Belgian Public Procurement Scraper

Scrape Belgian public procurement tenders from official government sources. Extract tender titles, reference numbers, buyers, deadlines, CPV codes, estimated values, and procedure types.

This actor collects data from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) filtered for Belgium, and the Belgian e-Notification platform (enot.publicprocurement.be). No login or cookies required — all data is publicly available.

How to scrape Belgian public procurement data

1. Go to this actor's page on the Apify Store.
2. Click "Start" to open the input configuration.
3. Enter a search keyword (e.g., "IT services", "construction", "informatique").
4. Set how many days back to search and the maximum number of results.
5. Click "Start" and wait for the scraper to finish.
6. Download your data in JSON, CSV, XML, or Excel format.

Data sources

The scraper queries multiple Belgian procurement data sources in order of data quality:

1. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) — The official EU procurement journal. Contains all Belgian tenders above EU thresholds. Structured API with rich metadata.
2. Belgian e-Notification — Belgium's national e-procurement platform at enot.publicprocurement.be. Contains all Belgian public procurement notices including those below EU thresholds.

The actor uses a fallback strategy: if the primary source returns no results, it automatically tries the next source.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"informatique"	Free text keyword to search tenders
daysBack	integer	30	How many days back to search (1-365)
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of tenders to return (1-1000)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings

Example input

{
    "searchQuery": "IT services",
    "daysBack": 60,
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output format

Each tender in the dataset contains:

Field	Type	Description
noticeTitle	string	Title of the procurement notice
referenceNumber	string	Official reference/document number
buyer	string	Contracting authority name
publicationDate	string	Date the notice was published (YYYY-MM-DD)
deadline	string	Submission deadline (YYYY-MM-DD)
estimatedValue	number	Estimated contract value
currency	string	Currency code (usually EUR)
cpvCodes	array	Common Procurement Vocabulary codes
procedureType	string	Type of procurement procedure
noticeDescription	string	Short description of the tender
url	string	Direct link to the full notice
noticeStatus	string	Current status of the notice
language	string	Language of the notice
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when data was collected

Example output

{
    "noticeTitle": "Services informatiques de consultation",
    "referenceNumber": "2024/S 045-123456",
    "buyer": "SPF Finances",
    "publicationDate": "2024-03-01",
    "deadline": "2024-04-15",
    "estimatedValue": 500000,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "cpvCodes": ["72000000"],
    "procedureType": "Open procedure",
    "noticeDescription": "IT consulting services for federal tax administration",
    "url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/123456-2024",
    "noticeStatus": "Open",
    "language": "FR",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-03-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Bid monitoring — Track new procurement opportunities matching your business capabilities.
• Market research — Analyze government spending patterns across sectors and regions.
• Competitive intelligence — See which contracts competitors are bidding on or winning.
• Compliance monitoring — Track public spending and procurement procedures.
• Lead generation — Find organizations that regularly procure services in your domain.
• Data journalism — Investigate public procurement trends and anomalies.

Supported search keywords

The scraper supports any keyword in French, Dutch, German, or English. Common examples:

• IT: "informatique", "IT services", "software", "cloud"
• Construction: "construction", "bouwwerken", "travaux"
• Consulting: "conseil", "consulting", "consultancy"
• Healthcare: "medical", "gezondheid", "sante"
• Transport: "transport", "logistics", "mobilite"

Cost and performance

• Typical run: 30-60 seconds for 100 results
• Memory: 256 MB is sufficient
• Proxy: Apify Proxy recommended but not strictly required for government sites
• Cost: approximately $0.01-0.05 per run depending on result count

Limitations

• TED only contains tenders above EU procurement thresholds (varies by type, typically >140K EUR for services)
• Some fields may be empty depending on the source and notice type
• Historical data availability varies; most recent 12 months is most reliable
• The Belgian e-Notification platform may occasionally be unavailable during maintenance

Legal and compliance

All data scraped by this actor is publicly available government information published for transparency purposes. Belgian and EU procurement law requires public publication of tender notices. This actor only collects data that is freely accessible without any authentication.