# Brazil Government Procurement Scraper (PNCP) (`scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-scraper`) Actor Extract Brazilian public tenders & contract awards from PNCP (ComprasNet) by state, modality, agency & keyword. Clean normalized JSON. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Scrape Br](https://apify.com/scrapebr) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.50 / actor start This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Brazil Government Procurement Scraper (PNCP / ComprasNet Tenders & Contracts) Extract **Brazilian public procurement** data — **tenders (editais/licitações), contract awards, and price-registration records** — from the official **PNCP** (Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas, the national portal mandated by Lei 14.133/2021, successor to ComprasNet). Filter by **state (UF)**, **modality**, **agency CNPJ**, **date range**, and **keywords**. Output is clean, normalized JSON. For data engineers, market-intelligence teams, suppliers tracking opportunities, and researchers. > Built on PNCP's **official public API** (no scraping of login-walled pages), so results are stable and complete. Data is public under Brasil's **Lei de Acesso à Informação** and licensed **CC BY 4.0** (commercial reuse allowed with attribution). **No personal data** is collected — see *Compliance*. ### What it does - **Tenders** (`tenders`): published procurement notices by publication date — object, agency, unit/UF, estimated value, modality, dates, status, legal basis. - **Contracts** (`contracts`): signed contract awards — who won (legal-entity supplier), values, validity period, category. - **Open tenders** (`open_tenders`): tenders currently accepting proposals. - Normalizes Brazilian fields into a clean, English-keyed schema (PT values preserved): decoded sphere (Federal/Estadual/Municipal), UF + município + IBGE code, BRL values, ISO dates, and a direct PNCP link per record. - Client-side **keyword filter** (accent/case-insensitive) over the object text — PNCP has no full-text search. ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `dataType` | enum | – | `tenders` (default) · `contracts` · `open_tenders` | | `dateFrom` | string `YYYY-MM-DD` | for tenders/contracts | Start of the publication-date range | | `dateTo` | string `YYYY-MM-DD` | ✅ | End of range (proposal horizon for `open_tenders`) | | `modalities` | string[] | – | Lei 14.133 modality codes for tenders. `6`=Pregão Eletrônico (default), `4`=Concorrência Eletrônica, `8`=Dispensa, `9`=Inexigibilidade, … | | `uf` | string | – | 2-letter state filter, e.g. `SP`, `SC` | | `cnpjOrgao` | string | – | Keep only one agency, by 14-digit CNPJ | | `keywords` | string[] | – | Keep records whose object contains ANY term | | `maxResults` | integer | – | Cap total records (default 500) | | `includeRaw` | boolean | – | Attach the full original PNCP record under `_raw` (PII-stripped). Default off | ### Output (one record per Dataset item) ```json { "recordType": "tender", "pncpId": "83021808000182-1-000200/2026", "object": "CONTRATAÇÃO DE EMPRESA ESPECIALIZADA … TELECOMUNICAÇÃO …", "agency": { "cnpj": "83021808000182", "name": "MUNICIPIO DE CHAPECO", "sphere": "Municipal", "power": "Não aplicável" }, "unit": { "name": "Prefeitura Municipal de Chapecó", "uf": "SC", "municipality": "Chapecó", "ibgeCode": "4204202" }, "modality": { "id": 6, "name": "Pregão - Eletrônico" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Divulgada no PNCP" }, "values": { "estimated": 1342860.0, "awarded": null, "currency": "BRL" }, "dates": { "published": "2026-05-01T00:00:12", "proposalClose": "2026-05-19T08:55:01" }, "sourceUrl": "https://pncp.gov.br/app/editais/83021808000182/2026/200", "_source": "Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas (PNCP) — CC BY 4.0" } ```` Contract records add `supplier` (legal-entity only — see Compliance), `contractType`, validity dates, and `valorGlobal`/`valorInicial`. ### Example input ```json { "dataType": "tenders", "dateFrom": "2026-05-01", "dateTo": "2026-05-31", "modalities": ["6"], "uf": "SC", "keywords": ["telecom", "internet"], "maxResults": 200 } ``` ### Data source, freshness & compliance - **Source:** [PNCP](https://www.gov.br/pncp) official consulta API. **Licence: CC BY 4.0** — commercial reuse permitted with attribution (each record carries `_source`). - **Freshness:** live per run (PNCP updates continuously). - **🔒 No personal data (LGPD):** only public procurement catalog data. Government contracts can be awarded to a *natural person* (`tipoPessoa = PF`); in that case the supplier's CPF and name are **personal data and are stripped** — the record marks `supplier.redactedForPrivacy: true`. Only **legal-entity (PJ)** supplier CNPJ + company name are returned. The publishing-system user field is never emitted. - **Tip:** keyword queries scan more pages on the 50-records/page tenders endpoint — narrow with `uf` + a tight date range for speed. Very large pulls can take a few minutes; the actor throttles politely to respect PNCP's servers. ### FAQ **What's the difference between PNCP and ComprasNet?** ComprasNet (Compras.gov.br) is the legacy federal procurement portal. Under Lei 14.133/2021, publication migrated to **PNCP** — the national portal that aggregates federal, state and municipal procurement. This actor reads PNCP, so you get the broadest coverage (some legacy-only auctions may appear solely on ComprasNet). **Can I get licitações as Excel or CSV?** Yes — results land in an Apify Dataset, which exports to **CSV, Excel (XLSX), JSON, HTML or XML** with one click (or via API). No parsing needed. **Is this data legal to use commercially?** Yes. PNCP data is public under Brasil's Lei de Acesso à Informação and licensed **CC BY 4.0** (commercial reuse with attribution — every record carries a `_source` field). The actor collects **no personal data** (LGPD): natural-person suppliers are automatically redacted. **How fresh is the data?** Live — each run queries the official PNCP API directly. New tenders typically appear on PNCP within minutes of publication. **Can I monitor new tenders automatically?** Yes — add an Apify **Schedule** (e.g., daily, with yesterday→today as the date range and your keywords/UF) and connect a webhook or integration (Sheets, Slack, Make, n8n) to the run results. ### Maintenance Weekly automated health-check; endpoint-change monitoring. Issues & requests via the Apify Store contact. *** *Published by **ScrapeBR Studio** — Brazilian public-data actors. Data © the Brazilian Government via PNCP (CC BY 4.0); this actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Brazilian Government.* # Actor input Schema ## `dataType` (type: `string`): What to fetch from PNCP. 'tenders' = published procurement notices (by publication date). 'contracts' = signed contract awards (who won, how much). 'open\_tenders' = tenders currently accepting proposals. ## `dateFrom` (type: `string`): Start of the publication-date range. Required for 'tenders' and 'contracts'. Ignored for 'open\_tenders'. ## `dateTo` (type: `string`): End of the publication-date range (for 'open\_tenders' this is the proposal-closing horizon). Required. ## `modalities` (type: `array`): Lei 14.133 modality codes (used for 'tenders'/'open\_tenders'; ignored for 'contracts'). 1=Leilão Eletrônico, 2=Diálogo Competitivo, 3=Concurso, 4=Concorrência Eletrônica, 5=Concorrência Presencial, 6=Pregão Eletrônico (most common), 7=Pregão Presencial, 8=Dispensa, 9=Inexigibilidade. Defaults to \[6]. ## `uf` (type: `string`): Optional 2-letter state filter, e.g. SP, RJ, SC, MG. ## `cnpjOrgao` (type: `string`): Optional — keep only records for one public agency, by its 14-digit CNPJ (digits only). ## `keywords` (type: `array`): Optional — keep only records whose object text contains ANY of these terms (accent/case-insensitive). Client-side filter (PNCP has no full-text search). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Cap total records returned (bounds runtime + cost). Default 500. ## `includeRaw` (type: `boolean`): Attach the full original PNCP record under `_raw` (personal data of natural-person suppliers is stripped). Default off for cleaner output. ## Actor input object example ```json { "dataType": "tenders", "dateFrom": "2026-05-01", "dateTo": "2026-05-31", "modalities": [ "6" ], "maxResults": 200, "includeRaw": false } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All normalized PNCP tender/contract records pushed by this run, as a JSON array (English keys, Portuguese values preserved; LGPD PII-stripped). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "dateFrom": "2026-05-01", "dateTo": "2026-05-31", "maxResults": 200 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "dateFrom": "2026-05-01", "dateTo": "2026-05-31", "maxResults": 200, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "dateFrom": "2026-05-01", "dateTo": "2026-05-31", "maxResults": 200 }' | apify call scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapebr/brazil-pncp-procurement-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Brazil Government Procurement Scraper (PNCP)", "description": "Extract Brazilian public tenders & contract awards from PNCP (ComprasNet) by state, modality, agency & keyword. 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'tenders' = published procurement notices (by publication date). 'contracts' = signed contract awards (who won, how much). 'open_tenders' = tenders currently accepting proposals.", "default": "tenders" }, "dateFrom": { "title": "Date from (publication, YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "Start of the publication-date range. Required for 'tenders' and 'contracts'. Ignored for 'open_tenders'." }, "dateTo": { "title": "Date to (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "End of the publication-date range (for 'open_tenders' this is the proposal-closing horizon). Required." }, "modalities": { "title": "Modalities (tender types)", "type": "array", "description": "Lei 14.133 modality codes (used for 'tenders'/'open_tenders'; ignored for 'contracts'). 1=Leilão Eletrônico, 2=Diálogo Competitivo, 3=Concurso, 4=Concorrência Eletrônica, 5=Concorrência Presencial, 6=Pregão Eletrônico (most common), 7=Pregão Presencial, 8=Dispensa, 9=Inexigibilidade. Defaults to [6].", "default": [ "6" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "uf": { "title": "State (UF)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional 2-letter state filter, e.g. SP, RJ, SC, MG." }, "cnpjOrgao": { "title": "Agency CNPJ", "type": "string", "description": "Optional — keep only records for one public agency, by its 14-digit CNPJ (digits only)." }, "keywords": { "title": "Keywords", "type": "array", "description": "Optional — keep only records whose object text contains ANY of these terms (accent/case-insensitive). Client-side filter (PNCP has no full-text search).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap total records returned (bounds runtime + cost). Default 500.", "default": 500 }, "includeRaw": { "title": "Include raw PNCP record", "type": "boolean", "description": "Attach the full original PNCP record under `_raw` (personal data of natural-person suppliers is stripped). Default off for cleaner output.", "default": false } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```