs of this Actor in your Apify account, so each run outputs only new ones. Turn on for scheduled daily alerts; leave off for a one-off full export.

Example input:

{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "daysBack": 2,
  "maxItems": 20,
  "onlyNew": true
}

Output

Each result is one record with these fields:

Field	Description
source	Portal the notice came from.
ocid	Open Contracting ID of the procurement process.
releaseId	ID of this specific OCDS release (notice version).
noticeType	OCDS release tags, e.g. tender, award, contract.
publishedAt	Publication date/time of the notice.
title	Notice title.
description	Notice description as published.
status	Tender/contract status, e.g. active, complete.
buyerName	Contracting authority (buyer organisation).
buyerLocality	Buyer's town or city.
buyerRegion	Buyer's region code.
buyerPostalCode	Buyer organisation's postcode.
buyerCountry	Buyer's country.
valueAmount	Tender or contract value.
valueCurrency	Currency of the value.
classificationScheme	e.g. CPV or UNSPSC.
classificationId	CPV / UNSPSC code of the main item.
classificationDescription	Text label of the classification code.
procurementMethod	open, selective, limited or direct.
mainCategory	goods, services or works.
deadline	Tender submission deadline, when given.
contractStart	Contract start date.
contractEnd	Contract end date.
suppliers	Awarded supplier organisations (award/contract notices).
noticeUrl	Link to the notice on the official portal.

Sample result (from a real run, long values shortened):

{
  "source": "find-a-tender",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-078734",
  "releaseId": "096857-2026",
  "noticeType": "award,contract",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T10:50:34+01:00",
  "title": "Homelessness Case Management System",
  "description": "Software to enable the accurate case recording of homelessness cases and reporting of case numbers and outcomes to MHCLG.",
  "status": "complete",
  "buyerName": "Newark And Sherwood District Council",
  "buyerLocality": "Newark",
  "buyerRegion": "UKF15",
  "buyerPostalCode": "NG24 1BY",
  "buyerCountry": "United Kingdom",
  "valueAmount": 40235.3,
  "valueCurrency": "GBP",
  "classificationScheme": null,
  "classificationId": null,
  "classificationDescription": null,
  "procurementMethod": "direct",
  "mainCategory": null,
  "deadline": null,
  "contractStart": "2025-10-23T00:00:00+01:00",
  "contractEnd": "2027-10-22T23:59:59+01:00",
  "suppliers": [
    "CIVICA UK LIMITED"
  ],
  "noticeUrl": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096857-2026"
}

Scheduling and integrations

• Daily alerts: in Apify Console, open Schedules, create a schedule (for example every day at 08:00) for this Actor with onlyNew: true. Each run then returns only records that are new since the previous run.
• Webhooks: add a webhook on Run succeeded to call your own endpoint, Slack or a workflow tool when new data is ready.
• Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, email: use Apify's ready-made integrations on the Actor's Integrations tab to push each run's dataset wherever you work.
• API: run it and get results in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/northbound-labs~uk-tenders-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": ["software"], "daysBack": 2, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNew": true}'

Or with the Apify Python client: ApifyClient(token).actor("northbound-labs/uk-tenders-monitor").call(run_input={...}).

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing, so you pay only for what you get:

• $2.00 per 1,000 results ($0.002 per result).
• An Actor start event of $0.00005 per run at the default 512 MB memory.

You get	Cost
20 results (the pre-filled test run)	about $0.04
100 results	about $0.20
1,000 results	about $2.00
A daily schedule returning ~50 new results a day for 30 days	about $3.00 a month

Set Max results to cap the cost of any run. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit you can use to try it.

FAQ

Which portals are covered? Find a Tender (above-threshold notices) and Contracts Finder (lower-value notices). Pick one or both in the Sources input.

Can I get only open tenders, not awards? Yes. Set Notice types to tender (and tenderUpdate if you want amendments).

Do I need an account on the source site? No. The Actor reads public, logged-out data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder through its official interface.

Does it return personal data? No. Output is limited to organisation-level and record-level fields.

How fresh is the data? As fresh as the source: every run queries it live.

Is it legal to use this data? The data comes from an official public source. You are responsible for using it in line with the source's terms and the laws that apply to you.

Something broken, or a field you need? Open an issue on the Issues tab. We read every issue and reply as fast as we can.