# Tenders Search – EU Public Procurement & TED Tenders API (`wsystem/eu-tenders-search`) Actor

Tenders search for EU public procurement from official TED (Tenders Electronic Daily): find open tenders by keywords, CPV codes, country, deadline and value. New-tender monitoring, clean JSON, MCP-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wsystem/eu-tenders-search.md
- **Developed by:** [W System](https://apify.com/wsystem) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Tenders Search – EU Public Procurement & TED Tenders API

**Tenders search** for EU public procurement. **Search and monitor every EU public procurement tender** published on **TED – Tenders Electronic Daily**, the official EU journal for public contracts (~€700 billion/year, all 27 EU member states + EEA, Switzerland, Ukraine and more). Filter by **keywords, CPV codes, country, deadline, estimated value and notice type**, and get clean, flat JSON ready for your CRM, spreadsheet, Slack alert or AI agent.

Built on the **official TED v3 Search API** of the EU Publications Office – no scraping, no proxies, no login, fast and stable.

### What you can do

- 🔎 **Find open tenders** for your products: "software", "solar", "cleaning", CPV 72000000 (IT services), 45000000 (construction)…
- 🔔 **Daily tender alerts** – turn on *Monitor mode* and schedule the Actor; each run returns only notices you have not seen yet.
- 🏆 **Contract award intelligence** – who won what, at what value (`noticeTypes: awards`).
- 🌍 **Multilingual** – titles and buyer names in English (or DE/FR/ES/IT/PL/HU/NL/CS/PT/RO/SV) where TED provides translations.
- 🤖 **AI agents & MCP** – small predictable records, ideal for Claude/Cursor via the Apify MCP server (`https://mcp.apify.com`).

### Input example

```json
{
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "SIEM"],
  "cpvCodes": ["72000000", "48000000"],
  "countries": ["DE", "AT", "PL"],
  "noticeTypes": "tenders",
  "onlyOpen": true,
  "minEstimatedValue": 100000,
  "maxNotices": 100,
  "onlyNew": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "notice_id": "714026-2026",
  "title": "Hungary – Sound equipment – Hangtár eszközbeszerzése",
  "buyer": "Erkel Színház Nonprofit Kft.",
  "buyer_country": ["HUN"], "place_of_performance": ["HU120", "HUN", "HU110"],
  "notice_type": "cn-standard", "procedure_type": "open", "contract_nature": ["supplies"],
  "cpv_codes": ["32342410"], "publication_date": "2026-10-15", "deadline": "2026-11-13",
  "estimated_value": null, "currency": null,
  "url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/714026-2026",
  "pdf_url": "https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/714026-2026/pdf",
  "source": "TED – Tenders Electronic Daily (EU Publications Office)"
}
```

The run summary (`OUTPUT` record) shows the exact TED query and total matches.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.003 per tender notice returned** + $0.005 per run start. 100 tenders ≈ $0.31. Use `maxNotices` and Monitor mode to control cost – you never pay for notices you already received.

### Tips

- CPV trailing zeros are a prefix: `72000000` matches every IT-services code (72xxxxxx).
- Countries match the buyer **or** the place of performance.
- Power users: `expertQuery` accepts raw TED expert syntax (e.g. `FT~"hydrogen" AND buyer-country IN (NLD)`).

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** Yes – TED data is published by the EU Publications Office as open data, free to reuse (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU). Each record links to the official notice.
**How fresh?** TED publishes every working day; the Actor queries TED live.
**National-only tenders below EU thresholds?** Those are on national portals and are not in TED.

Keywords: TED API, EU tenders, public procurement API, tender search, government contracts Europe, CPV search, tender alerts, bid monitoring, Ausschreibungen, appels d'offres, licitaciones, przetargi, közbeszerzés, procurement data, contract awards, MCP procurement tool.

# Actor input Schema

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

Full-text search terms (any language TED holds). Multiple terms are OR-ed.

## `cpvCodes` (type: `array`):

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes. Trailing zeros act as a prefix: 72000000 = all IT services, 45000000 = construction.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

ISO codes (DE, FR, PL or DEU…). Matches buyer country or place of performance.

## `noticeTypes` (type: `string`):

Notice types.

## `onlyOpen` (type: `boolean`):

Ignored when 'Deadline from' is set. Turn off for awards.

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Default: last 30 days.

## `publishedTo` (type: `string`):

Published to.

## `deadlineFrom` (type: `string`):

Deadline from.

## `minEstimatedValue` (type: `integer`):

In the notice's currency (mostly EUR). Notices without a value are excluded when set.

## `maxNotices` (type: `integer`):

You pay per notice returned – keep this as low as you need.

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

Schedule daily to get alerts for new tenders only.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Preferred language for titles/buyers.

## `expertQuery` (type: `string`):

Raw TED expert search syntax, e.g. FT~"cybersecurity" AND buyer-country IN (AUT)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "noticeTypes": "tenders",
  "onlyOpen": true,
  "maxNotices": 100,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `resultsJson` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "software"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "DE",
        "FR"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wsystem/eu-tenders-search").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"],
    "countries": [
        "DE",
        "FR",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wsystem/eu-tenders-search").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"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ]
}' |
apify call wsystem/eu-tenders-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,wsystem/eu-tenders-search"
        }
    }
}
```

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/wdkkK19xkHNCn324d/builds/ZskPVb8dVQFbAScYu/openapi.json