`open_bids_search`

Pack: gov-bids · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp

Find OPEN US government bid solicitations (RFPs/RFQs/IFBs) that vendors can currently respond to, from city & county procurement portals — updated daily. Filter by keyword (matches solicitation title/reference), jurisdiction, and closing window. Returns each opportunity with title, reference number, awarding jurisdiction, close date, and the URL to respond. By default returns OPEN bids sorted by soonest close date; set status to ‘closed’ or ‘all’ to search past solicitations too (we retain history). Use for ‘what is <city/county> currently bidding out’ or ‘open RFPs for ’. This is LIVE OPEN BIDS (for awarded contracts use gov_contracts_search).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`jurisdiction`	string	no	Jurisdiction key to target (e.g. “fort-worth-tx”, “harris-county-tx”, “cook-county-il”). Omit for all covered jurisdictions. Use gov_bids_jurisdictions to list keys.
`keyword`	string	no	Case-insensitive substring matched against the solicitation title/reference, e.g. “construction”, “audit”, “software”.
`closing_within_days`	number,string	no	Only OPEN bids closing within this many days from now.
`status`	string	no	Bid status (default ‘open’). ‘closed’ / ‘all’ search retained history.
`limit`	number,string	no	Max bids (default 25, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "jurisdiction": "fort-worth-tx",
  "keyword": "construction",
  "closing_within_days": 30,
  "status": "open",
  "limit": 25
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"open_bids_search","arguments":{"jurisdiction":"fort-worth-tx","keyword":"construction","closing_within_days":30,"status":"open","limit":25}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('open_bids_search', {
  "jurisdiction": "fort-worth-tx",
  "keyword": "construction",
  "closing_within_days": 30,
  "status": "open",
  "limit": 25
});

More examples

{
  "keyword": "software",
  "status": "open",
  "limit": 50
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-bids": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

open_bids_search