Government Procurement Hub - UK Contract Intelligence

The first multi-source UK government procurement aggregator on Apify. Search and monitor tender opportunities across Contracts Finder and Find a Tender in a single run, with unified data, keyword relevance scoring, and buyer contact extraction.

Why this actor?

Every other procurement actor on Apify covers a single portal. This actor searches both major UK government procurement platforms simultaneously and returns results in one unified format — saving you from running separate scrapers and merging the data yourself.

Source	Coverage	Data Richness
Contracts Finder	Below-threshold + some above-threshold UK contracts	Full OCDS data: buyer contacts, CPV codes, SME flags, value
Find a Tender	Above-threshold UK contracts (Procurement Act 2023)	Title, buyer, value, location, notice type, description

Who is this for?

• Businesses bidding on government contracts — find relevant opportunities by keyword and value range
• Sales teams targeting public sector buyers — extract buyer contact emails and phone numbers
• Market researchers — analyse public spending by sector, region, or value band
• Journalists and watchdogs — monitor contract awards and spending patterns
• Consultancies — track opportunities in your specialist areas
• Data analysts — feed structured procurement data into dashboards and models

Features

• Multi-source aggregation — search Contracts Finder + Find a Tender simultaneously
• Keyword relevance scoring (0-100) — tenders scored by how well they match your search terms
• Buyer contact extraction — email, phone number, and contact name from Contracts Finder data
• Value range filtering — find contracts in your target size range
• CPV code classification — industry standard procurement classification codes
• SME suitability filter — only show contracts suitable for small businesses
• Automatic deduplication — same tender on both platforms is returned once
• Status tracking — open, awarded, cancelled, or planning stage
• Region/location data — see where the contract will be delivered
• Deadline tracking — days until submission deadline calculated automatically
• Sorted by relevance — most relevant tenders first

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
keywords	Array of strings	Search terms. Tenders are scored by relevance.	Optional
sources	Array	Which portals to search	Both
maxResultsPerSource	Integer	Max tenders per source	200
minValue	Number	Minimum contract value (GBP)	No minimum
maxValue	Number	Maximum contract value (GBP)	No maximum
publishedFrom	String	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
publishedTo	String	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
minRelevanceScore	Integer	Minimum keyword match score (0-100)	0
smeOnly	Boolean	Only SME-suitable contracts	false
proxyConfiguration	Object	Optional proxy settings

Output

Each tender is returned as a structured record:

{
    "source": "contracts_finder",
    "sourceId": "ocds-b5fd17-abc123",
    "title": "Cloud Platform Development Services",
    "description": "Development of cloud-based digital services for NHS Trust...",
    "buyerName": "NHS Digital",
    "contactEmail": "procurement@nhsdigital.nhs.uk",
    "contactPhone": "+44 113 123 4567",
    "contactName": "Jane Smith",
    "value": 500000,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "valueDisplay": "£500K",
    "cpvCode": "72000000",
    "cpvDescription": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
    "category": "services",
    "procurementMethod": "Open procedure",
    "status": "open",
    "publishedDate": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
    "deadline": "2026-04-30T12:00:00+01:00",
    "daysUntilDeadline": 30,
    "region": "London",
    "country": "UK",
    "smeSuitable": true,
    "noticeType": "Contract notice",
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-b5fd17-abc123",
    "keywordsMatched": ["cloud", "software", "digital"],
    "relevanceScore": 95
}

Example use cases

Find IT contracts over £100K suitable for SMEs

Set keywords to ["software", "IT", "digital"], minValue to 100000, and smeOnly to true. Results are sorted by relevance so the best matches appear first.

Monitor new construction contracts weekly

Set keywords to ["construction", "building"], schedule the actor to run weekly, and use the publishedFrom field to only get new tenders since your last run.

Extract buyer contacts for sales outreach

Search by your industry keywords. The contactEmail, contactPhone, and contactName fields give you direct procurement team contacts from Contracts Finder data.

Analyse public spending in a sector

Set keywords to your sector terms, remove the maxResultsPerSource limit, and export the full dataset. Use the value, region, and category fields for analysis.

Cost estimate

This actor is very lightweight — no browser automation, just API calls and HTML parsing.

Results	Estimated cost
200 (default)	~$0.01
1,000	~$0.03
5,000	~$0.10

Data sources

• Contracts Finder — UK government's official platform for lower-value contracts. Provides OCDS (Open Contracting Data Standard) API with full structured data.
• Find a Tender — UK government's platform for above-threshold contracts, launched under the Procurement Act 2023. Data extracted from search results.

Limitations

• Find a Tender data includes title, buyer, value, location, and notice type but not full contact details (use Contracts Finder for contact extraction)
• Date filtering only works for Contracts Finder (Find a Tender search doesn't support date ranges)
• Historical data availability depends on each portal's retention period

Coming soon

• TED Europa (EU procurement, 700B+ EUR annually)
• SAM.gov (US federal procurement)
• CPV code filtering
• Email alerts for new matching tenders