# AusTender Scraper: Australian Government Contracts to Excel (`tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts`) Actor

Scrape Australian Government contract awards from AusTender via the official OCDS API, no key. Filter by keyword, UNSPSC, agency, supplier or ABN, value and dates. Find contracts expiring soon for re-tender leads. "Only new" daily alerts. Export to Excel, CSV, JSON or API. $2 per 1,000 results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts.md
- **Developed by:** [TenderFeed](https://apify.com/tenderfeed) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

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# README

## AusTender Scraper: Australian Government Contracts to Excel

**Export Australian Government contract awards from AusTender to Excel, CSV or JSON in seconds, with no API key.** AusTender publishes about 800 Commonwealth contract notices a week (847 in an 8-day test window, Oct 2026). This Actor reads the **official AusTender OCDS API**, filters by **keyword, UNSPSC, agency, supplier or ABN, value and dates**, and returns one clean row per contract: supplier and ABN, value, start and end dates, procurement method and notice link. Use the **contract end date** filter to find contracts about to expire (re-tender leads), and schedule **"only new"** for daily alerts.

AusTender is the official procurement system of the Commonwealth (Department of Defence, Services Australia, the ATO, Home Affairs and the other Commonwealth agencies). Every contract of AUD 10,000 or more must be published there. Extra fields include the limited-tender reason, agency branch and division, and contract amendments.

Built by **TenderFeed** ([apify.com/tenderfeed](https://apify.com/tenderfeed)) on the official **AusTender OCDS API** (Open Contracting Data Standard, CC BY 3.0 AU). No API key, no login, no browser.

### What can you do with it?

- **Find contracts about to expire** (`dateType: contractEnd` with a future window): the best early signal of upcoming re-tenders.
- **Competitor and partner intelligence**: every contract a company won, by name or ABN, with values.
- **Sales prospecting**: which agencies buy your category (UNSPSC), how much and through which method (open or limited tender).
- **Market research and journalism**: spend by agency, supplier and category.
- **AI agents**: call it as an **MCP tool** and ask *"Which IT contracts over $1M with Defence end in the next 3 months?"*

### Input example

```json
{
  "keywords": ["software", "cloud"],
  "unspscCodes": ["4323", "8111"],
  "agencies": ["Department of Defence"],
  "dateType": "contractPublished",
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "minValue": 100000,
  "procurementMethods": ["open", "limited"],
  "maxResults": 200
}
```

Contracts expiring soon:

```json
{ "dateType": "contractEnd", "dateFrom": "2026-11-01", "dateTo": "2027-01-31", "minValue": 1000000 }
```

### Output example

Real row from a live run on 2026-10-29:

```json
{
  "source": "austender",
  "sourceId": "CN4285498",
  "ocid": "prod-f929faabe32c42e28d2b690f27fc175a",
  "url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/cbbfff77-528e-4301-98f8-b184196c5073",
  "title": "Software Licencing",
  "noticeType": "Contract notice",
  "status": "active",
  "procedureType": "Open tender",
  "buyerName": "Australian Digital Health Agency",
  "buyerAbn": "84425496912",
  "buyerCountry": "AU",
  "otherClassificationCodes": ["UNSPSC:43200000"],
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-29",
  "contractStart": "2026-10-26",
  "contractEnd": "2027-10-25",
  "awardedValue": 159860.09,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "awardees": ["A23 PTY. LTD"],
  "supplierAbn": "81612329781",
  "supplierCity": "Canberra",
  "supplierState": "ACT",
  "agencyReference": "4500164987",
  "isAmendment": false
}
```

Other fields: `contractNoticeId`, `apiUrl`, `limitedTenderReason`, `exemption`, `buyerBranch`, `buyerDivision`, `supplierPostcode`, `supplierCountry`, `contractSigned`, `publishedAtTime` and `amendments` (value and date changes). Amendment notices are separate rows with `isAmendment: true`; turn off `includeAmendments` to skip them.

#### Field coverage (live test, 100 notices published 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-29)

Value, supplier, UNSPSC, start and end date, procurement method, notice link: 100/100. Supplier ABN: 94/100. Agency contact name and email: 100/100 (with `includeBuyerContacts`).

AusTender publishes **contract notices** (awarded contracts). Open approaches-to-market are not part of the public API.

The data follows the same normalized schema as our other TenderFeed Actors ([EU TED](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/ted-eu-tenders), [SAM.gov](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/sam-gov-opportunities), [UK](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/uk-tenders), [USAspending](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards)).

### Contacts (`includeBuyerContacts`)

Off by default (privacy-friendly). Turn it on to get the agency contact published on each notice; it is often a procurement team mailbox, sometimes a named officer.

### Daily alerts ("only new" monitoring mode)

Turn on `onlyNew`, set a `monitoringId` (for example `"defence-it"`) and schedule the Actor daily. Each run returns, and charges for, only contract notices you have not received yet. In our test, a second identical run skipped all 5 notices delivered by the first and returned 5 different ones.

### Sample output (real run)

One row from a run on 6 November 2026 (core columns only; every row also has description, status, procedureType, documentsUrl and more). Contact values are masked here. Since schema 1.2 every row also carries the cross-source columns `country`, `deadline`, `valueAmount`, `valueCurrency` and `cpvOrNaics` next to the original ones (`buyerCountry`, `deadlineAt`, `estimatedValue`, `currency`, `cpvCodes`/`naicsCodes`), which are unchanged.

```json
{
  "title": "Software Licences",
  "source": "austender",
  "country": "AU",
  "noticeType": "Contract notice",
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-06",
  "deadline": null,
  "buyerName": "Department of Employment and Workplace Relations",
  "valueAmount": 65218.75,
  "valueCurrency": "AUD",
  "cpvOrNaics": null,
  "setAside": null,
  "url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/22de3368-eb9a-4ae0-a362-a61e74e24c39",
  "buyerContactName": null,
  "buyerContactEmail": null,
  "buyerContactPhone": null
}
```

### Limits and notes

- **Data source:** AusTender OCDS API (contract notices).
- **Access:** No login or API key.
- **Delays and gaps:** These are published contract notices (awards), not open approaches to market, so there is no deadline. Agencies report contracts after award, so they can lag the start date.
- **Contacts:** No buyer contact persons are extracted.
- Fields the portal does not publish stay `null`; nothing is guessed or filled in.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you pay only for the notices saved to the dataset (see the price on this page), plus Apify's small run-start fee. The default run (100 notices from the last 7 days) takes a few seconds.

### More TenderFeed sources

Same output schema across all sources, so you can merge results in one sheet or CRM:

- [EU TED tenders](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/ted-eu-tenders)
- [SAM.gov federal contract opportunities](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/sam-gov-opportunities)
- [Grants.gov US federal grants](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/grants-gov-us)
- [USAspending federal contract awards](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards)
- [UK Find a Tender + Contracts Finder](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/uk-tenders)
- [France BOAMP appels d'offres](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/france-boamp-tenders)
- [Switzerland SIMAP tenders](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/switzerland-simap-tenders)
- [World Bank procurement notices & awards](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/world-bank-procurement)
- [Poland BZP e-Zamówienia tenders](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/poland-bzp-tenders)
- [Ukraine Prozorro tenders](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/ukraine-prozorro-tenders)
- [EU Funding & Tenders Portal grants and calls](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/eu-funding-tenders-portal)
- [CanadaBuys tenders and awards](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/canada-canadabuys-tenders)
- [Germany public tenders (Ausschreibungen)](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/germany-public-tenders)
- [NYC City Record bids & awards](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/nyc-city-record-procurement)
- [Brazil PNCP licitações](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/brazil-pncp-tenders)
- [Colombia SECOP II licitaciones](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/colombia-secop-tenders)
- [Netherlands TenderNed aanbestedingen](https://apify.com/tenderfeed/netherlands-tenderned-tenders)

### FAQ

**Is this official data?** Yes. It comes from the AusTender OCDS API published by the Australian Government Department of Finance.

**How much data is there?** About 800 contract notices per week (847 in an 8-day test window).

**Something missing?** Open an issue on the Actor page. TenderFeed answers within one business day.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Words or phrases matched in the contract description, agency reference and UNSPSC category name (word-start match). Leave empty for all contracts.

## `keywordMode` (type: `string`):

Match contracts containing ANY or ALL of the keywords.

## `dateType` (type: `string`):

Use 'Contract end date' with a future window to find contracts that are about to expire (re-tender opportunities).

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

YYYY-MM-DD or relative (e.g. "30 days"). Default: last 7 days.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today. Can be in the future for contract end dates.

## `unspscCodes` (type: `array`):

UNSPSC codes or prefixes, e.g. 8111 (computer services), 4323 (software), 80 (management and business professional services).

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Text match on the agency, branch or division name, e.g. Department of Defence, Services Australia, Australian Taxation Office.

## `suppliers` (type: `array`):

Track competitors or partners: supplier name text or 11-digit ABN, e.g. Accenture, 51003095565.

## `procurementMethods` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all methods.

## `minValue` (type: `integer`):

Contract value incl. GST as published.

## `maxValue` (type: `integer`):

Contract value upper bound.

## `includeUnknownValue` (type: `boolean`):

When a value filter is set, keep contracts whose value is missing.

## `includeAmendments` (type: `boolean`):

Amendment notices (value or date changes to existing contracts) are returned as separate records with isAmendment = true.

## `includeBuyerContacts` (type: `boolean`):

Off by default (privacy-friendly). Turn on to get the agency contact published on each contract notice (often a procurement team mailbox, sometimes a named officer).

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

Maximum number of contract notices to save (newest first). 0 = no limit.

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

Remember what earlier runs delivered and return (and charge for) only notices you have not received yet. Ideal for scheduled daily alerts.

## `monitoringId` (type: `string`):

Name of the watch-list memory used by 'Only new'. Use a different ID per saved search/schedule.

## `includeRawData` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the original OCDS release under `raw`.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "keywordMode": "any",
  "dateType": "contractPublished",
  "includeUnknownValue": true,
  "includeAmendments": true,
  "includeBuyerContacts": false,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "includeRawData": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All normalized records from the default dataset, opened in the Overview view.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "software"
    ],
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts").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 = {
    "keywords": ["software"],
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tenderfeed/australia-austender-contracts"
        }
    }
}
```

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/DHhrGUXEJEdkym57q/builds/RPqvmIRejQhdxmuvE/openapi.json