Tenderapi

Expose TenderAPI (French BOAMP + EU TED public procurement data) as MCP tools for AI agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Zed, etc.).

A thin wrapper over the public REST API at https://tenderapi.fr.

Coverage: BOAMP (France) since March 2015, and TED for FR/DE/IT/ES/UK since 2015 (legacy XML format until end 2023, then eForms), refreshed daily.

Install

Requires Python 3.10+.

From PyPI (once published):

pip install tenderapi-mcp

From source:

git clone https://github.com/IDNSIDNS/tenderapi-mcp
cd tenderapi-mcp
pip install -e .

Configure

Get a free API key at https://tenderapi.fr/.

Set the env var:

export TENDERAPI_KEY=ta_your_key_here

Use with Claude Desktop

Edit your Claude Desktop config:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tenderapi": {
      "command": "tenderapi-mcp",
      "env": {
        "TENDERAPI_KEY": "ta_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The tenderapi server should appear in the tool picker.

Use with other MCP clients

Any MCP client supporting stdio transport. The binary tenderapi-mcp (installed by pip) is the entry point.

Tools exposed

PINs (prior-information notices) are excluded from search_tenders by default; pass include_planning=true to include them. A deadline_after/deadline_before filter drops notices with no submission deadline unless include_null_deadline=true.

Tiers

• Free: 100 req/day, tenders only
• Starter (5 €/mo HT): 500 req/day, adds awards + alert profiles (email digest, Teams or webhook)
• Pro (15 €/mo HT): 1 500 req/day, adds winner intelligence

See https://tenderapi.fr/#pricing.

Local development

Override the API base URL via TENDERAPI_BASE_URL (default https://tenderapi.fr).

License

MIT, see LICENSE.