TED Tenders API: EU Public Procurement Search

TED Tenders API searches European public-procurement notices on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) through TED's official Search API. Filter by keyword, CPV code, buyer country, value, procedure and tender deadline, then export open tenders and award notices as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them through the Apify API.

There is no HTML scraping, no browser, no proxy, no login and no API key. The Actor sends structured requests to api.ted.europa.eu, so runs are fast and cheap, and the data is the same that TED publishes.

Why use this TED scraper?

• Official API, not page scraping. Fewer breakages when the TED website changes layout.
• Guided filters or full expert queries. Use simple inputs (keywords, countries, CPV, value, deadline), or paste a native TED expert-search expression.
• Tenders and awards. The awards preset adds winner names and awarded values.
• CRM-ready output. Readable title, buyerNameDisplay, numeric estimatedValue, daysUntilDeadline, direct TED, PDF and XML links, plus the untouched TED response in raw.
• Multilingual notices handled. Pick your preferred languages; the original multilingual values are always kept.
• Predictable cost. maxItems defaults to 1,000 so a forgotten empty filter cannot turn into an all-history run.
• Privacy by design. Contact and personal fields (emails, phones, persons, streets) are blocked.
• Reproducible runs. Each run stores the exact query, a query hash and progress records in the key-value store.

Use cases

• Daily alerts of new open tenders in your sector (CPV) and countries.
• Competitor and buyer tracking: who buys what, how often and for how much.
• Award analysis: who wins contracts, at what value, under which procedure.
• Market sizing and procurement dashboards in BI tools.
• Feeding lead lists, CRMs or AI agents with public tender data.

How to use

1. Open the Actor and click Start to test the prefilled input (10 open Spanish software tenders).
2. Adjust keywords, buyer countries, CPV codes, dates, notice types or value range.
3. Choose Output fields: opportunities (default) or awards.
4. Set Maximum notices to the volume you need.
5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it from your own code, Make, Zapier, n8n or an MCP client.

Input example

{
  "freeText": "software",
  "buyerCountry": ["ESP"],
  "cpvCodes": ["72000000"],
  "onlyOpenDeadlines": true,
  "maxItems": 10
}

Expert query alternative (multiple values are separated by spaces):

{
  "expertQuery": "FT=\"cloud\" AND buyer-country IN (ESP FRA) AND publication-date>=20261001",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Leaving all filters empty returns notices published in the last 7 days.

Output example

Shortened; raw (the full TED projection) is also included in every item.

{
  "source": "ted",
  "publicationNumber": "599896-2026",
  "title": "Servicios de mantenimiento de aplicaciones",
  "buyerNameDisplay": "Servicio Andaluz de Salud. Servicios Centrales",
  "buyerCountry": ["ESP"],
  "noticeType": "can-standard",
  "publicationDate": "2026-09-01+02:00",
  "classificationCpv": ["72222300"],
  "contractNature": ["services"],
  "procedureType": "neg-wo-call",
  "estimatedValue": 3442500,
  "estimatedCurrency": "EUR",
  "daysUntilDeadline": null,
  "tedUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/599896-2026",
  "pdfUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/599896-2026/pdf",
  "xmlUrl": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/599896-2026/xml",
  "queryHash": "...",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-10-10T08:00:00+00:00"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
publicationNumber, noticeIdentifier, procedureIdentifier	TED identifiers
title, noticeTitle	Readable title in your preferred language, and the raw multilingual title
description	Procedure or lot description, when TED returns it
buyerNameDisplay, buyerName, buyerCountry	Contracting authority and country
noticeType, noticeSubtype, formType, procedureType, contractNature, legalBasis	Notice and procedure classification
classificationCpv	CPV codes
placeOfPerformance	NUTS / country codes
estimatedValue, estimatedCurrency	Estimated procedure value, when published
tenderDeadline, daysUntilDeadline	Lot deadline(s) and days left (first deadline)
documentUrls	Tender document URLs, when published
tedUrl, pdfUrl, xmlUrl	Official TED links
details	Lot-level values (only with Include lot details)
raw, queryHash, retrievedAt	Source projection, query fingerprint, retrieval time

Awards preset adds result fields (winner, awarded value, selection status) inside raw. Not every notice has every field; TED only returns what the buyer published.

Pricing

Pay per result (Pay-per-event, one event per notice saved to the dataset). Platform usage is included.

Plan	Price per 1,000 notices
Free	$3.00
Bronze	$2.60
Silver	$2.20
Gold	$1.80

Example: 5,000 notices on the Free plan cost about $15. Use Maximum notices to cap spend; the Actor stops cleanly when your maximum charge is reached.

FAQ

Is it legal to use TED data? TED is the EU's public procurement journal and its data is published for reuse. This Actor uses TED's public API and excludes personal contact fields. You remain responsible for complying with TED's terms and with data-protection law in your use.

Do I need an API key or proxy? No.

How many results can I get? Up to your maxItems. Set 0 for no limit (full backfill). Large backfills are better split by publication date ranges.

How often should I run it? For tender alerts, daily with publicationDateFrom set to yesterday. TED publishes new notices every working day.

Why is some data empty? TED returns only fields the notice contains. Values and deadlines depend on the notice type; prior-information and award notices often have no deadline.

The run says the query timed out. Narrow the date range or lower the page size and run again.

Can I connect it to other tools? Yes: Apify API, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and Apify's MCP server.

Support

Found a bug or need a field added? Open an issue from the Actor page and include the run link.