# EU Public Tenders Scraper (TED) — Official API (`perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-scraper`) Actor

Search and export EU public procurement notices from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily). Filter by country, CPV category, keyword and deadline; get clean one-language records with buyer, value, deadline, CPV labels and document links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thomas Ehrler](https://apify.com/perceptr0n) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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from $0.01 / actor start

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU Public Tenders Scraper (TED) — Official API

Export **public procurement notices from all 27 EU member states** (plus EEA and
EU institutions) as clean, ready-to-use records — filtered by country, category,
keyword and deadline.

Built on **TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)**, the EU's official procurement
journal. That means no scraping, no blocking, no proxies: just fast, reliable
data straight from the source.

### Why this actor and not the raw API

TED's own API is powerful but awkward to consume: every text field comes back in
**all 24 EU languages at once**, arrays contain duplicates, dates carry timezone
suffixes, CPV codes are bare numbers, and paging silently stops at 10,000
results. This actor fixes all of it:

- 🌍 **One language, not 24** — pick your language and every title, description,
  buyer name and even the PDF link comes back in it, with English fallback
- 🏷 **CPV codes translated** — `72260000` also arrives as *"IT services:
  consulting, software development, Internet and support"*
- ⏳ **Deadline maths done for you** — `daysUntilDeadline` and `isOpen`, plus an
  option to return only tenders you can still bid on
- 🔎 **Filters instead of query syntax** — country, CPV category, keyword and
  date pickers; the expert query is still there if you want it
- 📄 **Direct links** — notice page, PDF and XML, in your language
- ♾️ **No 10,000-result ceiling** — token-based iteration goes as deep as your
  query needs

### Use cases

- **Bid monitoring** — schedule a daily run for your sector and get every new
  tender into Slack, a webhook, Google Sheets or your CRM
- **Sales & lead generation** — public buyers with a budget and a stated need,
  filtered to your industry and region
- **Market & competitor intelligence** — award notices (`can-standard`) show who
  won which contract and for how much
- **Grant & funding research** — track what the public sector is buying and where
- **Data products & dashboards** — a normalised procurement feed for analytics
- **AI agents** — clean schema and plain-language filters, callable via MCP

### Input example

Every new IT tender in Germany and Austria from the last week that is still open
for bids:

```json
{
    "countries": ["DEU", "AUT"],
    "cpv_codes": ["72", "48"],
    "published_since_days": 7,
    "only_open_tenders": true,
    "notice_types": ["cn-standard"],
    "language": "de",
    "max_items": 500
}
```

Who won public construction contracts in France this year:

```json
{
    "countries": ["FRA"],
    "cpv_codes": ["45"],
    "notice_types": ["can-standard"],
    "published_from": "2026-01-01",
    "language": "fr"
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "publicationNumber": "446016-2026",
    "title": "Germany – Software-related services – Microsoft training services, Lot 2",
    "buyerName": "Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Beschaffungsamt des BMI",
    "buyerCity": "Bonn",
    "buyerCountry": "DEU",
    "noticeType": "cn-standard",
    "procedureType": "open",
    "contractNature": "services",
    "publicationDate": "2026-06-30",
    "deadline": "2026-08-04",
    "daysUntilDeadline": 5,
    "isOpen": true,
    "estimatedValue": 1200000.0,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "cpvMain": "72260000",
    "cpvCategory": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
    "cpvCodes": ["72260000", "72261000"],
    "placeOfPerformance": ["DEA22", "DEU"],
    "noticeUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/446016-2026",
    "pdfUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/de/notice/446016-2026/pdf"
}
```

### CPV quick reference

Pass a 2-digit division to cover a whole sector:

| Code | Sector | Code | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| `45` | Construction work | `72` | IT services & software development |
| `48` | Software packages | `71` | Architecture & engineering |
| `79` | Business services (consulting, marketing, HR) | `85` | Health & social work |
| `80` | Education & training | `90` | Cleaning & environmental services |
| `50` | Repair & maintenance | `34` | Transport equipment |
| `33` | Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals | `31` | Electrical equipment |

### Monitoring setup

1. Set `published_since_days: 1` and your filters
2. Add a **Schedule** (daily)
3. Connect a webhook, Slack, Google Sheets or a database integration

Each run then delivers only what was published since yesterday.

### Notes

- Data comes from the **official, public TED API** — no login, no proxies, no
  rate-limit gymnastics. Requests are paced so runs stay reliable.
- Notices are legal publications about **public bodies and contracts**; they
  contain no personal data beyond published contact points of the buying
  organisation.
- Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Publications Office of the European
  Union.

### What does a run cost?

| Tenders | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.21 |
| 1,000 | $2.01 |
| 10,000 | $20.01 |

$0.01 per run start plus $0.002 per tender.

### FAQ

**Is there an official TED API?**
Yes — and this actor is built on it. What it adds is usability: TED returns
every text in all 24 EU languages at once, duplicated arrays and timezone-laden
dates, and its page-based paging stops at 10,000 results. This actor returns one
language, clean values, and pages past that ceiling.

**How do I monitor new tenders in my sector?**
Set `published_since_days: 1`, pick your countries and CPV codes, then schedule
the actor daily and connect a webhook, Slack or Google Sheets integration.

**What is a CPV code?**
The EU's procurement category system. A two-digit code covers a whole sector —
`72` is IT services, `45` construction, `85` health. Full eight-digit codes
narrow it down. Prefixes match automatically.

**Can I see who won a contract?**
Yes. Set `notice_types` to `can-standard` (contract award notice) — those
records carry the winner and the awarded value where published.

**Why do many tenders have no value?**
Publishing an estimated value is not mandatory for every notice type. The field
stays empty rather than being estimated.

**Does this cover national tenders below the EU threshold?**
No. TED covers procurement above the EU thresholds. Below-threshold German
tenders are published elsewhere and are not part of this dataset.

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|---|---|
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### Support

Need another field, filter or export shape? Open an issue in the **Issues**
tab — response within 1–2 business days.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Buyer countries as 3-letter codes — DEU, AUT, CHE, FRA, ITA, ESP, NLD, POL, BEL, SWE … Leave empty for all of Europe.

## `cpv_codes` (type: `array`):

Filter by procurement category. Use a 2-digit division for a whole sector (`72` = IT services, `45` = construction, `85` = health, `79` = business services) or a full 8-digit code for something specific. Prefixes match automatically.

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Only notices whose title contains this text — e.g. `Software`, `Reinigung`, `consulting`.

## `published_since_days` (type: `integer`):

Rolling window — `7` for a weekly run, `1` for daily monitoring.

## `published_from` (type: `string`):

Fixed start date `YYYY-MM-DD`. Overrides the rolling window above.

## `deadline_after` (type: `string`):

Only tenders whose submission deadline falls after this date `YYYY-MM-DD`.

## `only_open_tenders` (type: `boolean`):

Drops notices whose submission deadline has passed and those without a deadline.

## `notice_types` (type: `array`):

Optional. `cn-standard` = contract notice (open call for bids), `can-standard` = contract award notice (who won), `pin-only` = prior information notice.

## `language` (type: `string`):

TED publishes every notice in all EU languages. Titles, descriptions, buyer names and document links are returned in this language, falling back to English.

## `max_items` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many notices.

## `raw_query` (type: `string`):

Optional TED expert-search query, e.g. `buyer-country=DEU AND classification-cpv=72*`. When set, all filters above are ignored.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "DEU"
  ],
  "cpv_codes": [
    "72"
  ],
  "published_since_days": 30,
  "only_open_tenders": false,
  "language": "en",
  "max_items": 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 = {
    "countries": [
        "DEU"
    ],
    "cpv_codes": [
        "72"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-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 = {
    "countries": ["DEU"],
    "cpv_codes": ["72"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-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 '{
  "countries": [
    "DEU"
  ],
  "cpv_codes": [
    "72"
  ]
}' |
apify call perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/WCjb3cXgDOcE2aO2p/builds/4vHmuamguS2ApM8NG/openapi.json