`korea_search_vendors`

Pack: korea-tenders · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/korea_search_vendors for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

South Korean public-procurement suppliers by item, region and certification, from KONEPS contract and delivery records.

Tool description as the model sees it

PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for South Korean public-procurement SUPPLIERS — “who supplies software to Korean government agencies”, “Korean vendors with KONEPS contracts for office chairs in Sejong”, “woman-owned or social-enterprise suppliers of CCTV”. Searches vendor cards built from the Public Procurement Service’s KONEPS shopping-mall contract items and the last 12 months of delivery records (data.go.kr 15129471 / 15129427), assembled by BOIM (boim.io). Filter by item category (조달청 물품분류 name or 8-digit code), category group, region (HQ, recent deliveries or declared service area), free text on the vendor name, and certification (여성기업, 사회적기업, 장애인기업, …). Ordering is relevance → completeness of the vendor card → daily rotation, NOT by volume. Returns each vendor with id (use korea_get_vendor), name, matched region basis, item categories, 12-month procurement record count and agency count, last delivery date, business status, and BOIM card URL. Vendor directory text is Korean.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Word in the vendor name or item name (Korean matched directly; common English item terms are mapped).
`category`	string	no	Item name as the Public Procurement Service classifies it (e.g. 안내판, 복사용지, 사무용 의자, 노트북컴퓨터, 소화기, 철근) or an 8-digit 물품분류번호. korea_list_categories lists them.
`group`	string	no	Top-level item group, part of its name (e.g. 출판물, 건자재, 가구, 사무용기기, 공공안전및치안장비). korea_list_categories without arguments lists the groups.
`region`	string	no	Region (province, city or district), e.g. 세종, 충청남도, 경기도 고양시 — or Sejong, Gyeonggi.
`cert`	string	no	Certification or class, part of its name: 여성기업, 사회적기업, 장애인기업, 중소기업자간 경쟁제품.
`limit`	number,string	no	Max vendors to return (default ${VENDOR_DEFAULT_LIMIT}, max ${VENDOR_MAX_LIMIT}).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "category": "소프트웨어",
  "limit": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/korea-tenders/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"korea_search_vendors","arguments":{"category":"소프트웨어","limit":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('korea_search_vendors', {
  "category": "소프트웨어",
  "limit": 3
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the korea-tenders pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "korea-tenders": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/korea-tenders/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

korea_search_vendors