mcp server

gov-tenders-mcp

Government tenders, grants, awards and council meetings: SAM.gov, Grants.gov, USAspending, UK, TED, Legistar. MCP server: open-source stdio proxy and hosted endpoint via Apify.

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Use tool

Set up

Runs on your computer. Pick your agent and operating system.

Before you start

uv (`curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`)

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-tenders-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gov-tenders-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<your APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

README

synced Nov 6, 2026

Gov Tenders & Grants MCP: SAM.gov, Grants.gov, USAspending, UK, EU TED

Public-sector opportunity data as MCP tools: US federal contract opportunities (SAM.gov), federal grants (Grants.gov), federal awards (USAspending), UK tenders (Find a Tender, Contracts Finder), EU tenders (TED) and city council meeting minutes and agendas (Legistar). Every row carries its official source link.

Hosted remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) on Apify's MCP gateway. Client config plus a small open-source stdio proxy server. No Actor source.

Disclosure: I maintain these Actors on Apify Store (publisher publicrecords).

MCP endpoint

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=publicrecords/govcon-opportunity-feed,publicrecords/grants-gov-scraper,publicrecords/usaspending-awards-scraper,publicrecords/uk-find-a-tender-scraper,publicrecords/eu-ted-notices-scraper,publicrecords/legistar-meetings-scraper

Auth: sign in with Apify (OAuth) when your client prompts, or send an Apify API token as a Bearer token. Runs are billed per result on your own Apify account; see each Store page for current pricing.

Tools

Actor	Store page	MCP tool	What it returns
Federal Contract Opportunities	publicrecords/govcon-opportunity-feed	`publicrecords--govcon-opportunity-feed`	SAM.gov and Grants.gov notices in one feed, with new-since-last-run deltas and source links.
Grants.gov Search	publicrecords/grants-gov-scraper	`publicrecords--grants-gov-scraper`	Open federal grants: opportunity, agency, deadline, eligibility and source link.
USAspending Awards	publicrecords/usaspending-awards-scraper	`publicrecords--usaspending-awards-scraper`	Federal contract and grant awards by agency, recipient, NAICS and period, with award IDs and source links.
UK Find a Tender & Contracts Finder	publicrecords/uk-find-a-tender-scraper	`publicrecords--uk-find-a-tender-scraper`	UK government tender notices with buyer, value, deadline and source link.
EU TED Tenders	publicrecords/eu-ted-notices-scraper	`publicrecords--eu-ted-notices-scraper`	EU procurement notices from Tenders Electronic Daily with buyer, CPV, value, deadline and source link.
Legistar Council Meetings	publicrecords/legistar-meetings-scraper	`publicrecords--legistar-meetings-scraper`	City council meetings, agendas, minutes and documents for any city on Legistar, with source link.

The Apify gateway also exposes helper tools to read run results (get-actor-run, get-dataset-items).

Who it's for

GovCon and bid teams: which federal opportunities were posted today?
Grant writers and nonprofits: which federal grants are open, and when do they close?
Market research: who has been winning awards from an agency, and how much?
Local news and civic watchers: what did a city council put on its agenda, and what do the minutes say?

Example prompts

Which new SAM.gov and Grants.gov notices mention <keyword> today? Include the source links.
List open Grants.gov opportunities from <agency> and their deadlines.
Which recipients won USAspending awards from <agency> in <period>, and for how much?
Find EU TED tenders published today for IT services, with buyer and deadline.

Cursor / Claude Code / any remote-MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-tenders": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=publicrecords/govcon-opportunity-feed,publicrecords/grants-gov-scraper,publicrecords/usaspending-awards-scraper,publicrecords/uk-find-a-tender-scraper,publicrecords/eu-ted-notices-scraper,publicrecords/legistar-meetings-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (local bridge)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-tenders": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server", "--actors", "publicrecords/govcon-opportunity-feed,publicrecords/grants-gov-scraper,publicrecords/usaspending-awards-scraper,publicrecords/uk-find-a-tender-scraper,publicrecords/eu-ted-notices-scraper,publicrecords/legistar-meetings-scraper"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Local stdio server (open source)

This repo also ships a small MCP server in src/ for clients that only run local stdio servers. It answers initialize and tools/list locally from tools.json, which is generated from each Actor's public input schema and checked for drift in CI and weekly, so any client or directory can inspect the tools with no token. tools/call is forwarded to the hosted Apify MCP endpoint above with your own APIFY_TOKEN; without a token a call returns a clear error instead of running anything. The token is only sent in the Authorization header and is never logged.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-tenders": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:GeminiGeorge22/gov-tenders-mcp"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Or from a clone:

git clone https://github.com/GeminiGeorge22/gov-tenders-mcp.git
cd gov-tenders-mcp && npm install
APIFY_TOKEN=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN node src/server.js

Optional env: APIFY_ACTORS (comma-separated subset of the Actors above) and APIFY_MCP_URL (full endpoint override).

Tests run against an in-memory mock server, with no network and no token: npm test. Requires Node.js 18+.

Python (uvx/pip)

A matching Python version of this server lives in python/, built on the official mcp Python SDK: same tools, same APIFY_TOKEN, same hosted endpoint. Requires Python 3.10+.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-tenders": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["gov-tenders-mcp"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Or with pip: pip install gov-tenders-mcp, then run gov-tenders-mcp. Python tests: cd python && pip install -e ".[test]" && env -u APIFY_TOKEN python -m pytest.

Registry

Official MCP Registry name: io.github.GeminiGeorge22/gov-tenders-mcp

License

MIT, for this documentation, config and the proxy server code in src/. Not affiliated with the sites the Actors read.