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The Tenders module gives you programmatic access to public procurement tenders from official government marketplaces. Useful for sales prospecting, competitive intelligence, and compliance monitoring.

What it returns

  • Active and recent tender listings
  • Tender details: buyer organization, description, status, amounts, and dates
  • Search by keyword across tender titles and descriptions

Supported countries

CountrySource
Chile 🇨🇱Mercado Público (mercadopublico.cl)

Endpoints

Get tenders by RUT

Returns tenders associated with a specific organization (buyer) by their RUT.
POST /v1/tenders
{
  "rut": "61.979.440-7",
  "country": "CL"
}

Parameters

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
rutstringOrganization RUT
countrystringCountry code. Currently: CL.

Response

{
  "rut": "61.979.440-7",
  "organization": "Municipalidad de Santiago",
  "tenders": [
    {
      "id": "3419-72-LE24",
      "name": "Adquisición de equipos computacionales",
      "status": "Publicada",
      "amount": 15000000,
      "currency": "CLP",
      "published_at": "2024-11-01",
      "closing_at": "2024-11-15",
      "url": "https://www.mercadopublico.cl/Licitacion/Index/..."
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "source": "mercadopublico",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-05T10:00:00Z"
}

Search tenders by keyword

Search active tenders by keyword across all organizations.
POST /v1/tenders/search
{
  "keyword": "software desarrollo",
  "country": "CL"
}

Parameters

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
keywordstringSearch term
countrystringCountry code. Currently: CL.

Response

Returns the same tender object structure as above, filtered to results matching the keyword.
The search endpoint currently returns up to ~9 results from Mercado Público’s public API. Higher volume and pagination are on the roadmap.

Error responses

StatusDescription
404No tenders found for the given RUT
400Invalid parameters
403Missing API key or module not in plan

Pricing

PlanPriceIncludes
Tenders$29/monthFull access, no request limits

Tenders API Reference

GET /v1/tenders reference.

Tenders Search Reference

GET /v1/tenders/search reference.