# Guatecompras Public Tenders Scraper (`recinosss/guatecompras-public-tenders`) Actor

Collect public Guatemala procurement tenders from the official Guatecompras OCDS API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/recinosss/guatecompras-public-tenders.md
- **Developed by:** [Jose Recinos](https://apify.com/recinosss) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Guatecompras Public Tenders Scraper

Collect public procurement opportunities from Guatemala's official Guatecompras OCDS API. The Actor returns clean tender records for B2G sales, procurement monitoring, journalism, civic-tech dashboards, and spreadsheet workflows.

### English

#### What it does

- Reads public JSON from the official Guatecompras OCDS endpoint.
- Filters by country, category, keyword, status, year, month, and maximum results.
- Saves one normalized dataset item per tender.
- Omits contact points, emails, phones, tenderers, and suppliers to keep the output focused on procurement opportunities instead of personal data.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "country": "GT",
  "category": "goods",
  "keyword": "medicamento",
  "year": 2026,
  "month": 10,
  "status": "all",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeItems": true
}
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "country": "GT",
  "countryName": "Guatemala",
  "source": "Guatemala - Ministerio de Finanzas Publicas, Guatecompras OCDS",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
  "ocid": "ocds-xqjsxa-32235291",
  "procedureNumber": "GT-NOG-32235291",
  "url": "https://www.guatecompras.gt/concursos/consultaConcurso.aspx?nog=32235291",
  "title": "Codigo IGSS 932 Paracetamol...",
  "status": "active",
  "statusDetails": "Vigente",
  "category": "goods",
  "procurementMethodDetails": "Compra Directa con Oferta Electronica...",
  "buyerName": "INSTITUTO GUATEMALTECO DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL -IGSS-",
  "itemCount": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "description": "Acetaminofen (paracetamol)",
      "classificationScheme": "UNSPSC",
      "classificationId": "51142001",
      "quantity": 2100,
      "unit": "Frasco gotero - 15 Mililitro(ml)"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

#### Suggested pricing

Use pay-per-result pricing at **US$0.004 per tender** (US$4.00 per 1,000 results).

Estimated platform cost is low because the Actor uses the official JSON API, one request per second, and no browser. A 1,000-result run needs about 50 API pages. On a small Apify container this should normally stay well under US$0.50 in platform usage, leaving room for Jose's 80% creator share after execution costs.

### Español

#### Qué hace

- Lee JSON público de la API oficial OCDS de Guatecompras.
- Filtra por país, categoría, palabra clave, estado, año, mes y máximo de resultados.
- Guarda un registro normalizado por licitación.
- Omite contactos, correos, teléfonos, oferentes y proveedores para enfocarse en oportunidades de compra pública y no en datos personales.

#### Ejemplo de entrada

```json
{
  "country": "GT",
  "category": "services",
  "keyword": "mantenimiento",
  "year": 2026,
  "month": 10,
  "status": "all",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeItems": true
}
```

#### Ejemplo de salida

```json
{
  "country": "GT",
  "countryName": "Guatemala",
  "procedureNumber": "GT-NOG-27391426",
  "title": "ARRENDAMIENTO DE RETROEXCAVADORA",
  "statusDetails": "Adjudicado",
  "category": "services",
  "buyerName": "MUNICIPALIDAD DE GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA",
  "valueAmount": 90000,
  "valueCurrency": "GTQ",
  "url": "https://www.guatecompras.gt/concursos/consultaConcurso.aspx?nog=27391426"
}
```

#### Precio sugerido

Modelo pay-per-result: **US$0.004 por licitación** (US$4.00 por 1,000 resultados).

El costo de ejecución debe ser bajo porque no usa navegador ni proxy. El Actor respeta un máximo de 1 pedido por segundo.

### Data source and license

Data comes from the official Open Contracting (OCDS) API of Guatecompras, published by Guatemala's Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) license. Source: Guatemala – Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas, Guatecompras OCDS. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Guatemala. It does not collect personal contact data (emails, phone numbers or individual names of contact points).

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

Only Guatemala is currently supported.

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

OCDS main procurement category.

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

Optional keyword matched against title, buyer, method, NOG, OCID and item descriptions.

## `year` (type: `integer`):

Publication year to query. Defaults to the current Guatemala year.

## `month` (type: `integer`):

Publication month to query, 1-12. Defaults to the current Guatemala month.

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

Optional status filter.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of dataset items to save.

## `includeItems` (type: `boolean`):

Include public tender item descriptions, UNSPSC codes, quantities and units.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "GT",
  "category": "all",
  "keyword": "",
  "status": "all",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeItems": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("recinosss/guatecompras-public-tenders").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("recinosss/guatecompras-public-tenders").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 '{}' |
apify call recinosss/guatecompras-public-tenders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/sgE7rap4AsMRItCwX/builds/75Ae6w88M9sOZVfgA/openapi.json