# DIBBS RFQ Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Request for Quotation solicitations from DLA's DIBBS (Defense Logistics Agency Internet Bid Board System). Extracts solicitation numbers, NSNs, descriptions, quantities, units, return-by dates, and PDF links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## DIBBS RFQ Scraper

Scrape **Request for Quotation (RFQ)** solicitations from the **DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS)** — the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency's public procurement portal at `www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil`.

Each run returns structured RFQ records with solicitation numbers, NSNs, item nomenclature, quantities, quote deadlines, and direct PDF links so you can respond to defense contracts without manual copy-paste from the site.

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### What you get

One dataset record per open RFQ solicitation:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `nsn` | string | National Stock Number — e.g. `8455-01-665-8745` |
| `fscCode` | string | Federal Supply Class (first 4 NSN digits) |
| `nsnDetailUrl` | string | Link to the NSN detail page on DIBBS |
| `nomenclature` | string | Plain-language item name/description |
| `hasTechDocs` | boolean | Whether technical documents are available |
| `solicitationNumber` | string | Unique solicitation identifier |
| `solicitationPdfUrl` | string | Direct link to the solicitation PDF |
| `packageViewUrl` | string | Link to the Package View detail page |
| `quoteStatus` | string | Current RFQ/quote status |
| `purchaseRequest` | string | Purchase request number |
| `quantity` | string | Required quantity |
| `issuedDate` | string | ISO date the solicitation was issued |
| `returnByDate` | string | ISO date quotes are due |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO timestamp when the record was collected |

***

### How it works

DIBBS requires a browser — every URL redirects to a DoD consent banner (`dodwarning.aspx`) that must be clicked before any data is accessible. After consent, the actor browses the **RFQ by Issue Date** index, opens each date's record page (an ASP.NET GridView table), extracts all 9 data columns per row, and pages through multi-page date sets via `__doPostBack` links.

For filtered queries (NSN, FSC, keyword, or solicitation number), the actor submits the DIBBS search form and extracts matching results instead.

***

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `maxItems` | integer | 200 | Maximum number of RFQ records to return. Required. |
| `nsnFilter` | string | — | Filter by National Stock Number. Leave blank for all NSNs. |
| `fscFilter` | string | — | Filter by Federal Supply Class code (first 4 digits of NSN). |
| `solicitationFilter` | string | — | Filter by solicitation number prefix or partial match. |
| `keywordFilter` | string | — | Filter by keyword in item description. |

#### Minimal run

```json
{
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Filtered run — find open RFQs for a specific NSN

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "nsnFilter": "8455-01-665-8745"
}
```

#### Filtered run — all aircraft-parts solicitations

```json
{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "fscFilter": "1560"
}
```

***

### Notes

- **No account required.** DIBBS is a public procurement portal — all scraped data is openly accessible.
- **U.S. government site.** Data collected is from a `.mil` domain with no robots.txt restrictions on public listing pages.
- **No proxy needed.** Standard datacenter IPs are accepted; there is no anti-bot protection beyond the DoD consent banner.
- **Session concurrency: 1.** A single browser session navigates the site in sequence to avoid consent-state conflicts.
- **Pagination handled automatically.** Multi-page date sets are fully traversed; `maxItems` applies across the entire run.

***

### Pricing

Billed per record via the **pay-per-result** model — you only pay for records actually collected, not for browser time or empty pages.

***

**Further reading:** [How to Get Government Tender Data From 14 Procurement Portals](https://orbtop.com/articles/government-tender-data-portals/)

# Actor input Schema

## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):

Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler.

## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):

Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you.

## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`):

Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs).

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

Maximum number of RFQ records to scrape. Default collects all available.

## `nsnFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter by National Stock Number (NSN). Leave blank to collect all NSNs.

## `fscFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter by Federal Supply Class (FSC) code (first 4 digits of NSN). Leave blank for all FSC codes.

## `solicitationFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter by solicitation number prefix or partial match. Leave blank for all solicitations.

## `keywordFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter solicitations by keyword in the item description. Leave blank for all.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "nsnFilter": "",
    "fscFilter": "",
    "solicitationFilter": "",
    "keywordFilter": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper").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 = {
    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "nsnFilter": "",
    "fscFilter": "",
    "solicitationFilter": "",
    "keywordFilter": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
  "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
  "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "nsnFilter": "",
  "fscFilter": "",
  "solicitationFilter": "",
  "keywordFilter": ""
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/dibbs-rfq-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ZNxdrj81bBe6EdLem/builds/QwYCcXNlhgeZdbCTH/openapi.json