# TED EU Public Tenders Scraper (`scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-public-tenders`) Actor

Search EU public procurement tenders, contract notices and award results on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) by keyword, country, CPV code, notice type and date. No API key or login. Deadlines, buyers, values, winners and direct links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-public-tenders.md
- **Developed by:** [Lipa Pollak](https://apify.com/scarlet_sheet) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## TED EU Public Tenders Scraper

Search EU public procurement tenders, contract notices and award results on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) by keyword, country, CPV code, notice type and date. No API key or login. Deadlines, buyers, values, winners and direct links.

### What does it do?

It queries the **official TED search API** of the EU Publications Office (the same data behind ted.europa.eu) and returns clean, flat rows you can export to JSON, CSV or Excel, schedule daily, or push to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, a CRM or your own code via the Apify API. No browser, no proxies, fast and cheap. TED publishes about 800,000 notices a year from all 27 EU countries plus EEA and other participating states.

### Use cases

- **Daily tender alerts:** schedule a run for your CPV codes and countries and get every new open tender
- **Bid / no-bid pipelines and lead generation** for companies selling to European governments
- **Competitor tracking:** pull contract award results to see who wins, for how much, and from which buyers
- **Market research** and feeding BI dashboards or AI agents with fresh EU procurement data

Pair it with our **SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Scraper** for U.S. federal tenders.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | string | Full-text search in any EU language. Empty = all. |
| `countries` | array | ISO 3-letter buyer countries, e.g. `DEU`, `FRA`, `ITA` |
| `cpvCodes` | array | CPV codes, e.g. `72000000` (IT services) |
| `noticeTypes` | array | `competition` (open tenders), `result` (awards), `planning`, `change` |
| `publishedFrom` / `publishedTo` | string | YYYY-MM-DD. With no filters at all, the last 7 days are returned. |
| `openOnly` | boolean | Only tenders whose deadline hasn't passed |
| `language` | string | Preferred language for titles and names (default `eng`) |
| `query` | string | Optional raw TED expert query, ANDed with the filters |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max notices to return |

### Output

Fields: `publicationNumber`, `title`, `formType`, `noticeType`, `publicationDate`, `buyerName`, `buyerCity`, `buyerCountry`, `procedureType`, `contractNature`, `mainCpv`, `cpvCodes`, `placeOfPerformance`, `tenderDeadline`, `estimatedValue`, `estimatedValueCurrency`, `winnerNames`, `totalAwardValue`, `totalAwardValueCurrency`, `url`, `pdfUrl`. See `test/sample-output.json` for real rows. Personal contact details (named contact persons, emails, phone numbers) are intentionally not collected.

### Pricing (pay per event)

- **Actor start:** $0.005 per run
- **Result:** $3.00 per 1,000 notices

You pay only for results. Set a maximum charge per run in Apify Console to cap spend.

### FAQ

**Do I need a TED API key?** No. TED search is public.
**How fresh is the data?** Live: TED publishes new notices every working day, and results come straight from TED at run time, newest first.
**Which countries are covered?** All EU member states plus other countries that publish on TED (e.g. Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine).

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Full-text search across notices (any EU language), e.g. software, cleaning, medical equipment. Leave empty for all.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

e.g. DEU, FRA, ITA, ESP, POL, NLD, IRL. Empty = all countries.

## `cpvCodes` (type: `array`):

EU Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, e.g. 72000000 (IT services), 48000000 (software), 90910000 (cleaning). Empty = all.

## `noticeTypes` (type: `array`):

Empty = all types

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

Optional. If no filter at all is set, the last 7 days are returned.

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

Optional

## `openOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only notices whose tender deadline is today or later

## `language` (type: `string`):

3-letter code: eng, deu, fra, spa, ita, pol... Falls back to the original language.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Raw TED expert-search query, combined with the filters above using AND, e.g. procedure-type=open

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

Maximum notices to return

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "software",
  "countries": [
    "DEU",
    "FRA"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "competition"
  ],
  "openOnly": false,
  "language": "eng",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "countries": [
        "DEU",
        "FRA"
    ],
    "noticeTypes": [
        "competition"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-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 = {
    "keywords": "software",
    "countries": [
        "DEU",
        "FRA",
    ],
    "noticeTypes": ["competition"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-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 '{
  "keywords": "software",
  "countries": [
    "DEU",
    "FRA"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "competition"
  ]
}' |
apify call scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-public-tenders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scarlet_sheet/ted-eu-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/NbDrgyiFI3eZzcn2f/builds/AiiOLQlWcOHVH89qJ/openapi.json