# Philippines Government Procurement Scraper (PhilGEPS) (`publicmoney/philgeps-philippines-scraper`) Actor

Extract open Philippine government bid opportunities from PhilGEPS: agency, title, category, approved budget, closing date, procurement mode, contact, line items and pre-bid conference.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/publicmoney/philgeps-philippines-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 open bid opportunities from **PhilGEPS**, the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System run by the DBM Procurement Service: every open opportunity by publication date, with procuring entity, title, category and closing date, plus each notice's Bid Notice Abstract (solicitation number, procurement mode, classification, approved budget, delivery period, contact, description, line items, pre-bid conference).

### What it does

- **Open opportunities**: 11,333 listed when this was verified; 508 published on 5 October 2026.
- **Bid Notice Abstract** (on by default): solicitation number, trade agreement, procurement mode, classification, category, approved budget in PHP, delivery period, area of delivery, contact, status, last update, description, line items with quantities and budgets, pre-bid conference date and venue.
- **Filters**: publication date window, keyword in the title, procuring entity, category.

### Use cases

| You need to | How this Actor does it |
| --- | --- |
| Find Philippine tenders to bid on | Recent days, read `closingDate` and `approvedBudget` |
| Watch one agency or province | `agency`, e.g. LAGUNA |
| Track a product category | `category`, e.g. Vehicles |
| Plan site visits | `preBidConference` date and venue |

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it controls |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `publishedFrom` | string | two days ago | First publication day |
| `publishedTo` | string | today | Last publication day |
| `keyword` | string | empty | Title |
| `agency` | string | empty | Procuring entity |
| `category` | string | empty | PhilGEPS category |
| `fetchDetails` | boolean | `true` | Read each Bid Notice Abstract |
| `maxItems` | integer | `500` | Caps how many opportunities are returned, and so the cost |

```json
{
    "publishedFrom": "2026-10-01",
    "keyword": "vehicle"
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "referenceNumber": "13094386",
    "title": "PROCUREMENT OF MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE TO BE SERVED FOR DAILY OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY/DISASTER RESPONSE SERVICE IN OUR MUNICIPALITY",
    "procuringEntity": "MUNICIPALITY OF BAY, LAGUNA",
    "category": "Vehicles",
    "classification": "Goods",
    "procurementMode": "Public Bidding",
    "approvedBudget": 1436000,
    "publishedDate": "2026-10-06",
    "closingDate": "2026-10-21T08:00:00+08:00",
    "areaOfDelivery": "Laguna",
    "status": "Active",
    "noticeUrl": "https://notices.philgeps.gov.ph/GEPSNONPILOT/Tender/SplashBidNoticeAbstractUI.aspx?menuIndex=3&refID=13094386&Result=3"
}
```

### Coverage and limits

- PhilGEPS lists opportunities that are still open; closed and awarded notices are not in this list.
- Keyword, agency and category are matched on the list the Actor reads, newest first, within the date window; a wide window reads more pages.

### Pricing

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

# Actor input Schema

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

First publication day, YYYY-MM-DD. Default: two days before today. 5 October 2026 had 508 open opportunities.

## `publishedTo` (type: `string`):

Last publication day, inclusive, YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Matched in the opportunity title, e.g. 'vehicle' (89 published 1–6 October 2026).

## `agency` (type: `string`):

Matched in the procuring entity name, e.g. 'LAGUNA' or 'DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Matched in the PhilGEPS business category, e.g. 'Vehicles', 'Catering Services', 'Construction Projects'.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds solicitation number, procurement mode, classification, approved budget, delivery period, contact, status, description, line items and pre-bid conference.

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

Caps how many opportunities 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
{
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "schemaOrg": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Open opportunities matched by the run, one item per notice, 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/philgeps-philippines-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/philgeps-philippines-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/philgeps-philippines-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,publicmoney/philgeps-philippines-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/49YcBcrk1czvxvx1p/builds/kBzSoduLsmIJTVWcR/openapi.json