Pennsylvania eMarketplace Bids and Awards Scraper

What does Pennsylvania eMarketplace Bids and Awards Scraper do?

It collects public procurement data from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania eMarketplace: state solicitations (IFB, RFP, RFQ, ITQ, RFEI, COSTARS and more) and contract awards. Each solicitation includes the number, title, agency, county, type, status, due date, opening date, buyer contact, delivery location, set aside notes and links to the bid documents. Each award includes the contract number, linked solicitation, agency, awardee and dollar amount. Filter by keyword, agency and solicitation type to keep runs small. Pricing is per result.

Data source

The Actor reads the public search and detail pages at emarketplace.state.pa.us, which the state publishes for any visitor without a login, and returns what is listed at the time of the run.

Why use it?

• Bid monitoring: get new state solicitations in your category before the due date, on a schedule.
• Competitive research: see which vendors won state contracts, for how much, and from which agency.
• Lead generation: find agencies that buy what you sell, with the buyer contact the solicitation publishes.
• Market sizing: pull archived solicitations by agency and type to see buying patterns.
• It replaces manual browsing of the eMarketplace search form and the slow Excel export.

How to use it

1. Open the Actor and set the filters.
2. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.
3. Add a Schedule and an Integration (Slack, Google Sheets, webhook) to get new records automatically.

Input

Field	Description
recordTypes	solicitations, awards, or both. Default both.
solicitationScope	current (open and recently posted), archived (closed history, about 700 records), or both. Default current.
keywords	Keep records whose number, title, description, agency or awardee contains any of these words. Empty keeps everything.
agency	Keep records whose agency name contains this text, for example Transportation.
solicitationTypes	Solicitations only. Examples: IFB, RFP, RFQ, ITQ, RFEI, COSTARS. Empty keeps all types.
maxResults	Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost.
proxyConfiguration	Apify proxy is recommended for larger runs.

Example input:

{
    "recordTypes": ["solicitations", "awards"],
    "solicitationScope": "current",
    "keywords": ["snow", "pipe"],
    "agency": "Transportation",
    "solicitationTypes": ["IFB", "RFP"],
    "maxResults": 50
}

Output

Every record has a recordType of solicitation or award. Example solicitation (trimmed):

{
    "id": "solicitation:6100066839",
    "recordType": "solicitation",
    "solicitationNumber": "6100066839",
    "title": "PSP BCLE DEO-2 Snow Removal Services",
    "solicitationType": "IFB",
    "agency": "Pennsylvania State Police",
    "county": "Luzerne",
    "status": "Open",
    "dueDate": "2026-10-30T11:00:00-04:00",
    "startDate": "2026-10-16",
    "openingDate": "2026-10-30T11:01:00-04:00",
    "amendedDate": "2026-10-16",
    "isCurrent": true,
    "advertisementType": "Service",
    "description": "Furnish all labor, equipment, and materials to perform snow removal services at the Pennsylvania State Police...",
    "contactName": "Todd Tippett",
    "contactEmail": "RA-SPPSPBIDS@PA.GOV",
    "contactPhone": "717-705-5927",
    "deliveryLocation": "1095 Hanover Street Wilkes Barre Pa 18706",
    "duration": "1 year w/4 optional 1 year renewals",
    "openingLocation": "Non Public Bid Opening",
    "addendums": 0,
    "setAside": "This procurement is set aside for bid and award to small businesses only.",
    "documents": [
        {
            "name": "6100066839 Bid Specifications.pdf",
            "url": "https://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/FileDownload.aspx?file=6100066839/Solicitation_0.pdf&OriginalFileName=6100066839%20Bid%20Specifications.pdf"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/Solicitations.aspx?SID=6100066839",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T09:07:24.888Z"
}

Example award:

{
    "id": "award:4300938546:6100066761:2026-10-16:44121",
    "recordType": "award",
    "contractNumber": "4300938546",
    "solicitationNumber": "6100066761",
    "description": "Procured 3/trailer enclosed mobile including delivery and set-up.",
    "agency": "Department of Corrections",
    "awardedTo": "All Pro West Truck & Trailer Accessories",
    "amount": 44121,
    "postedDate": "2026-10-16",
    "url": "https://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/Solicitations.aspx?SID=6100066761",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T09:07:25.000Z"
}

Field	Meaning
id	Stable key, safe for deduplication between runs
recordType	solicitation or award
solicitationNumber	The eMarketplace solicitation or bid number
contractNumber	Awards only: purchase order or contract number
title, description	What is being bought
agency, county	Buying agency and delivery county
solicitationType	IFB, RFP, RFQ, ITQ and so on
status	Open, Closed, Cancelled and similar, as shown by the site
dueDate, openingDate	ISO timestamps in Eastern time. Date only values have no time.
awardedTo, amount	Awards only: vendor and dollar amount
contactName, contactEmail, contactPhone	Buyer contact published on the solicitation
documents	Attached files with download links
url	Page on the eMarketplace

Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee when a run starts, then a fixed price per result returned. You only pay for records that pass your filters. Set maxResults to cap any run.

Limitations

• The awards list covers awards currently shown on the site. Older archived awards are not included.
• The site does not publish estimated values or NAICS codes for solicitations, so those fields are not returned.
• Award records link to the solicitation page but do not include the award detail popup.
• Fields the site leaves blank come back as null or an empty list.
• If the site changes its layout, results can be empty until the Actor is updated.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Actor reads listings the site publishes for any visitor without a login and stores only business information published for that purpose. You are responsible for how you use the data.

Why does the Actor ship its own certificate? The state server does not send its intermediate certificate, so the Actor adds the public intermediate to the trusted set and keeps full certificate verification on.

Something is missing or broken? Open an issue in the Issues tab; response time is usually under a day.