# Cook County Bid Tabulations - Bidder Leads (`pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations`) Actor

Search 5.7k Cook County IL bid tabulation rows: bidder company, city, state, bid amount, project name, contract number, department, procurement type, contact and bid opening date.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 bid rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Cook County Bid Tabulations - Bidder Leads

Search the **Cook County Procurement Bid Tabulations** file on datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov (about 5,700 bidder rows across formal bids, RFPs and small orders).

Each result includes:

- **bidder company**, city and state
- **bid amount**, project name and contract number
- department, procurement type and procurement contact
- bid opening date, no-responses flag, latitude and longitude when present

Results are newest bid opening first, lowest bid amount first within a contract. Rows without a company name (no-response placeholders) are skipped. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per bid row + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "departments": ["FACILITIES"], "openedAfter": "2025-01-01" }
```

```json
{ "projectText": ["SECURITY"], "procurementTypes": ["Bid-Formal"], "maxResults": 100 }
```

### Use cases

Competitor bid intelligence, supplier and subcontractor leads from who bid, sales targeting of firms that pursue Cook County work, journalism and procurement research.

### Limits

Cook County government bids only (not City of Chicago). One row per bidder per contract; bid amounts may be blank on some RFP rows. Bidder contact details beyond city/state are not in this file. Verify with Cook County Procurement.

### Related

- [Cook County Contracts - Vendor Awards](https://apify.com/pink_comic/cook-county-contract-vendor-leads)
- [TxDOT Bid Tabulations](https://apify.com/pink_comic/texas-dot-highway-bid-tabulations)
- [Chicago City Contracts - Vendor Awards](https://apify.com/pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick search on bidder company or project name, contains match. Leave blank for the newest openings.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Company or project names, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `openedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD bid opening date.

## `departments` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'FACILITIES', 'HIGHWAY', 'SHERIFF', 'HEALTH', 'CLERK'.

## `procurementTypes` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'Bid-Formal', 'RFP', 'Bid-Small Order', 'COVID'.

## `projectText` (type: `array`):

Contains match on the project name, e.g. 'SECURITY', 'ROOF', 'PRINTING', 'SOFTWARE'.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'CHICAGO', 'ROSELLE', 'BEDFORD PARK'.

## `states` (type: `array`):

2-letter state codes, e.g. 'IL', 'IN', 'WI'.

## `contractNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact Cook County contract numbers, e.g. '2602-06182R'.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 bid rows (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "openedAfter": "",
  "departments": [],
  "procurementTypes": [],
  "projectText": [],
  "cities": [],
  "states": [],
  "contractNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "openedAfter": "",
    "departments": [],
    "procurementTypes": [],
    "projectText": [],
    "cities": [],
    "states": [],
    "contractNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations").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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "openedAfter": "",
    "departments": [],
    "procurementTypes": [],
    "projectText": [],
    "cities": [],
    "states": [],
    "contractNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "openedAfter": "",
  "departments": [],
  "procurementTypes": [],
  "projectText": [],
  "cities": [],
  "states": [],
  "contractNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/cook-county-bid-tabulations"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Vz0AkCI0ueqxp1Fd1/builds/IQ6BHxyMxeQjxXMUY/openapi.json