CanadaBuys Federal Tenders & Contracts Scraper

Extract Government of Canada federal procurement tenders from the official CanadaBuys open data, with around 900 currently open opportunities including closing dates and buyer contact emails.

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25 fields per record

Canada federal coverage

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

What you get

Each record is one federal tender opportunity published on CanadaBuys, the Government of Canada procurement service, with the buyer contact and closing date you need to bid:

• title: name of the tender opportunity
• status: notice status (for example Open)
• tenderUrl: link to the full notice and bidding documents
• referenceNumber: CanadaBuys reference number
• solicitationNumber: buyer solicitation number
• organization: contracting entity issuing the tender
• noticeType: type of notice (for example tender notice, advance contract award notice)
• procurementMethod: how the contract is awarded (open bidding, selective tendering, non-competitive)
• procurementCategory: opportunity kind (Goods, Services, Construction, Services related to goods)
• gsin: Goods and Services Identification Number code
• gsinDescription: plain-language GSIN description
• unspsc: United Nations Standard Products and Services Code
• unspscDescription: plain-language UNSPSC description
• regionOfOpportunity: region where the opportunity applies
• deliveryRegion: province or region where goods or services are delivered
• tradeAgreements: trade agreements covering the tender (CFTA, CETA, WTO GPA and others)
• publicationDate: date the notice was published
• closingDate: bid closing date and time
• expectedContractStartDate: expected contract start
• expectedContractEndDate: expected contract end
• amendmentNumber: amendment number for revised notices
• contactName: buyer contact person
• contactEmail: buyer contact email
• contactPhone: buyer contact phone
• tenderDescription: full opportunity description
• observedAt: when this tender was last seen by the scraper

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Find open federal contracts to bid on	Contractors and suppliers
Track new opportunities by category and region	Bid and proposal teams
Build a pipeline of public sector buyers	Sales and business development
Monitor competitor and agency activity	Market researchers
Feed tender data into a CRM or alert system	RevOps and data teams

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the CanadaBuys tender scraper cover?
It reads the official Government of Canada open data feed of federal tender opportunities. The default "Open tenders" feed lists every currently open opportunity, around 900 notices on a typical day, across all federal departments and participating entities.

How many tenders can I collect in one run?
Set Max Items to any number up to the full feed. The open feed holds roughly 900 currently open tenders and the new feed holds the most recent notices and amendments. Results come back sorted newest first by publication date.

Can I filter the tenders?
Yes. You can filter by free-text keyword (matched against title, description and organization), by procurement category (Goods, Services, Construction, Services related to goods), by delivery region or province, and by a published-after date. All filters are optional and combine together.

Does it include buyer contact details?
Yes. Most notices include the contracting entity, a contact name, a contact email and a phone number, plus the GSIN and UNSPSC category codes and the trade agreements that apply. Some fields such as GSIN appear only on goods tenders, so they can be empty on services or construction notices.

What happens if the feed cannot be reached?
The run records an error field instead of failing silently, so you always get a clear result. Every successful record also carries an observedAt timestamp marking when it was collected.

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

• CanadaBuys British Columbia Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys tenders delivered to British Columbia. Extract titles, buyers, categories, closing dates and links in structured data.
• CanadaBuys Consulting Services Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys consulting services tenders across Canada. Get buyers, categories, closing dates and full opportunity links in JSON.
• CanadaBuys Cybersecurity Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys cybersecurity tenders across Canada. Extract titles, buyers, categories, closing dates and opportunity links.
• CanadaBuys Janitorial Cleaning Services Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys janitorial and cleaning services tenders. Get buyers, regions, closing dates and full opportunity details in JSON.
• CanadaBuys Medical Supplies Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys goods tenders for medical supplies and equipment. Get buyers, categories, closing dates and links in structured JSON.
• CanadaBuys Ontario Goods Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys goods procurement tenders delivered to Ontario. Get titles, buyers, categories, closing dates and links in structured data.
• CanadaBuys Quebec Construction Tenders Scraper: Scrape open CanadaBuys construction tenders delivered to Quebec. Extract project titles, buyers, closing dates and full opportunity details.
• CanadaBuys Construction Tenders: CanadaBuys Construction Tenders
• CanadaBuys IT & Software Tenders: CanadaBuys IT & Software Tenders
• CanadaBuys New Tenders Today: CanadaBuys New Tenders Today

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with CanadaBuys or the Government of Canada. It only accesses data that is publicly available through the official open data service. Use it in accordance with CanadaBuys's terms of service.