oc_tender_search
Pack: open-contracting · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-contracting/mcp
Search international public procurement — government tenders, contract notices, and contract awards published under the OCDS Open Contracting Data Standard. Covers 18 national and subnational publishers across developing countries and Europe: Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Tanzania), Latin America (Uruguay, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Dominican Republic, Mexico/Oaxaca), the Balkans (Albania, Kosovo, Croatia), Thailand (Bangkok), and Italy (ANAC anti-corruption authority). Free-text query matches tender title, buyer (procuring government entity), and description. Filter by country, status (e.g. tender, award, complete), category (works | goods | services), min_value (tender value floor), and days (recently released). Returns one row per contracting process (latest release) with buyer, value, procurement method, deadlines, and award details when present. Data is a weekly-refreshed hosted mirror of official OCDS bulk publications (OCP Data Registry). Use oc_coverage first to see which countries have data and how fresh it is.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | no | Free-text matched (case-insensitive) against tender title, buyer, and description, e.g. “road construction”, “medical supplies”, “ministry of health”. |
country | string | no | Country name, forgiving match (e.g. “Thailand”, “mexico”, “kosovo”). One of: ${COUNTRIES.join(’ | ’)}. |
status | string | no | Contracting process status, e.g. “tender”, “award”, “complete”. |
category | string | no | Main procurement category. One of: ${CATEGORIES.join(’ | ’)}. |
min_value | number,string | no | Only processes whose tender value is at or above this (in the publisher’s currency). |
days | number,string | no | Only releases published within this many days. |
limit | number,string | no | Max results (1-100, default 20). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-contracting/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"oc_tender_search","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"open-contracting": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-contracting/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.