# Contracts Finder UK Tenders Scraper (`parseforge/contractsfinder-uk-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Find public records from Contractsfinder Uk Tenders with identifiers, dates, parties, descriptions, status flags and direct links to source filings. Designed for compliance, government affairs, due diligence and policy research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into you.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/contractsfinder-uk-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 1,000 results

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?

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

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# README

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## 🏛 Contracts Finder UK Tenders Scraper

> 🚀 **Get UK public sector tenders and contract awards in seconds.** Title, CPV classification, value, status, buyer, dates and delivery region from the official Contracts Finder OCDS API.

The UK's Cabinet Office publishes every public-sector tender on Contracts Finder under the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). This scraper wraps the live OCDS endpoint and returns clean, structured records ready for Power BI, Tableau or your own procurement intelligence platform.

Every record carries the tender title, CPV procurement code, value, currency, buyer organisation, tender and contract periods, delivery region and award metadata. Filter by published date range to keep your dataset incremental.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| UK govtech vendors | Track upcoming tenders by CPV code |
| Procurement consultants | Build comparable-deal tables for clients |
| Civic-tech researchers | Map public spending by buyer and category |
| Compliance teams | Audit framework call-offs and award timing |
| Data engineers | Pipe OCDS data into your procurement warehouse |

### 📋 What the Contracts Finder UK Tenders Scraper does

- Calls the official OCDS `/Published/Notices/OCDS/Search` endpoint
- Handles cursor pagination automatically
- Returns full tender object: title, value, CPV, dates, buyer, delivery region, awards
- Filters by `publishedFrom` and `publishedTo` for incremental pulls
- Streams to data / data / data / data

> 💡 **Why it matters:** OCDS is the gold-standard procurement output. Pulling it daily gives you a real-time view of every UK public-sector opportunity worth competing for.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `cpvCode`, `cpvDescription`, `currency`, `ocid`, `publishedDate`, `results`, `scrapedAt`, `sourceUrl`, `status`, `tenderEnd`, `tenderId`, `tenderStart`, `title`, `value`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** the OCDS API paginates at 100 per page via cursor URLs. The actor handles cursors transparently.

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) (includes $5 credit).
2. Open the Contracts Finder UK Tenders Scraper.
3. Set `publishedFrom` / `publishedTo` and `maxItems`.
4. Click **Start** and access data / data / data / data.
5. Schedule daily for an incremental feed.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

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|---|---|
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> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more government and open-data scrapers.

> **⚠️ Disclaimer:** independent tool, not affiliated with the UK Cabinet Office or Contracts Finder. Only publicly available open data is collected.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

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

How many tenders to collect per run.

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

Only return notices published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank for any.

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

Only return notices published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank for any.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "publishedFrom": "",
  "publishedTo": ""
}
```

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/contractsfinder-uk-tenders-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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/contractsfinder-uk-tenders-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 '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/contractsfinder-uk-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5MmRSMLyHQ95D0Acd/builds/ec5Zpqyid9fX7aQBJ/openapi.json