UK Contracts Finder Scraper

UK Contracts Finder Scraper pulls structured data from UK Contracts Finder (Cabinet Office) and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It pulls UK public sector procurement notices from Contracts Finder and returns the buyer, awarded supplier, CPV category, award value, contract dates and a direct link to each notice, which is what bid teams and BD teams monitor.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does UK Contracts Finder Scraper do?

It queries UK Contracts Finder (Cabinet Office) and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• UK Contracts Finder (Cabinet Office) data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
stage	string	"award"	Which stage of the procurement lifecycle to return. One of: 'planning', 'tender', 'award'.
publishedFrom	string	"2026-01-01"	Earliest publication date, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum number of notices to return.

Example input:

{
  "stage": "award",
  "publishedFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-fcb5c27d-2a4f-4691-92a2-fca2336adffb",
  "title": "Software support and maintenance",
  "description": "Provision of IT support services for the department.",
  "status": "complete",
  "cpv_code": "72000000",
  "cpv_description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
ocid	string	OCID
title	string	Title
description	string	Description
status	string	Tender Status
cpv_code	string	CPV Code
cpv_description	string	CPV Category
category	string	Procurement Category
procedure	string	Procedure
buyer_name	string	Buyer
supplier_name	string	Supplier
award_value	number	Award Value
currency	string	Currency
contract_start	string	Contract Start
contract_end	string	Contract End
deadline	string	Tender Deadline
published_date	string	Published
notice_url	string	Notice

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from UK Contracts Finder (Cabinet Office). You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Widen the 'Published From' date or switch the notice stage to tender or planning.
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.