Australia Government Tenders & Contracts Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "ocid": "prod-84062a603dc048fcb12fcd9ece0a697e",
  "id": "prod-84062a603dc048fcb12fcd9ece0a697e-1803645bafce3c8baa125f8440bd9e5c",
  "type": "contract",
  "title": "CON011105",
  "description": "Creative design and development of building projections",
  "contractId": "CN4269514",
  "status": "active",
  "agency": "Department of Industry, Science and Resources",
  "agencyAbn": "74599608295",
  "supplier": "BLACKBOURN-ROONEY, TILDA JOY",
  "supplierAbn": "58347085280",
  "supplierAddress": "TURNER, ACT, 2602, Australia",
  "supplierContactName": "MANAGER PROCUREMENT",
  "supplierContactEmail": "procurementinbox@industry.gov.au",
  "supplierContactPhone": null,
  "supplierContactBranch": null,
  "supplierContactDivision": null,
  "buyerContactName": null,
  "buyerContactEmail": "tenders@finance.gov.au",
  "buyerContactPhone": null,
  "buyerAddress": "ACT, 2601",
  "unspscCategory": ["82140000"],
  "value": 22896.5,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "procurementMethod": "limited",
  "procurementMethodDetails": "Limited tender",
  "limitedTenderExempt": true,
  "exemptionCode": null,
  "exemption": null,
  "limitedTenderReasonCode": null,
  "limitedTenderReason": null,
  "awardId": "CN4269514-630f0ec3ed6744e38247e9dda2d612a4",
  "awardStatus": "active",
  "awardDate": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "amendmentCount": null,
  "isAmended": false,
  "publishedDate": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "dateSigned": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "startDate": "2026-08-11T14:00:00Z",
  "endDate": "2027-03-25T13:00:00Z",
  "closeDate": null,
  "contractDurationDays": 226,
  "source": "AusTender",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T06:14:32.303Z",
  "aiSummary": "The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is awarding a contract to Tilda Joy Blackburn-Rooney for the creative design and development of building projections, valued at approximately 22,896.50 AUD. The project is set to start on August 11, 2026, and conclude by March 25, 2027.",
  "aiExtract": {
    "buyer": "Department of Industry, Science and Resources",
    "value": "22896.5 AUD",
    "deadline": "2027-03-25T13:00:00Z",
    "category": "82140000",
    "eligibility": null
  }
}

The most complete AusTender scraper available. It returns every field the AusTender contract and tender notices expose, including supplier and buyer contacts, ABNs, value, procurement method, and dates, plus a derived contract duration, and gives you nine filters to target exactly the records you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor reads the public AusTender OCDS feed of Australian federal government procurement. Choose awarded contracts (published contract notices with supplier and value) or approaches to market (open tenders inviting bids), set a publish-date range, and it writes one normalized record per notice: buyer agency and ABN, supplier and ABN, supplier and buyer contacts, UNSPSC categories, contract value and currency, procurement method, exemptions, award and signing dates, and start/end/close dates. A derived contractDurationDays is computed from the start and end dates. Post-filters narrow by keyword, value band, agency, supplier, and UNSPSC prefix.

Two optional AI add-ons (paid Apify plans only, off by default) enrich each record from its own notice text: a plain-language summary and a structured extract (buyer, value, deadline, category, eligibility). Each add-on is billed only when it returns usable output.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the 10 most recent awarded contracts.

{
  "recordType": "contractPublished",
  "maxTenders": 10
}

Set recordType to atmPublished for open tenders. Use dateFrom and dateTo (YYYY-MM-DD) to set the publish window; it defaults to the last 30 days. All filter fields are optional.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxTenders	integer	no	10	Maximum number of records to collect (1 to 1000000).
recordType	enum	no	contractPublished	contractPublished (awarded contracts with supplier and value) or atmPublished (approaches to market / open tenders).
dateFrom	string	no	30 days ago	Start of the publish date range (YYYY-MM-DD).
dateTo	string	no	today	End of the publish date range (YYYY-MM-DD).
searchQuery	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records whose title, description, agency, or supplier contains this text, for example software, consulting, defence.
minValue	integer	no	(none)	Keep only records with a value greater than or equal to this amount.
maxValue	integer	no	(none)	Keep only records with a value less than or equal to this amount.
agency	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records whose buying agency name contains this text (case-insensitive).
supplier	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records whose supplier name contains this text (case-insensitive).
unspsc	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records with a UNSPSC category code starting with this value, for example 43 for IT.
withAiSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Plain-language summary of what is being bought/awarded, by whom, and key value/dates. Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed only when a summary is produced.
withAiExtract	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Structured extract: buyer/agency, value/budget, deadline, category, eligibility. Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed only when fields are produced.

Filters combine with logical AND.

Output reference

One dataset item per notice. Types: string, number, boolean, string[], object, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
ocid	string	OCDS Open Contracting ID for the process.
id	string	Unique release ID for this notice.
type	string	Record type: contract or tender.
title	string	Notice title or reference.
description	string	Description of what is being bought or awarded.
contractId	string	AusTender contract notice number (CN...), or null for tenders.
status	string	Process status, for example active.
agency	string	Buying agency name.
agencyAbn	string	Buying agency ABN.
supplier	string	Awarded supplier name, or null for open tenders.
supplierAbn	string	Supplier ABN.
supplierAddress	string	Single-line supplier address.
supplierContactName	string	Supplier-side contact name.
supplierContactEmail	string	Supplier-side contact email.
supplierContactPhone	string	Supplier-side contact phone.
supplierContactBranch	string	Supplier-side contact branch.
supplierContactDivision	string	Supplier-side contact division.
buyerContactName	string	Buyer-side contact name.
buyerContactEmail	string	Buyer-side contact email.
buyerContactPhone	string	Buyer-side contact phone.
buyerAddress	string	Buyer address (state, postcode).
unspscCategory	string[]	UNSPSC category codes for the notice.
value	number	Contract or tender value in currency.
currency	string	Currency code, for example AUD.
procurementMethod	string	Procurement method, for example limited, open.
procurementMethodDetails	string	Human-readable procurement method detail.
limitedTenderExempt	boolean	Whether the notice was a limited-tender exemption.
exemptionCode	string	Exemption code when present, else null.
exemption	string	Exemption description when present, else null.
limitedTenderReasonCode	string	Limited-tender reason code when present, else null.
limitedTenderReason	string	Limited-tender reason text when present, else null.
awardId	string	Award identifier for awarded contracts.
awardStatus	string	Award status, for example active.
awardDate	string	Award date (ISO 8601).
amendmentCount	integer	Number of amendments, or null.
isAmended	boolean	Whether the notice has been amended.
publishedDate	string	Date the notice was published (ISO 8601).
dateSigned	string	Date the contract was signed (ISO 8601).
startDate	string	Contract start date (ISO 8601).
endDate	string	Contract end date (ISO 8601).
closeDate	string	Tender close date for open tenders, else null.
contractDurationDays	integer	Whole days between startDate and endDate, or null.
source	string	Data source label. Always AusTender.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
aiSummary	string	Plain-language summary. Populated only when the AI summary add-on is on, else absent.
aiExtract	object	Structured extract (buyer, value, deadline, category, eligibility). Populated only when the AI extract add-on is on, else absent.

A failed run writes a single item with an error field and is not charged.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"recordType":"contractPublished","withAiSummary":true,"withAiExtract":true,"maxTenders":3}):

{
  "ocid": "prod-84062a603dc048fcb12fcd9ece0a697e",
  "id": "prod-84062a603dc048fcb12fcd9ece0a697e-1803645bafce3c8baa125f8440bd9e5c",
  "type": "contract",
  "title": "CON011105",
  "description": "Creative design and development of building projections",
  "contractId": "CN4269514",
  "status": "active",
  "agency": "Department of Industry, Science and Resources",
  "agencyAbn": "74599608295",
  "supplier": "BLACKBOURN-ROONEY, TILDA JOY",
  "supplierAbn": "58347085280",
  "supplierAddress": "TURNER, ACT, 2602, Australia",
  "supplierContactName": "MANAGER PROCUREMENT",
  "supplierContactEmail": "procurementinbox@industry.gov.au",
  "buyerContactEmail": "tenders@finance.gov.au",
  "buyerAddress": "ACT, 2601",
  "unspscCategory": ["82140000"],
  "value": 22896.5,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "procurementMethod": "limited",
  "procurementMethodDetails": "Limited tender",
  "limitedTenderExempt": true,
  "awardId": "CN4269514-630f0ec3ed6744e38247e9dda2d612a4",
  "awardStatus": "active",
  "awardDate": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "isAmended": false,
  "publishedDate": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "dateSigned": "2026-08-14T05:25:39Z",
  "startDate": "2026-08-11T14:00:00Z",
  "endDate": "2027-03-25T13:00:00Z",
  "contractDurationDays": 226,
  "source": "AusTender",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T06:14:32.303Z",
  "aiSummary": "The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is awarding a contract to Tilda Joy Blackburn-Rooney for the creative design and development of building projections, valued at approximately 22,896.50 AUD. The project is set to start on August 11, 2026, and conclude by March 25, 2027.",
  "aiExtract": {
    "buyer": "Department of Industry, Science and Resources",
    "value": "22896.5 AUD",
    "deadline": "2027-03-25T13:00:00Z",
    "category": "82140000",
    "eligibility": null
  }
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~australia-tenders-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"recordType":"contractPublished","searchQuery":"software","minValue":100000,"maxTenders":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~australia-tenders-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"recordType":"atmPublished","dateFrom":"2026-07-01","dateTo":"2026-07-31","maxTenders":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/australia-tenders-scraper \
  --input '{"recordType":"contractPublished","unspsc":"43","maxTenders":50}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per tender/contract record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• AI add-ons billed separately. Each enabled AI add-on (ai_summary, ai_extract) is charged per record only when it returns usable output, and only on paid Apify plans.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with an error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run and cannot use the AI add-ons. Upgrade for higher maxTenders and enrichment.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The date range plus filters matched nothing. Widen dateFrom/dateTo, remove a filter (for example minValue or agency), or switch recordType. Zero-result runs are not charged.

What is the difference between the two record types? contractPublished returns awarded contracts with supplier, value, and award dates. atmPublished returns approaches to market (open tenders) that invite bids, with a close date instead of a supplier.

Why is supplier null on some records? Open tenders (atmPublished) have no awarded supplier yet, so supplier fields are null. Awarded contracts carry the supplier.

Why is contractDurationDays null? The notice is missing a start or end date, so the duration cannot be computed. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

Why are the AI fields absent? The AI add-ons are off by default and require a paid Apify plan. Turn on withAiSummary or withAiExtract on a paid plan to populate them.

Is this an official government tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with AusTender or the Australian Department of Finance. It reads only data that is publicly available on AusTender. Use it in accordance with the source terms of use.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with AusTender or the Australian Department of Finance. Accesses only publicly available AusTender data. Use in accordance with the source terms of use.