# EU Contract Award Winners (TED) (`pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards`) Actor

Who won EU public contracts: winners, buyers, values and CPV codes from official TED award notices, filtered by market, country or company, each with a link to its official notice.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards.md
- **Developed by:** [Ishan Patel](https://apify.com/pink_meadowlark) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 awards

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?

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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.

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

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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

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# README

## EU Contract Award Winners (TED)

Find out who is winning EU public contracts. This Actor returns contract award notices from TED, the EU's official tenders journal: the winning companies, the buyer and its country, the contract value, CPV codes and lots. Each award links to its official notice.

### What you can do with it

- **Sales teams:** see which buyers in your market just awarded contracts, and to whom.
- **Competitor watch:** follow a company's EU public-sector wins by name or VAT number.
- **Market research:** count awards and values by CPV code and country.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CPV codes or prefixes | `72`, `48000000` | Up to 5. Any of them matches. |
| Buyer country | `DEU` | Three-letter code, as TED uses it. |
| Winner name | `Siemens` | Matches the start of the name. Case and accents are ignored. |
| Winner identifier | `DE123456789` | An official identifier from the notice. |
| Published since | `2026-10-01` | The last 7 days if empty. The feed keeps 45 days. |
| Maximum awards | `100` | Up to 1,000. |

### Output

One dataset item per award notice:

```json
{
  "publication_number": "718666-2026",
  "published": "2026-10-19",
  "title": "Supply of laboratory equipment",
  "winners": [{ "name": "Example GmbH", "country": "DEU" }],
  "buyer": { "names": ["City of Example"], "countries": ["DEU"] },
  "value": { "total": 125000, "currency": "EUR" },
  "cpv": ["38000000"],
  "source_url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/718666-2026",
  "proof": { "retrieved_at": "2026-10-21T06:00:00Z", "sha256": "…" }
}
```

### Where the data comes from

The official TED Search API of the Publications Office of the EU, read several times an hour by [Aurelmark](https://aurelmark.live/docs#awards). TED notices may be reused, including commercially. Each record keeps the time we read it and a SHA-256 hash of the official answer.

### Pricing

You pay per award returned, so a narrow filter costs little. The same data is available as an API and an MCP server at [aurelmark.live](https://aurelmark.live/docs#awards).

# Actor input Schema

## `cpv` (type: `array`):

Up to 5 CPV codes or prefixes of 2 to 8 digits, for example 72 (IT services) or 33600000 (pharmaceuticals). Any of them matches.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Three-letter code as TED uses it, for example DEU, FRA or POL.

## `winner` (type: `string`):

Company name or its start, for example Siemens. Case, accents and punctuation are ignored.

## `winnerId` (type: `string`):

An official identifier TED gives for the winner, such as a VAT or company number.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Publication date, YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the last 7 days. The feed keeps 45 days.

## `maxAwards` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many awards (1 to 1,000). You pay per award returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cpv": [
    "72"
  ],
  "maxAwards": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `awards` (type: `string`):

Every award found, as a table.

# 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 = {
    "cpv": [
        "72"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards").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 = { "cpv": ["72"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards").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 '{
  "cpv": [
    "72"
  ]
}' |
apify call pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_meadowlark/aurelmark-eu-contract-awards"
        }
    }
}
```

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/hixpGAg5PggqoT1Y4/builds/CqvVkgF2bwzPLwJgm/openapi.json