# Public Tender Monitor (`yearly_register/public-tender-monitor`) Actor

Monitor public tender portals for matching procurement opportunities and updates, with structured results for scheduled tracking and alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yearly\_register/public-tender-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Automation Tech](https://apify.com/yearly_register) (community)
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## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 tender 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

## 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

## Public Tender Monitor

Public Tender Monitor filters official UK Find a Tender OCDS releases and emits stable procurement-notice records for opportunity monitoring. It is designed for repeatable public-sector tender tracking using structured official data rather than scraping visual listings.

### What it does

The Actor reads supported UK Find a Tender OCDS data, applies the configured filters, normalizes matching procurement notices, and writes structured records to the default Apify dataset. This makes the output suitable for scheduled opportunity monitoring, internal research, or downstream alerting workflows.

Typical use cases include:

- monitoring newly published public procurement opportunities;
- tracking tenders relevant to a market or service category;
- collecting structured tender data for internal analysis;
- feeding matching notices into alerts or CRM workflows;
- running scheduled procurement checks through Apify.

### Quick start

1. Configure the supported Find a Tender source/input options in Apify Console.
2. Add the filters relevant to the opportunities you want to monitor.
3. Keep limits conservative for the first run.
4. Run the Actor and inspect the default dataset.
5. Confirm that the returned notices and procurement fields match your intended criteria.
6. Once verified, schedule recurring runs or call the Actor through the Apify API.

The Input tab also exposes shared request, retry, timeout, concurrency, and proxy controls where applicable.

### Output

Each dataset item represents a normalized procurement notice derived from the supported OCDS release data, together with source and scrape metadata. The Actor dataset schema is the source of truth for the exact fields and types. Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel or consumed through the Apify dataset API.

### Scheduling and integrations

For opportunity monitoring, use an Apify schedule at an interval that matches your procurement workflow. Connect matching records to webhooks, Make, Zapier, a database, a notification service, CRM tooling, or another Actor.

### Limitations

This Actor is scoped to the supported UK Find a Tender OCDS source and depends on the completeness and availability of that official upstream data. It does not determine whether a tender is commercially suitable for you and should not replace review of the original procurement notice or legal/procurement requirements.

### Pricing

See the Actor's Apify Store **Pricing** tab for the active pricing model and current rates. Platform usage depends on the amount of source data processed, filtering scope, and run frequency. Test representative inputs before configuring large or frequent scheduled runs.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

List of URLs to start scraping from

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

Maximum number of results to scrape

## `maxRequests` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of requests to process

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of concurrent requests

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of retries for failed requests

## `maxRequestsPerMinute` (type: `integer`):

Maximum requests per minute

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Request timeout in seconds

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

Proxy configuration for requests

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Enable debug logging

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

Literal terms to match against the full notice; empty accepts all.

## `matchMode` (type: `string`):

Require any or all configured literal keywords.

## `caseSensitive` (type: `boolean`):

Match keywords using exact letter case.

## `procurementStages` (type: `array`):

Unique stages: planning, tender, award, contract, implementation. Validated before crawling.

## `maxNoticesPerResponse` (type: `integer`):

Maximum matching notices emitted from one response.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Include normalized tender descriptions in output.

## `maxDescriptionLength` (type: `integer`):

Caps output only; matching and hashing use the full description.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "maxRequests": 10000,
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "maxRequestRetries": 3,
  "maxRequestsPerMinute": 60,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "debug": false,
  "keywords": [],
  "matchMode": "any",
  "caseSensitive": false,
  "procurementStages": [
    "tender"
  ],
  "maxNoticesPerResponse": 100,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "maxDescriptionLength": 20000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yearly_register/public-tender-monitor").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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yearly_register/public-tender-monitor").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 '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call yearly_register/public-tender-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yearly_register/public-tender-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/jOGmhXwnhpba9aIaL/builds/S31085YfF6bQ8F6Yy/openapi.json