MCP server for French (BOAMP) + EU (TED) public procurement data via 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.
The fastest way to try it. Point any MCP client at the hosted endpoint:
https://tenderapi.fr/mcp
Claude Desktop / Claude Code:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tenderapi": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://tenderapi.fr/mcp"
}
}
}
Exposes search_tenders and get_tender. Anonymous, free, limited to 30 tool calls per day per IP. No account, nothing to install.
Awards, winner intelligence and alert profiles are not available anonymously — they need a key, see below.
Requires Python 3.10+ and a free API key.
pip install tenderapi-mcp
Get a free key at https://tenderapi.fr/ (100 requests/day), then:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tenderapi": {
"command": "tenderapi-mcp",
"env": {
"TENDERAPI_KEY": "ta_your_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Claude Desktop config location:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart the client. The tenderapi server should appear in the tool picker.
From source instead of PyPI:
git clone https://github.com/IDNSIDNS/tenderapi-mcp
cd tenderapi-mcp
pip install -e .
Any MCP client supporting stdio transport works. The tenderapi-mcp binary installed by pip is the entry point.
| Tool | Tier | Hosted (keyless) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
search_tenders | Free | ✅ | Search BOAMP + TED tenders with typed filters (CPV, region, budget, deadline, source, etc.) |
get_tender | Free | ✅ | Fetch a single tender by id |
search_awards | Starter | — | Search award notices (who won which contract, for how much) |
get_award | Starter | — | Fetch a single award by id |
winner_intel | Pro | — | Aggregated winner stats: top companies by CPV / region / year |
me | any | — | Current key tier, quota remaining, available features |
list_profiles, get_profile, create_profile, update_profile, delete_profile | Starter | — | Manage alert profiles (daily email digest, Teams card, or webhook) for new-tender matches |
upgrade_tier, billing_portal | any | — | Stripe checkout and billing-management links |
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.
Prices are final — no VAT is charged (art. 293 B French tax code). See https://tenderapi.fr/#pricing.
Override the API base URL via TENDERAPI_BASE_URL (default https://tenderapi.fr).
Pinned to the mcp 1.x line: version 2.0.0 removed mcp.server.fastmcp, which this
server is built on. Migration to the 2.x API is tracked separately.
MIT, see LICENSE.
Source-derived launch command. Check the maintainer’s required arguments and credentials before running:
uvx tenderapi-mcpMerge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-idnsidns-tenderapi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"tenderapi-mcp"
]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.
Claude Desktop setup referencetenderapi-mcppypiio.github.IDNSIDNS/tenderapi-mcp works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect..vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect..mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.