# Australia Government Contracts Scraper (AusTender) (`tenderwire/au-austender-contracts`) Actor

Get Australian Government contract notices from AusTender open data: supplier, ABN, agency, value, UNSPSC code and contract period. Filter by keyword, agency, supplier and value. Official API, no key.

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

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 contracts

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Australia Government Contracts Scraper (AusTender)

Get every new Australian Government contract notice from **AusTender** as a clean table: **which agency bought what, from which supplier (with ABN), for how much, and for how long**. Data comes from the official AusTender open data API run by the Department of Finance. No key, no login.

Filter by keyword, agency, supplier name or ABN, UNSPSC code and value. Turn on **alerts mode** and schedule it daily to get only contracts you have not seen before.

### What does Australia Government Contracts Scraper do?

- Lists contract notices published on AusTender in your date range (all Commonwealth agencies report contracts of $10,000 and more).
- Returns the supplier name and ABN, the agency, contract value in AUD, UNSPSC category code, procurement method (open tender, limited tender...) and contract start and end dates.
- Uses the same output format as our tender scrapers for the UK, EU, Canada, France and the US, so you can combine them.

### Who uses it?

- **Businesses selling to the Australian Government** who want to see who wins which contracts.
- **Sales teams** targeting companies that just won government work.
- **Bid and capture teams** studying agency buying patterns and incumbent suppliers.
- **Analysts and journalists** following Commonwealth spending.

### What data do you get?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| title | Labour Hire Services |
| buyerName, buyerId | Services Australia, ABN 90794605008 |
| awardedSuppliers | FinXL Professional Services Pty Ltd Southern Cross Computing, ABN 74104804793 |
| awardValueAmount, valueCurrency | 359216, AUD |
| awardDate | date the contract was signed |
| contractStartDate, contractEndDate | contract period |
| categoryCodes | UNSPSC code, e.g. 80111600 |
| procurementMethod | Open tender, Limited tender, Prequalified tender |
| placeOfPerformance | supplier state, e.g. NSW |
| noticeId, noticeUrl | CN number and an AusTender search link |

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Keep the default (contracts published in the last 7 days) or add keywords, agencies, suppliers or UNSPSC codes.
3. Click **Start**. Most runs take a few seconds.
4. Download as Excel, CSV or JSON, or send the results to Google Sheets, Slack, a CRM, Zapier or Make.

### Input example

```json
{
    "keywords": ["software", "cyber"],
    "agencyContains": ["Defence", "Home Affairs"],
    "unspscPrefixes": ["43", "81"],
    "minValue": 100000,
    "daysBack": 30,
    "maxItems": 500
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "source": "au-austender",
    "noticeId": "CN4286874",
    "ocid": "prod-2c496f2d98d5460da34c37e46352c31c",
    "noticeType": "contract",
    "stage": "award",
    "status": "active",
    "title": "Labour Hire Services",
    "description": "Labour Hire Services\nProcurement method: Open tender",
    "buyerName": "Services Australia",
    "buyerId": "90794605008",
    "buyerCountry": "Australia",
    "buyerCity": null,
    "buyerContactEmail": "tenders@finance.gov.au",
    "buyerContactPhone": null,
    "buyerWebsite": null,
    "cpvCodes": [],
    "categoryCodes": [
        "80111600"
    ],
    "categoryDescription": null,
    "procurementCategory": null,
    "procurementMethod": "Open tender",
    "valueAmount": 359216,
    "valueCurrency": "AUD",
    "publishedDate": "2026-11-04T23:48:14.000Z",
    "deadlineDate": null,
    "contractStartDate": "2026-11-08T13:00:00.000Z",
    "contractEndDate": "2027-10-30T13:00:00.000Z",
    "placeOfPerformance": [
        "NSW"
    ],
    "suitableForSme": null,
    "awardedSuppliers": [
        {
            "name": "FinXL Professional Services Pty Ltd Southern Cross Computing",
            "id": "74104804793"
        }
    ],
    "awardValueAmount": 359216,
    "awardDate": "2026-11-04T23:48:14.000Z",
    "noticeUrl": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Search/CnAdvancedSearch?keyword=CN4286874",
    "documentUrls": [],
    "language": "en",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-05T13:10:00.000Z"
}
```

### How much does it cost?

**Pay per result: $3 per 1,000 contracts** delivered, plus a tiny Apify start fee per run. No proxy or browser costs.

- AusTender publishes about 200 to 400 contract notices a working day; a focused daily alert usually returns 5 to 50.
- Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to try the Actor many times.
- Set **Max contracts** to cap the cost of any run.

### Alerts mode and integrations

Turn on **Only new since last run** and schedule the Actor daily. It remembers delivered contracts in your own Apify account and outputs only new ones. Use a different **Alerts state name** for each saved search. Send results to Slack, email, Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, Zapier, Make or a webhook.

### Other tender Actors with the same output format

- **US Federal Contract Awards (USAspending.gov)** and **US Grants (Grants.gov)**.
- **UK Public Tenders**, **EU TED Tenders**, **France Public Tenders (BOAMP)** and **CanadaBuys Tenders**.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?**
Yes. AusTender data is published by the Australian Government Department of Finance under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence, which allows commercial reuse with attribution. Source: AusTender, Department of Finance.

**Does it include open tenders I can still bid on?**
No. AusTender's open data covers contract notices (contracts already awarded). Open approaches to market are only on the AusTender website.

**Why is the link a search page?**
The open data does not include the notice page address, so the link opens AusTender's search for the CN number, which shows the notice as the first result.

**Does it include personal data?**
No. Contact names are not included. Suppliers are businesses identified by their ABN.

**Something looks wrong?**
Open an issue on the Issues tab. An automatic self-check runs every day to detect changes in the source, and problems are usually fixed within a day.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keep contracts whose description, agency or supplier contains at least one of these words.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop contracts that contain any of these words.

## `agencyContains` (type: `array`):

e.g. Defence, Services Australia, Home Affairs.

## `supplierContains` (type: `array`):

Track competitors or partners by name or ABN.

## `unspscPrefixes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 43 (IT equipment), 81 (engineering and IT services), 80 (management and business services).

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

Keep contracts at or above this value.

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

Keep contracts at or below this value.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Contract notices published in this many days, counting back from now. AusTender publishes about 200 to 400 a working day. Ignored when 'Date from' is set.

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

Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). Overrides 'Days back'.

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

Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to now.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Remember delivered contracts and output only new ones on the next run. Ideal for a daily schedule.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Use a different name for each saved search that runs in alerts mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many contracts. You only pay for contracts delivered.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not needed: AusTender's API is open.

## `selfCheck` (type: `boolean`):

For the maintainer. Checks the source format has not changed and writes a SELF_CHECK report. Outputs no contracts.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "selfCheck": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `allFields` (type: `string`):

No description

## `selfCheck` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tenderwire/au-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 = { "maxItems": 50 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tenderwire/au-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 '{
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call tenderwire/au-austender-contracts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tenderwire/au-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/HLFaPnsiCZ6BsTb5o/builds/Ad0HMpo8P5TFT3lXX/openapi.json