UK Tenders Scraper: Find a Tender & Contracts Finder

Get UK public sector tenders and awarded contracts from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder (the official UK government procurement services) as clean, flat rows: title, buyer, value, CPV codes, region, deadlines, contract dates, winning companies and links. Filter by keyword, CPV code, region, value and open deadline, then export to CSV, JSON or Excel, or pull it via API.

Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the UK Government, Cabinet Office, Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. It reads the services' public open-data APIs (Open Government Licence v3.0) and exports no personal data.

What data you get

One row per notice (tender, award or planning/pipeline notice):

Field	Example	Description
source	find-a-tender	find-a-tender or contracts-finder
noticeId / ocid	098226-2026 / ocds-h6vhtk-078a31	Notice id and Open Contracting process id (same id from tender to award)
stage	tender	tender, tenderUpdate, award, planning, …
title / description	Electrical Maintenance. 4 Year Opportunity	Notice text (e-mail addresses and phone numbers removed)
buyerName, buyerType, buyerLocality, buyerPostcode, buyerRegion	Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, UKG2	Contracting authority and its location (NUTS region on Find a Tender)
procurementMethod, procurementMethodDetails, mainCategory	open, Open procedure, services	How the contract is procured
valueAmount, valueCurrency	400000, GBP	Estimated value (lots summed when only lot values exist)
mainCpv, mainCpvDescription, cpvCodes	45310000, Electrical installation work	Common Procurement Vocabulary codes
deliveryRegions	["UKI", "UKJ"]	NUTS codes of delivery locations (Find a Tender)
suitableForSme	true	Marked suitable for SMEs (Contracts Finder)
publishedAt, tenderDeadline, enquiryDeadline	2026-11-19T10:00:00Z	Key dates (ISO 8601)
contractStart, contractEnd, lotCount	2027-01-01T00:00:00Z	Contract period and number of lots
awardCount, totalAwardValue, awardedSuppliers	[{"name":"FM Conway Ltd","scale":"large"}]	Award notices: number of awards, total value and winning companies
withheldSupplierCount	0	Winners not exported because they may be sole traders (personal data)
noticeUrl, documentUrls	https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/…	Official notice page and public tender documents
scrapedAt	2026-10-18T10:20:26.468Z	When the notice was fetched (UTC)

How to use

1. Choose Sources (both by default) and Notice stages: Tender for open opportunities, Award for contracts already won, Planning for the pipeline.
2. Optionally narrow down with Keywords, CPV codes (prefixes like 72 = IT services, 45 = construction), NUTS regions (e.g. UKI London, UKM Scotland) and a value range. Set Published within (days) (up to 90) and Maximum number of results.
3. Click Start, then download the results as CSV, Excel or JSON, or read them through the API.

Example input (open IT and software tenders over £100k from the last 14 days):

{
    "stages": ["tender"],
    "publishedWithinDays": 14,
    "keywords": ["software", "digital", "cloud"],
    "cpvCodes": ["72", "48"],
    "minValue": 100000,
    "openOnly": true,
    "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

You pay per notice returned: $3.00 per 1,000 notices ($0.003 each), plus Apify's tiny per-run start fee. 100 notices cost about $0.30. You never pay more than the Maximum cost per run you set in the run options, and notices that don't match your filters are free.

On the Apify Free plan a run returns at most 100 notices.

Example output

[
  {
    "source": "find-a-tender",
    "noticeId": "098226-2026",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-078a31",
    "stage": "tender",
    "title": "RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire)",
    "description": "We are seeking a Provider to work in partnership with, who will provide therapeutic interventions and a resource library via patient facing digital tools and platforms for Children, Young People and/or their parents or c…",
    "status": "active",
    "buyerName": "Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust",
    "buyerType": "Body governed by public law",
    "buyerLocality": "Stafford",
    "buyerPostcode": "ST16 3AG",
    "buyerRegion": "UKG2",
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
    "mainCategory": "services",
    "valueAmount": null,
    "valueCurrency": null,
    "mainCpv": "85121270",
    "mainCpvDescription": "Psychiatrist or psychologist services",
    "cpvCodes": [
      "85121270"
    ],
    "deliveryRegions": [
      "UKG2"
    ],
    "suitableForSme": null,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T21:36:55+01:00",
    "tenderDeadline": "2026-11-03T09:30:00Z",
    "enquiryDeadline": null,
    "contractStart": null,
    "contractEnd": null,
    "lotCount": 1,
    "awardCount": 0,
    "awardedSuppliers": [],
    "withheldSupplierCount": 0,
    "totalAwardValue": null,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098226-2026",
    "documentUrls": [],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T10:20:26.468Z"
  },
  {
    "source": "find-a-tender",
    "noticeId": "098107-2026",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0789e8",
    "stage": "tender",
    "title": "British Sign Language Customer Information Service",
    "description": "RDG is looking to secure a supplier to deliver a National Rail British Sign Language solution that can consume approved industry data sources, process them and provide a BSL translation that the system's users can displa…",
    "status": "active",
    "buyerName": "Rail Delivery Group",
    "buyerType": "Public authority - sub-central government",
    "buyerLocality": "London",
    "buyerPostcode": "EC4V 3DS",
    "buyerRegion": "UKI31",
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
    "mainCategory": "services",
    "valueAmount": 1000000,
    "valueCurrency": "GBP",
    "mainCpv": "63711000",
    "mainCpvDescription": "Support services for railway transport",
    "cpvCodes": [
      "63711000"
    ],
    "deliveryRegions": [],
    "suitableForSme": null,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T15:42:12+01:00",
    "tenderDeadline": "2026-12-08T12:00:00+00:00",
    "enquiryDeadline": null,
    "contractStart": "2027-04-01T00:00:00+01:00",
    "contractEnd": "2028-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
    "lotCount": 1,
    "awardCount": 0,
    "awardedSuppliers": [],
    "withheldSupplierCount": 0,
    "totalAwardValue": null,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098107-2026",
    "documentUrls": [],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T10:20:27.559Z"
  },
  {
    "source": "contracts-finder",
    "noticeId": "c56a2304-3495-4771-80c4-f6596cbabd45-917165",
    "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-c4da7d4e-9b80-4024-a556-7954dfead045",
    "stage": "tender",
    "title": "Non-Planar Surface Characterisation and Swabbing Using the Spot Robot",
    "description": "The Contractor's scope shall include the design, development, functional demonstration, and delivery (including all required testing, verification, and documentation) of the Spot software suite for surface characterisati…",
    "status": "active",
    "buyerName": "UK Atomic Energy Authority",
    "buyerType": null,
    "buyerLocality": "Oxfordshire",
    "buyerPostcode": "OX14 3DB",
    "buyerRegion": null,
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
    "mainCategory": "services",
    "valueAmount": null,
    "valueCurrency": null,
    "mainCpv": "72262000",
    "mainCpvDescription": "Software development services",
    "cpvCodes": [
      "72262000",
      "72230000",
      "73120000",
      "73430000"
    ],
    "deliveryRegions": [],
    "suitableForSme": true,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-08T16:33:22+01:00",
    "tenderDeadline": "2026-10-29T12:00:00Z",
    "enquiryDeadline": null,
    "contractStart": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
    "contractEnd": "2026-10-31T23:59:59Z",
    "lotCount": 0,
    "awardCount": 0,
    "awardedSuppliers": [],
    "withheldSupplierCount": 0,
    "totalAwardValue": null,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c56a2304-3495-4771-80c4-f6596cbabd45",
    "documentUrls": [
      "https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=109835&B=UKAEA",
      "https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814"
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T10:20:37.363Z"
  },
  {
    "source": "contracts-finder",
    "noticeId": "e6d3a3a0-3d1e-49a4-b9b5-24d7cab498d1-918189",
    "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-a2ba33df-84e9-45ec-a99e-60a4b1d1362a",
    "stage": "award",
    "title": "Build Back 5 Houses Farm Close",
    "description": "Build Back 5 Houses Farm Close",
    "status": "complete",
    "buyerName": "SOUTHERN HOUSING",
    "buyerType": null,
    "buyerLocality": "LONDON",
    "buyerPostcode": "CR09XP",
    "buyerRegion": null,
    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive quotation (below threshold)",
    "mainCategory": "works",
    "valueAmount": 1601593.56,
    "valueCurrency": "GBP",
    "mainCpv": "45211100",
    "mainCpvDescription": "Construction work for houses",
    "cpvCodes": [
      "45211100"
    ],
    "deliveryRegions": [
      "East Midlands",
      "West Midlands",
      "London",
      "South East",
      "South West"
    ],
    "suitableForSme": true,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T14:09:30+01:00",
    "tenderDeadline": "2025-03-21T13:00:00Z",
    "enquiryDeadline": null,
    "contractStart": "2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00",
    "contractEnd": "2027-10-16T23:59:59+01:00",
    "lotCount": 0,
    "awardCount": 1,
    "awardedSuppliers": [
      {
        "name": "BONDS BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS LIMITED",
        "companyNumber": "02973643",
        "scale": "sme"
      }
    ],
    "withheldSupplierCount": 0,
    "totalAwardValue": 1601593.56,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6d3a3a0-3d1e-49a4-b9b5-24d7cab498d1",
    "documentUrls": [],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T10:27:32.319Z"
  },
  {
    "source": "contracts-finder",
    "noticeId": "4c9c11b5-2371-44fa-8add-991b9da5db33-918142",
    "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-29dc5752-d071-48a1-8285-2278f4d8c70d",
    "stage": "award",
    "title": "PDF Framework - Area 3 - SDF - Rapid Response - Tranche 1",
    "description": "PDF Framework - Area 3 - SDF - Rapid Response - Tranche 1",
    "status": "complete",
    "buyerName": "National Highways Limited",
    "buyerType": null,
    "buyerLocality": "Annesley",
    "buyerPostcode": "NG15 0DS",
    "buyerRegion": null,
    "procurementMethod": "selective",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
    "mainCategory": "works",
    "valueAmount": 1339155.98,
    "valueCurrency": "GBP",
    "mainCpv": "45233210",
    "mainCpvDescription": "Surface work for highways",
    "cpvCodes": [
      "45233210"
    ],
    "deliveryRegions": [],
    "suitableForSme": false,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-16T10:54:40+01:00",
    "tenderDeadline": "2026-09-22T12:00:00+01:00",
    "enquiryDeadline": null,
    "contractStart": "2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00",
    "contractEnd": "2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
    "lotCount": 0,
    "awardCount": 1,
    "awardedSuppliers": [
      {
        "name": "FM Conway Ltd",
        "companyNumber": null,
        "scale": "large"
      }
    ],
    "withheldSupplierCount": 0,
    "totalAwardValue": 1339155.98,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c9c11b5-2371-44fa-8add-991b9da5db33",
    "documentUrls": [],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T10:27:32.319Z"
  }
]

Use cases

• Bid teams and SMEs: a daily list of new tenders in your CPV codes and regions, straight into a spreadsheet or CRM.
• Market intelligence: who buys what, at which values, in which regions; track a buyer's pipeline from planning to award.
• Competitor tracking: see which companies win contracts in your sector and for how much (award stage).
• Consultancies and bid writers: monitor opportunities for several clients with one scheduled run each.
• Research and journalism: analyse UK public spending patterns using the official open data.

Integrations

• API: start runs and fetch results with the Apify API or the Apify JavaScript/Python clients.
• Scheduling: run every morning with Apify Schedules (e.g. publishedWithinDays: 1) to get only new notices.
• Webhooks: get notified or trigger your own pipeline when a run finishes.
• Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack: send results to your tools via Apify integrations.
• AI agents (MCP): let Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client search UK tenders through the Apify MCP server.

Limits and FAQ

Is this legal? The data is published by the UK Government as open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Actor exports no personal data: named contact persons, their e-mail addresses and phone numbers are never exported, e-mails and phone numbers are removed from descriptions, and winning suppliers are only named when they are registered companies or public bodies. You remain responsible for using the data in line with the licence and applicable law, including the UK GDPR.

How fast is it? Small runs take a few seconds. Both government APIs limit how fast anyone may request data, and the Actor respects that: it paces requests and, when an API asks it to wait (usually 2 minutes), it waits and then continues. Keyword searches over long periods scan every notice in the period, so a 14-day keyword search can take a few minutes. Narrow date ranges are fastest.

Why do keyword searches scan so many notices? The official APIs have no keyword or CPV filter, so the Actor reads all notices in your date range and filters them for you. You only pay for the notices that match.

Why are some regions empty? Contracts Finder notices carry postcodes but no NUTS region, so the region filter only matches Find a Tender notices.

Why is a supplier name missing? Award winners that may be sole traders are counted in withheldSupplierCount instead of being named, because a sole trader's name is personal data.

Something broke? Open an issue on the Issues tab with your input and it will be looked at promptly.

Changelog / maintained

Last verified working: 2026-10-18. See the changelog tab for changes.