UK & EU Public Tenders Finder: Government Contracts

Government contracts are good steady work, but finding them means checking three or four clunky sites, which gets old fast.

Put in a few keywords and this checks Contracts Finder, Find a Tender and the EU's TED for you, keeps the ones that are still open and gives you one list: who's buying, what it's worth, when it closes and where to apply. Stick it on a daily schedule and you've basically got your own tender alerts.

What it does

• Searches Contracts Finder, Find a Tender and the EU's TED in one run
• Shows the same UK tender once, even when it's on both UK services
• Leaves out closed, old and off-topic notices, with an optional minimum value
• EU tenders in English where TED has a translation, with value, deadline and codes
• Never returns buyer contact names, emails or phone numbers
• If one service is down, you still get the others and a note saying so

Use cases

• A daily list of new contracts in your trade (cleaning, IT, building, consultancy, whatever you do).
• Bid writers and agencies finding work for clients.
• Keeping an eye on what councils, NHS trusts or universities are putting out.
• Sending new tenders straight into a spreadsheet, CRM or Slack with Make or Zapier.

How to use

1. Add your keywords. Short and specific works best, like 'window cleaning' or 'CCTV'. Short words in capitals (IT, HR) are treated as acronyms.
2. Pick UK, EU or both, and how many days back to look. 3 days is about right for a daily run.
3. Hit Start. It takes a few minutes because Find a Tender only lets you read it slowly.

You can also call it from the Apify API, run it on a schedule, or hook it up to Make, Zapier or n8n. AI agents can use it through Apify's MCP server.

Input

{
  "keywords": [
    "software",
    "website"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 1,
  "sources": [
    "uk",
    "eu"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}

Output

You get one row per result, with these fields: source, noticeId, title, buyer, country, region, description, valueAmount, currency, publishedDate, deadline, daysLeft, procedure, category, cpvCodes, cpvDescription, smeSuitable, url, matchedKeywords, licence, error.

Here's a real result:

{
  "source": "Find a Tender",
  "noticeId": "1284",
  "title": "Penetration Testing",
  "buyer": "Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "region": "UKL",
  "description": "The Senedd is looking to procure a penetration testing service to provide independent assurance over the security of its technology estate and to identify vulnerabilities that may expose the organisation to cyber security risk. The contract will include the planning, execution and reporting of penetration testing activities against Commission systems and services. Testing may include external infr",
  "valueAmount": 80000.0,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-21",
  "deadline": "2026-11-24",
  "daysLeft": 33,
  "procedure": "Below threshold - open competition",
  "category": "services",
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72000000"
  ],
  "cpvDescription": null,
  "smeSuitable": null,
  "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099362-2026",
  "matchedKeywords": [
    "cyber security"
  ],
  "licence": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "error": null
}

Pricing

$0.002 per tender found. You only pay for results that work. Anything that fails comes back with an error and is free. You can set a max spend per run in the run options.

So 100 tenders cost about $0.20, and 1,000 about $2.00.

FAQ

Where's the data from?

Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (UK government) and TED (the EU's tender site). It's all public information under the Open Government Licence and EU open data rules.

Why does it take a few minutes?

Find a Tender blocks you if you go too fast, so this goes at the pace it allows. Fewer days back is quicker.

Do I get contact details?

No, names, emails and phone numbers are left out. The link takes you to the full notice where they're listed.

Why do some EU titles start with a country?

That's how TED does its English titles, e.g. 'Germany – Software package – ...'. The rest might be in the original language.

What does it cost?

You only pay for tenders it actually finds. If nothing matches, you don't pay for results.

Limitations

• It matches keywords in the title and description, so a tender that only mentions your word in an attached document won't show up.
• Lots of EU notices are only partly in English, so some matches get held back. You'll get a note saying how many, and you can turn on 'Include loose EU matches' to see them.
• It's what the buyers published, so always read the full notice before you bid.
• Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EU notices: TED, © European Union.

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