# find-tender.service.gov.uk API: Search UK tenders > Finds open UK public-sector tender notices on Find a Tender matching keywords, optionally filtered by contract region, estimated value and closing date, newest first. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by find-tender.service.gov.uk. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/find-tender.service.gov.uk/search-tenders - Method: `find-tender.service.gov.uk/search_tenders`, version 1 - Website: find-tender.service.gov.uk - Returns: title, buyer, estimated value, closing time, location, procedure, SME/VCSE suitability, publication date, description, notice link, CPV codes - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `region` | string | no | | UK contract region in words, for example London or Scotland. Defaults to all regions. Default "all". | | `keywords` | string | yes | `"social care"` | Words to find in tender notices, for example social care. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `21` | Maximum tender notices to return, for example 25; maximum 100. Default 25. | | `closing_after` | string | no | | Earliest closing date (inclusive), YYYY-MM-DD, for example 2026-10-01. Defaults to today in the UK. | | `max_value_gbp` | number | no | | Maximum estimated contract value in GBP, for example 5000000. Leave blank for no maximum. | | `min_value_gbp` | number | no | | Minimum estimated contract value in GBP, for example 100000. Defaults to no minimum. Default 0. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "keywords": "social care", "max_results": 21 } ``` Its output: ```json { "tenders": [ { "title": "Framework Agreement for Training Courses for Children's and Adults Social Care Teams", "cpv_codes": [ "80000000", "85000000" ], "notice_id": "091596-2026", "notice_link": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091596-2026", "procedure_type": "Open procedure", "publication_date": "2026-09-28", "closing_date_time": "2026-10-27T12:00:00+00:00", "short_description": "Powys County Council (the Council) is commissioning training courses for Adults and Children's services funded by the Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme (SCWWDP) grant.The Council is seeking to engage with suitably experienced and competent Suppliers, to provide Social Care Training c…", "suitable_for_smes": true, "buyer_organisation": "Powys County Council", "location_or_region": "UKL24 - Powys", "estimated_value_gbp": 1182928, "suitable_for_voluntary_and_community_organisations": true }, { "title": "Cirrus Consortium Materials Supply Framework", "cpv_codes": [ "44100000", "18100000", "35113400" ], "notice_id": "091589-2026", "notice_link": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091589-2026", "procedure_type": "Open procedure", "publication_date": "2026-09-28", "closing_date_time": "2026-11-09T12:00:00+00:00", "short_description": "The Cirrus Consortium is a procurement consortium with members including Registered Providers of Social Housing, Local Authorities, ALMOs and NHS Trusts. The Consortium is seeking bids for the following lots: - Lot 1: Managed Services - Lot 2: General building materials - Lot 3: Plumbing and heating…", "suitable_for_smes": null, "buyer_organisation": "Cirrus Consortium c/o Coastline Housing Limited", "location_or_region": "UKC - North East (England); UKD - North West (England); UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber; UKF - East Midlands (England); UKG - West Midlands (England); UKH - East of England; UKI - London; UKJ - South East (England); UKK - South West (England); UKL - Wales; UKM - Scotland", "estimated_value_gbp": 1200000000, "suitable_for_voluntary_and_community_organisations": null }, { "title": "Adult Social Care Extra Care Services Framework", "cpv_codes": [ "85000000" ], "notice_id": "091579-2026", "notice_link": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091579-2026", "procedure_type": "Open procedure", "publication_date": "2026-09-28", "closing_date_time": "2026-10-26T12:00:00+00:00", "short_description": "Extra Care forms an important part of the wider adult social care market by providing accommodation-based care and support that enables people to live independently in their own home, while having access to planned and responsive support when required. The Council is seeking to work with providers w…", "suitable_for_smes": null, "buyer_organisation": "Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council", "location_or_region": "UKD73 - Sefton", "estimated_value_gbp": 23040000, "suitable_for_voluntary_and_community_organisations": null } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"find-tender.service.gov.uk/search_tenders","input":{"keywords":"social care","max_results":21}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Find open public-sector tenders in Scotland for school catering services worth between £200,000 and £2 million - Any NHS cleaning contracts in the North West still open that close after 15 March 2026? Show me up to 40. - Search Find a Tender for highway maintenance tenders in Wales under £5m, newest first - I run a small IT consultancy in London — what open government tenders for cyber security are there, and which are flagged as suitable for SMEs? - Pull the 10 most recent open UK council tenders on find-tender.service.gov.uk for domiciliary social care valued over £1,000,000 ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "keywords" ], "properties": { "region": { "type": "string", "default": "all", "description": "UK contract region in words, for example London or Scotland. Defaults to all regions." }, "keywords": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Words to find in tender notices, for example social care." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 25, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum tender notices to return, for example 25; maximum 100." }, "closing_after": { "type": "string", "description": "Earliest closing date (inclusive), YYYY-MM-DD, for example 2026-10-01. Defaults to today in the UK." }, "max_value_gbp": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0, "description": "Maximum estimated contract value in GBP, for example 5000000. Leave blank for no maximum." }, "min_value_gbp": { "type": "number", "default": 0, "minimum": 0, "description": "Minimum estimated contract value in GBP, for example 100000. Defaults to no minimum." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "tenders" ], "properties": { "tenders": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "buyer_organisation", "estimated_value_gbp", "closing_date_time", "location_or_region", "procedure_type", "suitable_for_smes", "suitable_for_voluntary_and_community_organisations", "publication_date", "short_description", "notice_link", "notice_id", "cpv_codes" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string" }, "cpv_codes": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "notice_id": { "type": "string" }, "notice_link": { "type": "string" }, "procedure_type": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "publication_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "closing_date_time": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "ISO 8601 time with offset; null when the notice has no published deadline." }, "short_description": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "suitable_for_smes": { "type": [ "boolean", "null" ] }, "buyer_organisation": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "location_or_region": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "estimated_value_gbp": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "suitable_for_voluntary_and_community_organisations": { "type": [ "boolean", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [European Union API: Search EU public procurement notices](https://fous.com/methods/ted.europa.eu/search-tenders.md): Finds recently published EU procurement notices matching what is being bought, with buyer, estimated value, submission deadline and TED notice link. 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