UK Find a Tender: Public Contract Notices with Buyer, Value and Deadline

$1 per 1,000 notices. Platform usage included. No rental, no minimum.

The four most used UK tender actors on Apify Store charge $2.00 to $10.00 per 1,000 results (Store prices checked 20 October 2026). This actor reads the official Find a Tender notice feed for $1.

Open it in Apify Console

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What it costs

Notices	This actor	Most used UK tender actors on the Store
1,000	$1.00	$2.00 to $10.00
10,000	$10.00	$20 to $100
100,000	$100.00	$200 to $1,000

Plus $0.001 per run. A daily run that collects 100 new tender notices costs about $0.10 per run, or about $3 a month.

Why people switch

• One flat price. Compute is included and no proxy is needed, so the bill follows the number of notices and nothing else.
• Filters that matter for bidding. Keep notices by keyword, buyer name, CPV code, value range, or only those still open for bids.
• Buyer contact and award results. Rows carry the buyer's email and website when the notice has them. Award notices list the suppliers and the awarded value.
• Look up a notice by number. Give a notice number such as 098725-2026 or a procurement process id and get exactly that notice.
• Official feed, no key. Data comes from the Find a Tender OCDS API, published under the Open Government Licence.

Quick start

1. Open the actor, choose a stage, press Start.
2. Or paste this input:

{ "stage": "tender", "daysBack": 2, "keywords": ["cleaning"], "maxItems": 50 }

3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

Use it from code

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/one_dollar_store~uk-find-a-tender-notices/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"stage": "tender", "daysBack": 2, "keywords": ["cleaning"], "maxItems": 50}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("one_dollar_store/uk-find-a-tender-notices").call(
    run_input={"stage": "tender", "daysBack": 2, "keywords": ["cleaning"], "maxItems": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("deadline"), item["buyerName"], item["title"], item.get("valueAmount"))

Use it from an AI assistant

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other assistants can call this actor through Apify's MCP server. Add it with this server address:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=one_dollar_store/uk-find-a-tender-notices

Then ask, for example: "List the UK tender notices from the last two days about cleaning services, with buyer, value and bid deadline."

Switching from another Find a Tender actor

Most Find a Tender actors take a search term and a result limit. Here they are keywords (a list, one search per line) and maxItems. You also choose the notice stage and how many days back to read. The core output fields are noticeId, title, buyerName, valueAmount, deadline, cpvCode and noticeUrl.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
stage	text	tender	tender (open for bids, with later changes to them), planning (early notices), award (who won) or all (also cancellations and contract changes).
daysBack	number	2	Read notices updated in the last 1 to 31 days, newest first.
keywords	list of text	none	One search per line. A notice is kept if its title, description, buyer name or CPV description contains all the words on at least one line.
buyerContains	text	none	Keep notices whose buyer name contains this text, for example NHS.
cpvCodes	list of text	none	Keep notices with a CPV code starting with one of these, for example 72 for IT services or 45 for construction.
minValue, maxValue	number	none	Keep notices whose stated value is in this range, in the currency of the notice (normally pounds). Notices with no value are dropped when either is set.
onlyOpen	true or false	false	Drop tender notices whose deadline has passed.
noticeIds	list of text	none	Read specific notices instead of searching. Notice numbers like 098725-2026 or process ids like ocds-h6vhtk-0001b4. Other filters are ignored.
includeRaw	true or false	false	Adds the complete OCDS release as a field called raw. Rows get much larger.
maxItems	number	100	Total notices for the run, 10 to 10,000.

Example:

{
  "stage": "tender",
  "daysBack": 7,
  "cpvCodes": ["72"],
  "minValue": 100000,
  "onlyOpen": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Output fields

Field	Meaning
noticeId, ocid, noticeUrl	Notice number, process id shared by all notices of one procurement, and the page on Find a Tender.
stage, noticeType, noticeCode	Plain stage, the release tags as published (tender, tenderUpdate, award+contract and so on) and the notice code such as UK4 or UK6.
title, description, status	What the buyer wants. The description is cut at 4,000 characters.
publishedAt, deadline	When this version was published, and the last time to bid or register interest. Dates keep the offset the service publishes.
buyerName, buyerId, buyerType	The contracting authority, its identifier and its kind.
buyerAddress, buyerContact, buyerEmail, buyerPhone, buyerWebsite	Contact details, when the notice has them.
valueAmount, valueCurrency	Estimated value of the contract.
awardedValue, awards	Award notices: total awarded and, for each award, date, status, value, currency and supplier names.
category, aboveThreshold	goods, services or works; whether the notice says it is above the legal threshold.
procurementMethod, procurementMethodDetails	Procedure family and name.
cpvCode, cpvDescription, cpvCodes	Main CPV code with its words, and every CPV code on the notice.
regions	NUTS region codes of delivery, for example UKG31.
lotCount, documentCount	Lots in the notice and tender documents listed.
suitableForSme, suitableForVcse	True when a lot is marked suitable for small firms or voluntary and community groups.
contractStart, contractEnd	Planned contract period.

Fields a notice does not have are left out.

Sample results

Real rows from test runs on 20 October 2026, with descriptions shortened and some fields left out.

[
  {"noticeId": "098642-2026", "stage": "tender", "noticeCode": "UK4", "title": "Hertford Regional College (HRC) - Cleaning Tender", "description": "Our goal at HRC is to prepare you for your future career, whether that is straight from the college or after p ...", "publishedAt": "2026-10-19T16:14:15+01:00", "deadline": "2026-11-12T16:15:00+00:00", "buyerName": "Hertford Regional College", "valueAmount": 2150000, "valueCurrency": "GBP", "category": "services", "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure", "cpvCode": "90919300", "cpvDescription": "School cleaning services", "regions": ["UKH23"], "suitableForSme": true},
  {"noticeId": "098651-2026", "stage": "tender", "noticeCode": "UK4", "title": "Accommodation-Based Supported Living (Acre Road)", "description": "Delivery of Accommodation based Supported Living at Hartington House, Acre Road. \nCare and Support Services fo ...", "publishedAt": "2026-10-19T16:27:51+01:00", "deadline": "2027-02-15T00:00:00+00:00", "buyerName": "The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", "valueAmount": 6150000, "valueCurrency": "GBP", "category": "services", "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure", "cpvCode": "85000000", "cpvDescription": "Health and social work services", "regions": ["UKI63"], "suitableForSme": true},
  {"noticeId": "098722-2026", "stage": "award", "noticeCode": "UK6", "title": "CS: Healthcare and Benefits Broker Services for the British Embassy in Washington and US Network", "publishedAt": "2026-10-19T20:35:31+01:00", "buyerName": "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office", "awardedValue": 434137.91, "contractStart": "2026-11-01T00:00:00+00:00", "contractEnd": "2031-10-31T23:59:59+00:00", "awards": [{"awardedAt": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00", "status": "pending", "value": 434137.91, "currency": "GBP", "suppliers": ["SAHOURI INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC"]}]}
]

Limits

• Up to 31 days back. Each run reads notices updated in the last 1 to 31 days. For an older notice, look it up by its notice number.
• The service filters only by update time. Stage, keyword, buyer, CPV and value filters are applied by the actor on the notices it reads. A narrow filter over many days reads many notices before it finds matches. In one test, 8 requests read 484 notices in 8 seconds and kept 4.
• Reading speed is limited by the service. It turns away callers that send too many requests, so the actor sends at most 10 requests in any 2 minutes after a first burst, each returning up to 100 notices. That is about 500 notices a minute once the burst is used. A run ends cleanly at its time limit with the rows found so far.
• About a fifth of notices are tender notices. In one 24 hour test the service updated 466 notices. Most of the rest were award and contract notices. Use stage to pick what you need.
• Some fields are often missing. In a test of 50 tender notices, 39 stated a value and 45 had a deadline. Missing fields are left out. Values are not converted between currencies.
• Changes appear as extra rows. A change to a tender is published as its own notice with noticeType set to tenderUpdate. Notices of one procurement share the same ocid.
• Documents are counted, not downloaded. You get the number of tender documents and the notice link, not the files.
• Larger UK contracts only. Find a Tender is the UK service for larger public contracts. Some buyers publish smaller ones there too; aboveThreshold says which. For smaller contracts, see the UK Contracts Finder actor below.
• Not advice. Check the notice on Find a Tender before you bid. Dates, values and conditions can change.

FAQ

What is the cheapest UK Find a Tender scraper on Apify? This actor costs $1 per 1,000 notices with platform usage included. The four most used UK tender actors on the Store charged $2.00 to $10.00 per 1,000 when we checked on 20 October 2026.

How much does it cost to scrape 10,000 tender notices? $10, plus $0.001 for each run.

Do I pay for compute or proxy on top? No. Platform usage is included in the $1 per 1,000 price. The official API is read directly, so no proxy is used.

Where does the data come from? From the Find a Tender OCDS API, run by the UK Cabinet Office. No key and no login are needed. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How do I monitor new tenders every day? Schedule a run with stage set to tender and daysBack set to 1, and use noticeId to drop notices you already have.

Why do I see the same tender twice? When a buyer changes a tender, the service publishes a new notice. It appears as a row with noticeType tenderUpdate and the same ocid as the original.

Why does a notice have no value or deadline? Not every notice states them. Planning notices and some updates have no deadline, and some buyers do not publish a value.

Is it legal? The actor reads public data only, with no login. The notices are published for anyone to read, under the Open Government Licence. How you use them is up to you: follow the licence, the site's terms and the law where you live.

Is this an official Find a Tender product? No. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Cabinet Office, the UK government or Find a Tender.

Do I need an Apify account? Yes. Actors run from an Apify account, and a free account is enough to start: it includes $5 of platform usage every month. You can sign up here. This is a referral link and it costs you nothing.

Is there a limit on the free plan? Yes. A run started from a free plan account delivers the first 10 results, then ends with a message and a link to the plans. Any paid plan returns everything you ask for, up to your own limit. The price per result is the same on every plan.

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Tenders and grants

• UK Contracts Finder Scraper: UK public tenders and awards.
• EU Tenders Scraper: EU public procurement notices from TED.
• USAspending Scraper: US federal contracts and awards.
• Grants.gov Scraper: US federal grant opportunities.
• Federal Register Scraper: US rules, proposed rules and notices.

Changelog

• October 2026: first release.