EKR Hungary Scraper — Public Procurement Tenders

Search and extract Hungarian public procurement tender notices from ekr.gov.hu, Hungary's official national e-procurement platform (Elektronikus Közbeszerzési Rendszer), run by the Közbeszerzési Hatóság (Public Procurement Authority). Filter by keyword, buyer name, or CPV code. Returns buyer info, publication and deadline dates, procedure type, and CPV classification where the notice discloses one. No API key, no login required.

How to scrape EKR Hungary procurement data

This actor reads notices straight from ekr.gov.hu's own JSON API — the same endpoint the site's search page calls in the browser. Every Hungarian contracting authority (ministries, municipalities, hospitals, state agencies, state-owned companies) is legally required to publish its procurement notices here, making it the single most complete source for Hungarian public procurement activity, both above and below the EU notification threshold.

Enter your search keywords, pick optional filters, and run. The actor fetches the search results list, then — when full details are enabled — calls each notice's detail endpoint to pull the procurement category, place of performance, procedure type, and (where the source publishes it) CPV classification codes.

Who benefits from this data?

• Government contractors — Monitor which tenders are open across Hungarian ministries, municipalities, hospitals, and state agencies, and track submission deadlines.
• Market researchers — Analyze Hungarian public spending patterns, tender volumes, and procurement activity by sector and buyer type.
• B2B sales teams — Identify which Hungarian public bodies buy what you sell. Build targeted prospect lists across the Hungarian public sector.
• Consultancies and advisory firms — Track tender activity by CPV category or buyer to advise clients on Hungarian market entry and bidding strategy.
• Compliance and legal teams — Monitor competitor bids, verify buyer details, and check procedural transparency.
• Journalists and researchers — Investigate public spending on a topic, ministry, or municipality.

Search by keyword

Enter any keyword to find relevant notices. The search matches against the tender subject ("Eljárás tárgya"). Examples: informatika (IT), takarítás (cleaning), útépítés (road construction), eszközbeszerzés (equipment supply).

Filter by buyer

Use organizationName to filter by the contracting authority's name ("Ajánlatkérő szervezet neve"). Example: Budapest Főváros.

Filter by CPV code

Use cpvCode to filter by a CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) classification code. Example: 30200000-1 for computer equipment.

Filter by date

publicationDateFrom and submissionDeadlineFrom narrow results to notices published, or with a submission deadline, on or after a given date (format YYYY-MM-DD).

Fetch full details

fetchFullDetails (default true) makes one extra request per result to pull the procurement category, place of performance, procedure type, and CPV codes. Disable it for a faster run that only returns the basic search-list fields (title, buyer, dates, notice type).

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchQuery	String	Keyword matched against the tender subject	informatika
organizationName	String	Filter by contracting authority name	—
cpvCode	String	Filter by CPV classification code	—
publicationDateFrom	String	Only notices published on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	—
submissionDeadlineFrom	String	Only notices with a deadline on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	—
fetchFullDetails	Boolean	Fetch CPV codes, category, place of performance per result	true
maxResults	Integer	Maximum number of notices to return	50
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify proxy settings (automatic proxy is sufficient)	{"useApifyProxy": true}

Output

Field	Type	Description
itemTitle	String	Tender subject ("Eljárás tárgya")
referenceNumber	String	Registry number ("Iktatószám")
organization	String	Contracting authority name
status	String	Open, Closed, or Unknown, derived from the submission deadline
publicationDate	String	ISO 8601 publication date
deadline	String	ISO 8601 submission deadline
estimatedValue	String	Always empty — not disclosed on the public record (see Limitations)
currency	String	Always empty — see Limitations
category	String	Procurement category ("Árubeszerzés" / goods, "Építési beruházás" / works, "Szolgáltatás megrendelés" / services)
cpvCodes	Array	CPV classification codes, when the source publishes them
region	String	Place of performance (NUTS code + region name), when disclosed
itemDescription	String	Always empty — EKR does not expose a free-text description on the public API
contactInfo	Object	Reserved for future use — EKR's public API does not expose buyer contact details
url	String	Notice detail page on ekr.gov.hu
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of the scrape
ekrAzonosito	String	EKR notice identifier (e.g. EKR000728542026/H002)
noticeType	String	Notice type + regime, e.g. Uniós, Ajánlati / részvételi felhívás (EU-regime, invitation to tender)
procedureType	String	Legal basis / procedure type, when full details are enabled
winningBidder	String	Winning bidder name, populated only on award notices where disclosed
isEuNotice	Boolean	true when the notice was published under the EU (Uniós) regime, also visible on TED
tedNumber	String	TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) reference number, when the notice was also published EU-wide

Example output

{
    "itemTitle": "ENVIRAS c. projekt informatikai eszközbeszerzése",
    "referenceNumber": "14060/2026",
    "organization": "Észak-magyarországi Vízügyi Igazgatóság",
    "status": "Closed",
    "publicationDate": "2026-08-12T22:00:00.000+0000",
    "deadline": "2026-08-28T08:00:00.000+0000",
    "estimatedValue": "",
    "currency": "",
    "category": "Árubeszerzés",
    "cpvCodes": [],
    "region": "HU311 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén",
    "itemDescription": "",
    "contactInfo": {},
    "url": "https://ekr.gov.hu/portal/kozbeszerzes/hirdetmenyek/8805659112795/reszletek",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T09:47:14.085Z",
    "ekrAzonosito": "EKR001537822026/H001",
    "noticeType": "Nemzeti, Ajánlati / részvételi felhívás",
    "procedureType": "Kbt. 112. § (1) bekezdés b) pont Nyílt eljárás (hirdetménnyel induló)",
    "winningBidder": "",
    "isEuNotice": false,
    "tedNumber": ""
}

Cost estimate

Priced per result plus a flat per-run start fee (Pay Per Event). At the STANDARD tier this is roughly $0.002 per notice plus $0.005 per run — a 50-result run costs about $0.005 (start fee) + $0.10 (50 × $0.002) ≈ $0.105, or roughly 500 notices per $1 of Apify usage. fetchFullDetails: false runs faster and cheaper for search-list-only data, but tiers apply per result regardless — the difference is runtime, not per-item price. A run's usage cost only settles after the run reports SUCCEEDED; a mid-run dataset read will show a cost far below the final total.

Limitations

• No estimated or awarded contract value. EKR's public notice API does not expose the estimated or awarded value on either the search or detail endpoint — this matches the same limitation documented for Poland's ezamowienia.gov.pl. If you need contract values, cross-reference the winning bidder and reference number against TED (for EU-regime notices, via tedNumber) or the buyer's own published contract register.
• CPV codes are frequently empty, especially on national-regime (sub-EU-threshold) notices — sampled recon runs found CPV populated mainly on EU-regime ("Uniós") notices. Don't rely on cpvCodes being populated for every result.
• No free-text description or buyer contact details. EKR's public API returns structured fields only — no notice body text, no buyer phone/email/address. For the full legal notice text, use the url field to open the notice on ekr.gov.hu directly.
• Hungarian-language fields. organization, category, noticeType, and procedureType are returned in Hungarian, as published by the source — they are not translated.
• Page size. The search API silently clamps to 100 results per page regardless of the requested page size — the actor already accounts for this internally, you don't need to configure it.

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