# Acquisti in Rete PA Scraper — Italy MEPA Tender & RdO Notices (`studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper`) Actor

Search and extract Italian public procurement RdO (Richiesta di Offerta) and tender notices from acquistinretepa.it, Italy's national MEPA e-procurement marketplace. Filter by keyword, publication date, or notice type. Returns buyer name, value, category and deadlines. No API key, no login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Italy MEPA Scraper — Acquisti in Rete PA Tenders

Search and extract Italian public procurement RdO (Richiesta di Offerta) and tender notices from acquistinretepa.it, the Acquisti in Rete PA marketplace run by Consip on behalf of Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). Filter by keyword, notice type, publication date, or estimated value. Returns notice title, buying authority, estimated value, category and deadline. No API key, no login required.

### How to scrape acquistinretepa.it data

This actor reads notice data directly from the same public JSON API that powers the site's own "Bandi" (tender showcase) search page, requested as structured JSON rather than scraped from rendered HTML. Acquisti in Rete PA is Italy's MEPA (Mercato Elettronico della Pubblica Amministrazione) — the national digital marketplace where every Italian public administration, from small municipalities to ministries and hospital authorities, publishes RdO (Requests for Quotation) and other procurement notices for goods, services and works.

Enter your search keywords, pick optional filters, and run. Each search request returns full notice detail — title, buying authority, value, category, publication and deadline dates — in one response, so there's no separate detail-page fetch per notice. That makes runs faster and less prone to breaking than portals that require opening each result individually.

#### Who benefits from this data?

- **Government contractors** — Monitor new RdO opportunities daily across Italian municipalities, ASL (health authorities), ministries, and state-owned companies. Never miss a relevant tender in your industry.
- **Market researchers** — Analyze Italian public spending patterns, procurement volumes and category trends across regions and sectors.
- **B2B sales teams** — Identify which Italian public bodies are buying what you sell. Build targeted prospect lists across the Italian public procurement market.
- **Consultancies and advisory firms** — Track procurement activity by category or buyer to advise clients on Italian market entry and bidding strategy.
- **EU/EEA market intelligence** — Pair with our other European procurement actors to build a cross-country tender monitoring pipeline.

#### Search by keyword

Enter any keyword to find relevant notices. The acquistinretepa.it search API has no built-in full-text index, so this actor fetches notices in bulk (sorted by publication date, newest first) and matches your keyword against the notice title, buying authority name, category, and description locally. Examples: "informatica" (IT), "pulizia" (cleaning), "sanità" (healthcare), "manutenzione" (maintenance), "trasporti" (transport). Leave empty to return the most recent notices unfiltered.

#### Filter by notice type

- **RDO Aperte** — open Requests for Quotation (RdO) published by individual public administrations, the bulk of day-to-day Italian public buying activity
- **Altri Bandi** — other tender notices published outside the standard RdO flow
- **All** (default) — both types combined

#### Filter by date and value

Use `publishedAfter`/`publishedBefore` to monitor new publications within a window, and `valueMin`/`valueMax` to target contracts of a certain size. The date filter is applied server-side; the value filter is applied locally against the disclosed estimated value on each notice.

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | String | `informatica` | Keyword matched against title, buying authority name, category and description |
| `noticeType` | Enum | `all` | `all`, `rdo` (RDO Aperte only), `altribandi` (Altri Bandi only) |
| `publishedAfter` / `publishedBefore` | String | — | Publication date range, YYYY-MM-DD |
| `valueMin` / `valueMax` | Integer | — | Estimated value range, EUR |
| `maxResults` | Integer | `50` | Maximum number of notices to return (1–5,000) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify proxy | Apify proxy settings |

### What data does this scraper extract?

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|--------------|
| `itemTitle` | String | Notice title |
| `referenceNumber` | String | RdO/notice reference number |
| `organization` | String | Buying public administration name |
| `status` | String | Open or Closed, derived from the submission deadline |
| `publicationDate` | String | Date the notice was published |
| `deadline` | String | Bid submission deadline |
| `estimatedValue` | String | Estimated notice value, when disclosed |
| `currency` | String | Always `EUR` when a value is present |
| `category` | String | MEPA merchandise category (e.g. "Informatica, elettronica, telecomunicazioni...") |
| `itemDescription` | String | Notice description or contract type summary |
| `contactInfo` | Object | Buying authority name |
| `url` | String | Direct link to the notice on acquistinretepa.it |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped |
| `noticeType` | String | "RDO Aperte" or "Altri Bandi" |
| `instrumentCode` | String | MEPA instrument code (e.g. `RDO`) |
| `contractType` | String | "Beni" (goods), "Servizi" (services), or "Lavori" (works) |

### Example output

```json
{
    "itemTitle": "REALIZZAZIONE SITO WEB ISTITUZIONALE",
    "referenceNumber": "6540542",
    "organization": "CONSERVATORIO DI MUSICA A. CASELLA DI L'AQUILA - CONSIGLIO DI AMMINISTRAZIONE",
    "status": "Open",
    "publicationDate": "2026-08-30T22:00:00.000Z",
    "deadline": "2026-09-21T10:00:00.000Z",
    "estimatedValue": "24000",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "category": "Informatica, elettronica, telecomunicazioni e macchine per l'ufficio",
    "itemDescription": "Servizi",
    "contactInfo": {
        "organization": "CONSERVATORIO DI MUSICA A. CASELLA DI L'AQUILA - CONSIGLIO DI AMMINISTRAZIONE"
    },
    "url": "https://www.acquistinretepa.it/opencms/opencms/scheda_altri_bandi.html?idBando=afa64573461b78c6",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-31T19:41:00.404Z",
    "noticeType": "RDO Aperte",
    "instrumentCode": "RDO",
    "contractType": "Servizi"
}
```

### Tips for best results

- **Daily monitoring**: Run on a schedule to catch new RdO notices within hours of publication. Set `publishedAfter` to yesterday's date for fresh opportunities only.
- **Notice type targeting**: Filter to `rdo` for the bulk of day-to-day public buying activity, or `altribandi` for less common notice types.
- **Category keywords**: Since there's no server-side full-text index, broader keywords (a category word rather than a very specific product name) return more matches per page scanned.
- **Combine with our other European procurement actors**: Pair with Hilma (Finland), eTenders (Ireland), BASE.gov.pt (Portugal), or Udbud.dk (Denmark) for broader European coverage.

### How much does it cost to run?

The acquistinretepa.it search API is free and requires no login. Your only cost is Apify compute time. Because full notice detail comes from bulk search pages (up to 100 notices per request), this actor is cheap and fast to run.

| Search size | Estimated time | Estimated cost |
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
| 20 notices | ~5–10 seconds | ~$0.005 |
| 100 notices | ~15–30 seconds | ~$0.01 |
| 500 notices | ~1–2 minutes | ~$0.03 |

Actual cost depends on Apify plan and how many pages must be scanned to find enough keyword matches; a run's final usage cost only settles after the run reports SUCCEEDED — reading the dataset mid-run will undercount it.

### Use as an API

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQuery": "informatica",
    "noticeType": "rdo",
    "maxResults": 50,
})

for notice in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{notice['itemTitle']} | {notice['organization']} | Deadline: {notice['deadline']}")
```

### Limitations

- **No full-text search on the source API**: acquistinretepa.it only supports an exact notice-number lookup and a buyer-name filter server-side. This actor works around that by scanning bulk search pages and filtering locally, up to a scan cap — very narrow keywords on a large date range may need a higher `maxResults` to surface enough matches.
- **No CPV codes or NUTS region codes**: unlike EU-wide eForms portals, Italy's MEPA uses its own merchandise-category taxonomy instead of CPV, and doesn't expose a region field on notice listings.
- **Estimated value not always disclosed**: some RdO notices below reporting thresholds don't publish an estimated value.
- **"Altri Bandi" is a small category**: most day-to-day activity is under RDO Aperte; Altri Bandi typically has very few open notices at any given time.

### Other European procurement scrapers

Check the [Studio AMBA actor catalog](https://apify.com/studio-amba) for more European public procurement data, including Hilma (Finland), eTenders (Ireland), BASE.gov.pt (Portugal), Udbud.dk (Denmark), TED (EU-wide), and Belgian public procurement.

### Your feedback

Found a bug or want a feature? Open an issue on the [Issues tab](https://console.apify.com/actors/studio-amba~acquistinretepa-scraper/issues).

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search notices by keyword, matched against the title, buying authority name and category. Examples: 'informatica' (IT), 'pulizia' (cleaning), 'sanità' (healthcare), 'manutenzione' (maintenance). Leave empty to return the most recent notices unfiltered.

## `noticeType` (type: `string`):

Filter by notice type. 'RDO Aperte' = open Requests for Quotation published by individual public administrations. 'Altri Bandi' = other tender notices outside the standard RdO flow.

## `publishedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only notices published on or after this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

## `publishedBefore` (type: `string`):

Only notices published on or before this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

## `valueMin` (type: `integer`):

Only notices with an estimated value at or above this amount, in EUR.

## `valueMax` (type: `integer`):

Only notices with an estimated value at or below this amount, in EUR.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of notices to return. All fields come from a single search request — no extra per-item requests needed.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "informatica",
  "noticeType": "all",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "informatica",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "informatica",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "informatica",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/acquistinretepa-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GhPPlBkPslAJTyNt6/builds/jSJCLG9vW1rg7P7il/openapi.json