# UK public sector IT and software tenders

**Use case:** 

Find new UK public sector IT services and software tenders published on Find a Tender in the last 7 days (CPV 72 and 48). Each notice shows the buying organisation, deadline, days left, estimated value, main CPV code and a link to the notice. Schedule it weekly as a UK government IT bid alert. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "uk-fts"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": [
    "competition"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "cpvCodes": [
    "72",
    "48"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR",
    "NL",
    "IE"
  ],
  "publishedWithinDays": 7,
  "onlyOpen": false,
  "language": "eng",
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "firstRunBehavior": "returnAll",
  "ukMaxPages": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "publicationDate": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "buyerName": {
    "label": "Buyer",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "buyerCountry": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "noticeType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "tenderDeadline": {
    "label": "Deadline",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "daysUntilDeadline": {
    "label": "Days left",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "value": {
    "label": "Value",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Cur.",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "mainCpv": {
    "label": "CPV",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "noticeUrl": {
    "label": "Notice",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The EU Tenders Scraper (TED) & UK Find a Tender Bid Alerts Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "UK public sector IT and software tenders". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/9mTx7RhkPzARiDZOy) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "UK public sector IT and software tenders" task

The EU Tenders Scraper (TED) & UK Find a Tender Bid Alerts Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like sources, notice types, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "UK public sector IT and software tenders" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as published, title, buyer, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "UK public sector IT and software tenders" task via API](https://apify.com/studded_columbine/eu-ted-uk-tenders-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [EU Tenders Scraper (TED) & UK Find a Tender Bid Alerts](https://apify.com/studded_columbine/eu-ted-uk-tenders-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/studded_columbine/eu-ted-uk-tenders-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/studded_columbine/eu-ted-uk-tenders-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).