simap.ch Switzerland Tender Scraper

This Actor reads Swiss public procurement publications from simap.ch, the joint platform of the Confederation, the cantons and the communes. It returns one record per project with that project's newest publication in your window: tenders, awards, direct awards, advance notices, requests for information, competitions, revocations and abandonments, each with the full publication as simap.ch serves it.

What it does

• Reads the same public API the simap.ch search screen calls. No account, no API key.
• Filters at the source: date window, keyword, publication type, order type, procedure, CPV, BKP, canton and the Switzerland-only flag all go to simap.ch.
• Walks simap.ch's cursor pagination (20 per page) to the end of the window, or until Max items.
• With Include publication details on (default), adds the full publication (buyer address and contacts, description, CPV/BKP/NPK codes, deadlines, Q&A dates, terms, criteria, lots, award decision with winning vendors, prices and number of offers) and the project's earlier publications.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it controls
publishedWithinDays	integer	7	Rolling window, in days back from the run
publishedFrom	string	empty	Newest publication on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD); overrides the rolling window
publishedTo	string	empty	Newest publication on or before this date
search	string	empty	simap.ch full-text search, matched in language
language	string	de	de, fr, it or en: the keyword's match language, and the language of titleText, procOfficeNameText, cpvLabel and projectUrl
publicationTypes	array	empty	tender, award_tender, direct_award, advance_notice, request_for_information, competition, award_competition, study_contract, award_study_contract, participant_selection, selective_offering_phase, revocation, abandonment
projectSubTypes	array	empty	construction, service, supply, project_competition, idea_competition, overall_performance_competition, project_study, idea_study, overall_performance_study, request_for_information
processTypes	array	empty	open, selective, invitation, direct, no_process
cpvCodes	array	empty	8-digit CPV codes; a code also matches the codes beneath it
bkpCodes	array	empty	Swiss BKP building cost codes
cantons	array	empty	Canton of the place of performance (ZH, BE, …)
onlySwitzerland	boolean	false	simap.ch's own "place of performance in Switzerland" filter
includeDetails	boolean	true	Adds publicationDetails, pastPublications and per-lot detail; two extra requests per record
maxItems	integer	1000	Caps records returned; 0 returns the whole window
schemaOrg	boolean	false	Appends a schema.org schemaOrg block to each record

Multiple values in one filter are ORed by simap.ch. An unknown value is refused by simap.ch with 400 Invalid parameter and the run fails with that message.

Output

One record per project, keyed on publicationId:

projectId, projectNumber, publicationId, publicationNumber, publicationDate, pubType, corrected, projectType, projectSubType, processType, lotsType, titleText, title (de/en/fr/it), procOfficeNameText, procOfficeName (de/en/fr/it), orderAddressOnlyDescription, countryId, cantonId, orderAddress, lots, offerDeadline, cpvCode, cpvLabel, projectUrl, publicationDetails, pastPublications, scrapedAt.

publicationDetails is the publication object exactly as simap.ch serves it, under its own key names (project-info, procurement, dates, terms, criteria, lots, decision, base, ted, …); which keys appear depends on the publication type.

Notes

• simap.ch's search starts on 2024-07-01, when the current platform went live. Earlier dates return nothing.
• The search returns each project once, with its newest publication. A project's earlier publications are listed in pastPublications (per lot, under lots, for lot projects).
• offerDeadline is published only on tenders, competitions, requests for information and some advance notices; awards, direct awards, revocations and abandonments carry none. Revocations and abandonments publish no CPV code.
• The keyword is matched in the chosen language: Schule over 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-03 matched 330 projects with de and 5 with en.
• projectUrl is https://www.simap.ch/<language>/project-detail/<projectId>, the form simap.ch's own help text gives for a project page.