au_search_contracts
Pack: australia-tenders · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/australia-tenders/mcp
PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for Australian federal government contracts/tenders — “what did the Department of Defence award in May 2026”, “AusTender contracts published last month”, “recent Australian government procurement over $1M”. Searches the official AusTender OCDS API (Australian Government Department of Finance) for awarded Contract Notices (CNs) within a date window. Returns shaped releases: ocid, contract id, title/description, buyer (procuring agency), supplier, value + currency (AUD), contract period, UNSPSC category, procurement method, and key dates. Date range defaults to the last ~30 days if omitted.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
date_from | string | no | Start of window, ISO-8601 (e.g. “2026-06-01” or “2026-06-01T00:00:00Z”). Defaults to ~30 days ago. |
date_to | string | no | End of window, ISO-8601 (e.g. “2026-06-30”). Defaults to now. |
notice_type | string | no | Which date the window filters on: “contractPublished” (default), “contractLastModified”, “contractStart”, or “contractEnd”. |
limit | number,string | no | Max releases to return (1–500). Default 25. The API pages 100 at a time; higher limits follow the cursor. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/australia-tenders/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"au_search_contracts","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"australia-tenders": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/australia-tenders/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.