# UK Gov Tenders Scraper | Contracts Finder Notices (`parseforge/uk-gov-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Pull UK Contracts Finder tender notices with title, buyer, value, CPV codes, deadlines, and status. Filter by CPV, region, or value range. Built for B2B sales teams, government suppliers, and analysts tracking public procurement opportunities in the UK.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/uk-gov-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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```bash

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# README

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## 🏛️ UK Government Tenders Scraper

> 🚀 **Export UK public-sector tender notices from Contracts Finder in seconds. Filter by stage and publication date across thousands of buyers.**

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-05-25 · **📊 13 fields** per record · **3,500+ active notices** · **United Kingdom**

The UK Government Tenders Scraper queries the Cabinet Office Contracts Finder OCDS feed for tender, award, contract, and planning notices. Every record returns OCID, title, value, CPV code, procurement method, buyer, deadlines, and document URLs.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Sales teams, government suppliers, market researchers, public-sector consultants | Tender opportunity tracking, win-rate analytics, market mapping, supplier intelligence |

### 📋 What the UK Contracts Finder Scraper does

- Queries the official UK Contracts Finder data source
- Filters results with the input options below
- Returns clean, structured records
- Exports to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML in one click

> 💡 **Why it matters:** consolidate a multi-step manual export into one button.

### 🎬 Full Demo

_🚧 Coming soon_

### ⚙️ Input

```json
{ "maxItems": 50, "stages": "tender" }
````

```json
{ "maxItems": 100, "stages": "award", "publishedFrom": "2025-01-01" }
```

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** the source data is published and updated by the upstream provider on their own schedule.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🆔 undefined | string |  |
| 📌 undefined | string |  |
| 📝 undefined | string |  |
| 🏷️ undefined | string |  |
| 📅 undefined | string |  |
| 💰 undefined | string |  |
| 💱 undefined | string |  |
| 📚 undefined | string |  |
| 📖 undefined | string |  |
| ⚙️ undefined | string |  |
| 🏛️ undefined | string |  |
| ⏰ undefined | string |  |
| 🔗 undefined | string |  |
| 🕒 scrapedAt | string | ISO timestamp |

```json
{
  "title": "CRM hosted software",
  "status": "active",
  "valueAmount": 35000,
  "valueCurrency": "GBP",
  "buyerName": "Taunton Town Council"
}
```

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

- 🆓 Free tier with 10-item preview
- ⚡ Direct API or HTML parsing, no waiting
- 🔍 Filters built in
- 📦 CSV, Excel, JSON, XML exports
- 🤝 No login or key required (uses public data)

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Feature | This Actor | Manual Download | Custom Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filters | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Export formats | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Setup time | seconds | hours | days |
| Schedule | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ |

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free Apify account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp)
2. Open the UK Contracts Finder Scraper
3. Configure filters and maxItems
4. Click Start
5. Download CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

### 💼 Business use cases

#### Market research

Benchmark patterns across geographies and time.

#### Due diligence

Use authoritative public records as primary evidence.

#### Compliance and risk

Track regulatory and risk indicators on a schedule.

#### Reporting and analytics

Feed dashboards and BI pipelines with fresh data.

### 🔌 Automating UK Contracts Finder Scraper

Connect to Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive, S3, BigQuery to receive scheduled updates.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

#### Research

Academic and policy research.

#### Personal

Local interest dashboards.

#### Non-profit

Advocacy and transparency projects.

#### Experimentation

Public-data visualizations.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot to help design pipelines around this dataset.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Source?** A: Cabinet Office Contracts Finder OCDS feed.

**Q: API key?** A: No.

**Q: Stages?** A: tender, award, contract, planning.

**Q: Frequency?** A: Updated continuously.

**Q: Schema?** A: OCDS 1.1 with UK extensions.

**Q: Formats?** A: CSV, Excel, JSON, XML.

**Q: Includes value?** A: Yes when published.

**Q: Coverage?** A: All UK public sector contracts above and below threshold.

**Q: Schedule?** A: Yes, via Apify.

**Q: Official?** A: No, independent tool.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Pipedream, Slack, Discord, Airbyte, Fivetran, GitHub, Google Drive, S3, BigQuery, Snowflake, Webhooks.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | Description |
|---|---|
| European TED Tenders | EU-wide procurement notices |
| UK Land Registry Prices | HM Land Registry price paid |
| Austin Crime Data | APD incident reports |
| USGS Earthquake | Real-time seismic events |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).

**🆘 Need Help?** [Open our contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA)

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** independent tool, not affiliated with UK Contracts Finder. Only publicly available data is collected.

# Actor input Schema

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

Free: 10. Paid: 1,000,000.

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD lower bound.

## `stages` (type: `string`):

OCDS notice stage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "stages": "tender"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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("parseforge/uk-gov-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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/uk-gov-tenders-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 parseforge/uk-gov-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/uk-gov-tenders-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "UK Gov Tenders Scraper | Contracts Finder Notices",
        "description": "Pull UK Contracts Finder tender notices with title, buyer, value, CPV codes, deadlines, and status. Filter by CPV, region, or value range. Built for B2B sales teams, government suppliers, and analysts tracking public procurement opportunities in the UK.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "EhATTlIloGNku3wzX"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~uk-gov-tenders-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-uk-gov-tenders-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
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                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~uk-gov-tenders-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-uk-gov-tenders-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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                            "application/json": {
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                                }
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                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~uk-gov-tenders-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-uk-gov-tenders-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free: 10. Paid: 1,000,000."
                    },
                    "publishedFrom": {
                        "title": "Published From",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "YYYY-MM-DD lower bound."
                    },
                    "stages": {
                        "title": "Stage",
                        "enum": [
                            "tender",
                            "award",
                            "contract",
                            "planning"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "OCDS notice stage.",
                        "default": "tender"
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
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                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
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                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
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                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    "rebootCount": {
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                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                        "type": "string",
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}
```