# Guatecompras Guatemala Procurement Scraper (`publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-scraper`) Actor

Extract Guatemala public procurement from Guatecompras in Open Contracting format: processes, buyers, tenderers, bids, awards and contracts by publication month, status and procurement method.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Public Money](https://apify.com/publicmoney) (Apify)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 tenders

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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

This Actor reads **Guatecompras**, Guatemala's public procurement system, through its Open Contracting (OCDS) API and returns one record per release: the process (NOG, title, status, method, dates), the buyer, tenderers, bids, awards and suppliers, with the full OCDS release attached.

### What it does

- Returns **one record per OCDS release**, month by month: 1,443 public-tender (Licitación Pública) releases in August–September 2026 when this was verified.
- **Filters at the source**: publication month range, day, process status (Vigente, Evaluación, Adjudicado …) and procurement method (Licitación Pública, Cotización, Compra Directa …).
- Flattens the useful fields — buyer, number of tenderers, awarded suppliers and value — and keeps the **full release** for everything else (items, bids, documents, parties).
- Gets past Guatecompras' Cloudflare protection on every run; nothing to configure.

### Use cases

| You need to | How this Actor does it |
| --- | --- |
| Find Guatemalan public tenders | Current month, method `4` (Licitación Pública), status `1` (Vigente) |
| See who wins government contracts | Status `3` (Adjudicado), read `awardedSuppliers` and `awardedValue` |
| Track a municipality or ministry | Pull a month and group by `buyerName` |
| Build procurement history | Walk a range of months into one dataset |

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it controls |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fromMonth` / `toMonth` | YYYY-MM | current month | Publication months to read, newest first |
| `day` | integer | empty | One publication day within each month |
| `status` | code | empty | Estado del concurso, e.g. `1` Vigente, `3` Adjudicado |
| `method` | code | empty | Modalidad de compra, e.g. `3` Cotización, `4` Licitación Pública |
| `order` | string | `Desc` | Newest or oldest first |
| `maxItems` | integer | `500` | Caps how many releases are returned, and so the cost |

```json
{
    "fromMonth": "2026-09",
    "toMonth": "2026-09",
    "status": "3",
    "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "nog": "32201109",
    "ocid": "ocds-xqjsxa-32201109",
    "title": "COMPRA DE INSUMOS PARA EL PROYECTO: APOYO A LA SALUD …",
    "tenderStatus": "active",
    "statusDetails": "Evaluación",
    "datePublished": "2026-09-30T23:41:18-06:00",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Compra Directa con Oferta Electrónica (Art. 43 LCE Inciso b)",
    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
    "buyerName": "MUNICIPALIDAD DE SANTA CLARA LA LAGUNA, SOLOLÁ",
    "numberOfTenderers": 1,
    "awardedSuppliers": null,
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.guatecompras.gt/concursos/consultaConcurso.aspx?nog=32201109"
}
```

`release` carries the complete OCDS release.

### Coverage and limits

- The API is searched by publication month; a release's own `releaseDate` can be later (its latest update).
- Award committee members are individuals published with a tax id and address; this Actor keeps their name and role and drops the rest.
- `noticeUrl` opens the process on guatecompras.gt, which shows a captcha to automated visitors.

### Pricing

Pay per event: one `tender-scraper` event per release written to the dataset. The optional schema.org block is charged once per run.

# Actor input Schema

## `fromMonth` (type: `string`):

First publication month to read (YYYY-MM). Default: the current month. Guatecompras' API is searched month by month.

## `toMonth` (type: `string`):

Last publication month to read (YYYY-MM). Default: the current month. Months are read newest first.

## `day` (type: `integer`):

Narrows each month to one publication day.

## `status` (type: `string`):

Estado del concurso, filtered by Guatecompras. 'Adjudicado' returns awarded processes.

## `method` (type: `string`):

Modalidad de compra, filtered by Guatecompras. Licitación Pública had 660 processes in September 2026 when verified.

## `order` (type: `string`):

Publication date order within each month.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Caps how many releases are written to the dataset, and so caps the cost. Set to 0 for everything matched.

## `schemaOrg` (type: `boolean`):

Appends a `schemaOrg` object to every record, mapping it to schema.org (Demand). Charged once per run, not per record.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "order": "Desc",
  "maxItems": 500,
  "schemaOrg": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Projects matched by the run, one item per record, in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 500
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-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 = { "maxItems": 500 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-scraper").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 '{
  "maxItems": 500
}' |
apify call publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,publicmoney/guatecompras-guatemala-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/yIoKCxTbBtEnbxjXG/builds/HjUQciBdFqzgFsxWV/openapi.json