# Kenya Tenders Scraper - Government Tenders & Awards (`superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Kenya public procurement tenders and awards from the PPIP/tenders.go.ke portal: buyer, reference, category, method, dates and documents. By Musa AI Tools.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Musa AI Tools](https://apify.com/superior_typhoon_xgu) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## Kenya Tenders Scraper – Government Tenders & Contract Awards (tenders.go.ke / PPIP)

Extract **Kenyan public procurement tenders and contract awards** from the official Public Procurement Information Portal (PPIP, [tenders.go.ke](https://tenders.go.ke)) run by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). Data is published openly under Executive Order No. 2 of 2018 and in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS).

### What you get

- **Active tenders** (open now), **all tenders** (archive) and **contract awards** (supplier + award value)
- Normalised fields: OCID, tender reference, title, buyer (procuring entity), category, procurement method, county, published & closing dates, value + currency (KES), status, awarded supplier company, award value, document links, source URL
- Filters: keyword, procuring entity / county, category (Goods, Works, Consultancy, Non-Consultancy), date-from, max results
- **Only new since last run** mode – ideal for daily tender alerts (schedule it and get just the new tenders)
- Retries with exponential backoff and a polite rate limit

### Privacy

Only organisation and company names are output. The actor does **not** collect personal names, phone numbers or email addresses of officials, subscribers, bidders, directors or owners.

### Input example

```json
{ "mode": "both", "keyword": "road", "category": "Works", "dateFrom": "2026-10-01", "maxResults": 100, "onlyNew": true }
```

### Output example

```json
{ "recordType": "award", "ocid": "ocds-5whusi-309033-M.T.T.C/R/006/2026-2028", "title": "Supply and delivery of fresh vegetables",
  "buyer": "MURANG'A TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE", "category": "Goods", "county": "Muranga", "awardDate": "2026-07-17",
  "currency": "KES", "status": "awarded", "awardSupplier": "BOSARIKA FARM", "awardValue": 190820, "sourceUrl": "https://tenders.go.ke/tenders/309033" }
```

### Notes

- County is inferred from the procuring entity's name/address and may be empty for national bodies.
- Data source: PPIP public JSON API (`/api/active-tenders`, `/api/tender`, `/api/get/all/published-contracts`); OCDS bulk files are also listed at `/api/ocds/index` and on the [OCP Data Registry](https://data.open-contracting.org/en/publication/147).
- Use cases: tender alerts for suppliers, bid/no-bid research, competitor award tracking, procurement analytics, journalism and transparency research.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch from tenders.go.ke.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive match on title, reference, buyer or supplier.

## `procuringEntity` (type: `string`):

Text matched against buyer name and address (e.g. 'Nairobi', 'County Government of Kisumu', 'KeNHA').

## `category` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for all.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Only records published (tenders) or awarded (contracts) on/after this date.

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

Maximum records per data type.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on API pages (100 records each) per data type.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip records already returned in earlier runs (state kept in a named key-value store).

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite rate limit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "active",
  "category": "",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPages": 50,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "delayMs": 2500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped tenders/awards.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-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 '{}' |
apify call superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,superior_typhoon_xgu/kenya-tenders-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/A9IQHpsE61xyV7pYu/builds/IYdu2uDeOaRuePOrH/openapi.json