UK Contracts Finder Scraper

Export official UK Contracts Finder notices as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel. The Actor reads the Cabinet Office's public Open Contracting Data Standard feed, follows cursor pagination, and normalizes tenders, awards, buyers, suppliers, values, deadlines, and CPV classifications.

What you get

• OCDS and release identifiers, publication time, lifecycle stage, status, title, and description
• Buyer, suppliers, procurement method, category, CPV code, and SME-suitability flag
• Tender deadline, contract period, value, currency, and official source URL
• Date, stage, and local keyword filtering with strict deduplication

Output fields

Common fields are ocid, releaseId, publishedAt, stage, title, description, status, buyer, suppliers, category, cpvCode, cpvDescription, procurementMethod, tenderDeadline, contractStart, contractEnd, value, currency, smeSuitable, sourceUrl, and source.

Example output

{"ocid":"ocds-b5fd17-example","stage":"tender","title":"Cloud support services","buyer":"Example Council","category":"services","cpvCode":"72000000","tenderDeadline":"2026-08-30T12:00:00Z","value":250000,"currency":"GBP","source":"UK Contracts Finder"}

Input parameters

Parameter	Description
queries	Optional terms matched against notice, buyer, category, and CPV text.
stages	OCDS lifecycle stages requested from the official feed.
publishedFrom	Optional ISO lower publication bound; defaults to 30 days before the run.
publishedTo	Optional ISO upper publication bound.
maxResults	Maximum unique matching releases saved and charged.

Use cases

Public-sector sales pipelines, tender alerts, contract-award research, supplier intelligence, CPV market sizing, SME opportunity monitoring, procurement transparency, and scheduled bid discovery.

Limitations

Contracts Finder publishes source-provided OCDS releases. A notice can be amended, withdrawn, incomplete, or superseded; treat each releaseId as an event and use ocid to group its history. Keyword filters run after retrieval, so narrow date windows are more efficient. The generated fallback notice URL may not resolve for every legacy release; source documents are preferred when published.

Compared to alternatives

Thirdwatch provides transparent result-level PPE, official cursor pagination, evidence URLs, and a normalized table without requiring API credentials. Start with the UK Contracts Finder Scraper, browse all Thirdwatch Actors, or read the UK tender-data guide.

FAQ

Is this official data? Yes. Results come from the public UK Contracts Finder OCDS endpoint under its stated Open Government Licence.

What is charged? One result event per unique matching release saved. Pages and filtered-out releases are not charged.

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Always confirm deadlines and requirements in the official notice before bidding. This Actor is an independent data integration, not government advice.

Last verified: 2026-07