🏛️ Government Tenders Scraper — Find Live Tenders from USA, EU & UK

Never miss a government contract again. The #1 Government Tenders Scraper on Apify — search and extract live tender opportunities from USASpending.gov, TED Europa, and UK Contracts Finder in one run. Built for procurement teams, bid consultants, and GovTech businesses.

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🆓 Try it FREE for 2 hours — no credit card needed. Then just $7.99/month for unlimited government tender searches.

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📌 Table of Contents

• What Is This Actor?
• Why This Is the Best Government Tenders Scraper
• 💰 Pricing
• Supported Tender Sources
• Use Cases
• What Data Is Extracted?
• Tender Categories Detected
• Output Fields (Full Reference)
• Input Parameters
• Example Inputs & Outputs
• Keyword Search Guide
• Country & Category Filtering
• Custom Portal Support
• Proxy Configuration
• Performance & Speed
• FAQ
• Changelog
• Legal & Terms of Use

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🔍 What Is This Actor?

Government Tenders Scraper is the most complete and reliable government contract and tender extraction tool on the Apify platform. It connects to three major government procurement portals simultaneously — USASpending.gov (United States), TED Europa (European Union), and UK Contracts Finder (United Kingdom) — and returns live, structured tender data in seconds.

This government tenders scraper is designed for procurement consultants, bid managers, GovTech startups, law firms, and SMEs who need to monitor public sector contract opportunities across multiple countries without manually visiting each portal every day.

With one run, you can search thousands of live government tenders by keyword, filter by category (IT, Construction, Healthcare, Defence, Energy, and more), and export results to JSON — ready for CRM import, daily email alerts, or dashboard integration.

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🚀 Why This Is the Best Government Tenders Scraper

Feature	This Actor	Manual Search	Other Tools
USA + EU + UK in one run	✅	❌ 3 separate sites	⚠️ Usually 1 source
Real-time live tenders	✅	✅	⚠️ Often cached
Keyword search	✅	✅	⚠️
Category auto-detection	✅ 9 categories	❌	⚠️
Country filtering	✅	⚠️ Manual	⚠️
Custom portal support	✅ Any URL	❌	❌
Contract value extracted	✅	⚠️ Not always	⚠️
Deadline extracted	✅	✅	⚠️
Issuing authority name	✅	✅	⚠️
JSON output	✅	❌	⚠️
Price	$7.99/mo	Free (hours wasted)	$50–$500/mo

This government tenders scraper replaces $50–$500/month subscription tools with a $7.99/month Apify actor that gives you the same data — or more.

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💰 Pricing

🆓 Free Trial — 2 Hours, No Credit Card

Start using this government tenders scraper immediately with a full 2-hour free trial. No credit card. No signup friction. Just click Try for free and run your first search in under 60 seconds.

During the trial you get:

• ✅ Access to all 3 government tender sources (USA, EU, UK)
• ✅ Full keyword search and category filtering
• ✅ Complete JSON output with all fields
• ✅ Custom portal URL support
• ✅ Up to max_results tenders per run

💳 Paid Plan — $7.99/Month

After the free trial, continue with our $7.99/month subscription — less than the cost of a single lunch. This gives you:

• ✅ Unlimited runs — search as often as you want
• ✅ All sources — USA, EU, UK, and custom portals
• ✅ Full data — values, deadlines, authorities, categories
• ✅ Apify platform features — scheduling, webhooks, API access
• ✅ Priority support — faster response via Apify actor page

💡 What $7.99/Month Gets You vs Alternatives

Tool	Price	Sources	Download Data	Notes
This Government Tenders Scraper	$7.99/mo	USA + EU + UK + Custom	✅ JSON	Best value
Tendersinfo	$49/mo	Many	✅	More sources, higher price
BidhQ	$99/mo	US only	✅	US federal focus
BidNet	$149/mo	US state	✅	State-level focus
Manual monitoring	Free	All	❌	Hours per day wasted

🎯 $7.99/month is the lowest price you will find for automated government tender monitoring. Start with the 2-hour free trial — upgrade only if you love it.

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🌐 Supported Tender Sources

This government tenders scraper connects to the following portals:

🇺🇸 USASpending.gov (United States Federal Contracts)

• What it is: The official US government spending and contract awards database
• API used: /api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ — free, no API key required
• Data available: Contract award amounts, recipient companies, awarding agencies, NAICS codes, performance periods, contract descriptions
• Contract types: All federal contract types (A, B, C, D)
• Coverage: All US federal agencies — DoD, HHS, DHS, DOE, NASA, GSA, and more
• Date range: 2024–2026 contracts (configurable)

🇪🇺 TED Europa (European Union Tenders)

• What it is: The official EU procurement database — Tenders Electronic Daily
• Coverage: All EU member states + EEA countries
• Data available: Tender title, issuing authority, deadline date, tender value, country, direct link
• Status: Open/Active tenders
• Scrape method: HTML extraction from ted.europa.eu search results

🇬🇧 UK Contracts Finder (United Kingdom)

• What it is: The UK government's official contracts portal
• Coverage: All UK public sector contracts — central government, NHS, local councils
• Data available: Tender title, issuing organisation, deadline, value, direct link
• Status: Live / Open tenders
• Scrape method: HTML extraction from contractsfinder.service.gov.uk

🌍 Custom Portal (Any Government Website)

Add any government procurement portal URL and this actor will attempt to extract tender data using smart HTML parsing with JSON-LD, card selectors, and link-scan fallback.

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🎯 Use Cases

📋 Daily Tender Monitoring for Bid Teams

Schedule this government tenders scraper to run every morning and receive a fresh list of new government contract opportunities matching your keywords. Never miss a relevant tender again.

💼 Procurement Consulting & Bid Writing

Use this scraper to quickly identify which government tenders are live for your clients' sectors. Search by keyword ("cloud services", "construction", "healthcare IT") and get results from USA, EU, and UK simultaneously.

🏢 GovTech & SaaS Sales

Companies selling software to government clients can use this government tenders scraper to identify procurement opportunities where their product fits. Search for tenders in your product category and reach out to the issuing authority before the deadline.

⚖️ Legal & Compliance Firms

Law firms and compliance consultancies can monitor government tenders in their practice areas (regulatory, public sector law, audit) across multiple jurisdictions without subscribing to expensive tender alert services.

📊 Market Intelligence & Research

Track public sector spending trends by category, country, and issuing authority. Use the extracted contract values and agency names to build market size models or competitive landscape reports.

🔔 Automated Alert Systems

Connect this actor to a webhook or Apify schedule and build automated tender alert emails for clients. A $7.99/month actor replacing a $200/month alert service.

🌍 International Expansion Research

Businesses expanding into new markets can use this government tenders scraper to understand how much government procurement activity exists in their target country and what categories are most active.

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📊 What Data Is Extracted?

This government tenders scraper extracts the following data per tender opportunity:

📄 Core Tender Fields

• Tender ID — unique identifier per record (prefixed by source: USA-, TED-, UK-)
• Title — full tender/contract title
• Status — Open (active tenders) or Awarded (US contracts from USASpending)
• Posted Date — when the tender or contract was published
• Deadline — submission deadline or contract end date

🏛️ Issuing Authority

• Issuing Authority — the government agency, ministry, or department publishing the tender
• Recipient — (US contracts only) the company that won the contract award

💵 Financial Data

• Value — contract or tender value (formatted as $1,250,000 for US; raw text for EU/UK)
• NAICS Code — (US contracts only) North American Industry Classification System code

🌍 Location & Category

• Country — United States, European Union, United Kingdom, or custom
• Location — city/state for US contracts; country for EU/UK tenders
• Category — auto-detected from 9 categories (see below)

🔗 Links & Meta

• Link — direct URL to the full tender or contract page
• Source — which portal the tender came from
• Processed At — ISO timestamp of when data was extracted

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🗂️ Tender Categories Detected

This government tenders scraper automatically categorizes every tender into one of 9 categories based on keyword detection in the title and description:

Category	Example Keywords Detected
IT / Technology	software, cloud, cyber, platform, digital, ICT, SaaS, network, system
Construction	construction, infrastructure, building, renovation, road, bridge, civil works
Energy	energy, electricity, solar, wind, renewable, power, gas, oil, nuclear
Healthcare	medical, health, hospital, pharmaceutical, clinical, laboratory, care
Consulting	consulting, advisory, professional service, research, audit, assessment
Defence	defence, defense, military, security, weapons, police, intelligence
Transport	transport, logistics, vehicle, fleet, aviation, rail, maritime, freight
Education	education, training, school, university, curriculum, learning, e-learning
Environment	environment, waste, water, climate, recycling, sustainability, sanitation
General Services	(all other tenders not matching the above)

Use the category input parameter to filter results to only one category per run.

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📋 Output Fields (Full Reference)

Every record from this government tenders scraper contains these fields:

Field	Type	Description	Example
tender_id	string	Unique ID (source-prefixed)	"USA-12345678", "TED-654321", "UK-789012"
title	string	Full tender title (max 300 chars)	"Cloud Migration Services for HHS"
issuing_authority	string	Government agency or department	"Department of Health and Human Services"
recipient	string	(US only) Award recipient company	"Accenture Federal Services LLC"
deadline	string	Closing/end date (YYYY-MM-DD)	"2025-03-31"
posted_date	string	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)	"2024-11-01"
value	string	Contract/tender value	"$4,500,000", "EUR 1.2M"
link	string	Direct URL to the full tender	"https://www.usaspending.gov/award/..."
category	string	Auto-detected category	"IT / Technology"
naics_code	string	(US only) NAICS industry code	"541512"
location	string	City/state or country	"Washington, DC", "France"
country	string	Country of the tender	"United States"
description	string	Tender description (max 500 chars)	"Provide cloud infrastructure..."
status	string	Tender status	"Open" or "Awarded"
source	string	Data source portal name	"USASpending.gov", "TED Europa", "Contracts Finder UK"
processed_at	string	ISO extraction timestamp	"2024-11-01T10:30:00Z"

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⚙️ Input Parameters

{
  "sources":      ["usaspending", "ted_europa", "uk_contracts"],
  "keyword":      "cloud services",
  "category":     "IT / Technology",
  "country":      "United Kingdom",
  "max_results":  20,
  "target_urls":  [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy":    true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sources	array	All 3 sources	Which portals to search: "usaspending", "ted_europa", "uk_contracts"
keyword	string	""	Search keyword — e.g. "software", "construction", "medical equipment"
category	string	""	Filter by category: "IT / Technology", "Healthcare", "Construction", etc.
country	string	""	Filter by country: "United Kingdom", "France", "Germany", "United States"
max_results	integer	20	Maximum total tenders to return across all sources
target_urls	array	[]	Optional: add custom government portal URLs to also scrape
target_url	string	""	Single custom URL shortcut
proxyConfiguration	object	Off	Apify proxy config — recommended for EU and UK portals

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📦 Example Inputs & Outputs

Example 1: Search US Federal IT Contracts

Input:

{
  "sources":     ["usaspending"],
  "keyword":     "cloud",
  "max_results": 5
}

Output:

[
  {
    "tender_id":         "USA-7234891",
    "title":             "Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services",
    "issuing_authority": "Department of Defense",
    "recipient":         "Amazon Web Services Inc",
    "deadline":          "2025-09-30",
    "posted_date":       "2024-11-01",
    "value":             "$12,500,000",
    "link":              "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_...",
    "category":          "IT / Technology",
    "naics_code":        "518210",
    "location":          "Arlington, VA",
    "country":           "United States",
    "description":       "Cloud infrastructure and platform services for DoD systems",
    "status":            "Awarded",
    "source":            "USASpending.gov",
    "processed_at":      "2024-11-10T08:00:00Z"
  }
]

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Example 2: Search EU Healthcare Tenders

Input:

{
  "sources":     ["ted_europa"],
  "keyword":     "medical equipment",
  "country":     "FR",
  "max_results": 10
}

Output: Up to 10 live EU tender records from French healthcare authorities — with titles, deadlines, issuing authority names, and direct TED Europa links.

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Example 3: Full Multi-Source Search

Input:

{
  "sources":     ["usaspending", "ted_europa", "uk_contracts"],
  "keyword":     "cybersecurity",
  "max_results": 30
}

Output: Up to 30 tenders from all three sources combined — US federal cybersecurity contracts, EU cybersecurity tenders, and UK government cybersecurity opportunities — in one unified dataset.

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Example 4: UK Construction Tenders Only

Input:

{
  "sources":     ["uk_contracts"],
  "keyword":     "construction",
  "category":    "Construction",
  "country":     "United Kingdom",
  "max_results": 20
}

Output: Live UK public sector construction tenders with issuing authorities, deadlines, and direct Contracts Finder links.

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Example 5: Custom Government Portal

Input:

{
  "target_urls":  ["https://www.tenders.gov.au/ATM"],
  "keyword":      "software",
  "max_results":  15
}

Output: Tenders extracted from the Australian government tender portal using smart HTML parsing — same output structure as built-in sources.

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🔍 Keyword Search Guide

The keyword parameter is the most powerful way to filter government tenders. Here are proven search strategies:

By Technology / Product Type

cloud computing
cybersecurity services
ERP system
data analytics
artificial intelligence
Microsoft 365
SAP implementation

By Service Type

management consulting
legal services
translation services
training and development
facilities management
IT support

By Infrastructure

road construction
bridge repair
building renovation
water treatment
renewable energy
solar panel installation

By Industry Sector

healthcare IT
pharmaceutical supply
defence logistics
education software
environmental services

Tip: Use specific, technical keywords for more targeted results. Broad keywords like "services" will return more results but less targeted ones. For US contracts, NAICS codes are also available in the output to help you further filter by industry.

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🌍 Country & Category Filtering

Country Filter

Use the country parameter to restrict results to a specific country:

• For TED Europa: use 2-letter country codes — "FR" (France), "DE" (Germany), "IT" (Italy), "ES" (Spain), "PL" (Poland)
• For UK tenders: set country: "United Kingdom"
• For US tenders: all USASpending results are United States — country filter applies to other sources in the same run

Category Filter

Use the category parameter to filter by detected category:

IT / Technology
Construction
Energy
Healthcare
Consulting
Defence
Transport
Education
Environment
General Services

Category filtering is applied after extraction — the actor extracts all matching keyword results first, then filters to the specified category.

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🌐 Custom Portal Support

In addition to the three built-in sources, this government tenders scraper can parse any government procurement portal by adding its URL to target_urls.

The actor tries three extraction methods in order:

Method 1 — JSON-LD Structured Data Reads structured tender data from <script type="application/ld+json"> blocks — works on modern government portals using schema.org markup.

Method 2 — HTML Card Detection Searches for tender cards using class-name patterns like [class*='tender'], [class*='contract'], [class*='notice'], [class*='opportunity'], [class*='bid'].

Method 3 — Link Scan Fallback Scans all page links for URLs and text containing procurement keywords (tender, contract, bid, rfp, rfq, solicitation, opportunity, procurement).

Tested custom portals:

• Australian Government AusTender (tenders.gov.au)
• Canadian Buyandsell (buyandsell.gc.ca)
• Indian Government Tenders (eprocure.gov.in)
• World Bank Procurement (projects.worldbank.org)

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🌐 Proxy Configuration

Recommended Setup

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

When to Use Proxy

• TED Europa — residential proxy recommended; EU portals sometimes block datacenter IPs
• UK Contracts Finder — residential proxy improves reliability significantly
• Large runs — any run with max_results above 50 benefits from proxy rotation
• Custom portals — use proxy if a custom portal returns 403 errors

When Proxy Is Optional

• USASpending.gov — uses a free public API; proxy rarely needed
• Small runs — under 20 results from a single source often works without proxy

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⚡ Performance & Speed

Speed Benchmarks

Sources	Keyword	Max Results	Estimated Time
USASpending only	Any	20	~10–20 seconds
TED Europa only	Any	20	~20–40 seconds
UK Contracts only	Any	20	~20–40 seconds
All 3 sources	Any	30	~1–2 minutes
All 3 + custom URL	Any	50	~2–4 minutes

USASpending.gov results are fastest because the actor uses their official free API. TED Europa and UK Contracts Finder use HTML scraping which is slightly slower.

Scheduling for Daily Monitoring

Use Apify's built-in scheduler to run this government tenders scraper automatically — every morning, every Monday, or on whatever cadence your team needs. Combine with a webhook to push results to Slack, email, or your CRM automatically.

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❓ FAQ

Q: Is the data real-time or cached? A: All data is fetched live on every run. USASpending.gov results reflect the actual contract database as of the run time. TED Europa and UK Contracts Finder results are scraped live from their public-facing search pages.

Q: Why are some tenders showing "Awarded" status? A: USASpending.gov primarily returns awarded contracts — contracts that have already been won by a company. If you want only open/active tenders, use "ted_europa" and "uk_contracts" sources which show live procurement opportunities.

Q: Can I get tenders from Australia, Canada, or India? A: Yes — use the target_urls parameter to add custom government portal URLs. The actor's generic HTML parser will attempt to extract tenders from any public procurement portal.

Q: How do I set up daily alerts for new tenders? A: Use Apify's built-in scheduler to run this actor daily. Use a webhook to send results to your email, Slack channel, or CRM whenever new tenders are found.

Q: What does the 2-hour free trial include? A: The full actor — all sources, all fields, all features. After 2 hours, you will be prompted to subscribe for $7.99/month to continue.

Q: Is $7.99/month really all I pay? A: Yes. $7.99/month gives you unlimited actor runs. You only additionally pay Apify's standard platform usage fees (compute units) which are typically cents per run at this actor's scale.

Q: Can I export results to Excel or Google Sheets? A: Results are available as JSON in the Apify dataset. You can download as CSV directly from the Apify dataset view, which opens in Excel. You can also use the Apify Google Sheets integration to push results automatically.

Q: What if TED Europa or UK Contracts Finder changes their layout? A: The actor uses multiple fallback selector strategies. Minor layout changes are handled automatically. For major redesigns, the actor will be updated — report issues via the Apify actor page.

Q: Can I search by NAICS code? A: Not directly as an input filter — but NAICS codes are returned in the output for US contracts, so you can filter the results by NAICS code after extraction.

Q: How many tenders can I get per run? A: Set max_results up to any value. Typical useful ranges are 20–100 per run. Results per source are divided equally — so with 3 sources and max_results: 60, you get ~20 per source.

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📜 Changelog

v3.0.0 (Current)

• ✅ Replaced broken SAM.gov scraper with USASpending.gov free API — 100% real data, no auth required
• ✅ TED Europa HTML scraper improved — multiple selector fallbacks + link scan
• ✅ UK Contracts Finder — 3 URL variants tried for reliability + link scan fallback
• ✅ Custom portal support — JSON-LD → card detection → link scan (3-method pipeline)
• ✅ 9-category auto-detection system (IT, Construction, Healthcare, Defence, etc.)
• ✅ Smart deduplication across all sources
• ✅ NAICS code extraction for US contracts
• ✅ Recipient company name for US awarded contracts
• ✅ Country and category post-extraction filters

v2.0.0

• ✅ Added TED Europa EU scraping
• ✅ Added UK Contracts Finder scraping
• ✅ Category keyword detection introduced
• ✅ Residential proxy support

v1.0.0

• ✅ Initial release with SAM.gov (now deprecated — replaced in v3)
• ✅ Basic keyword search and JSON output

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⚖️ Legal & Terms of Use

This actor scrapes and aggregates publicly accessible government procurement data from official government portals. All data sources used are public-facing and do not require authentication:

• USASpending.gov — US federal open data, provided under a public domain license
• TED Europa — EU public procurement data, publicly accessible by law under EU directives
• UK Contracts Finder — UK government open data, provided under the Open Government Licence

Usage guidelines:

• Use extracted tender data for legitimate business development, research, and procurement purposes
• Do not use this actor to programmatically submit bids or misrepresent your identity on any portal
• Respect each portal's Terms of Use for downstream data usage
• Government tender data is public information — re-publishing it in aggregate directories or research is generally permitted

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