AusTender — Australia Government Tenders Scraper
BUSINESSLEAD GENERATION
AusTender — Australia Government Tenders Scraper
Scrape open tender opportunities (ATMs) and awarded contract notices (CNs) from AusTender, Australia's official government procurement platform at tenders.gov.au.
What it does
AusTender is the single source of truth for Australian Government procurement. This actor covers both legs of the procurement lifecycle in one run:
- ATM leg — open Approaches to Market (tenders, EOIs, RFTs): who is buying, what, by when, and how much
- CN leg — Contract Notices (awarded contracts): who won, what was paid, and for how long
Two competitors in the Apify store cover only the ATM leg. This actor adds the award side, giving BD teams supplier-win intelligence the others lack.
Use cases
- Business development — monitor new opportunities matching your UNSPSC category or agency
- Spend analysis — track Australian Government spending by agency, supplier, or category
- Competitive intelligence — identify incumbent suppliers and contract expiry windows for re-tender opportunities
- Compliance monitoring — audit contract award patterns and values over time
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
record_type |
ATM (opportunity) or CN (awarded contract) |
atm_id |
ATM identifier (e.g. DFAT-1077) |
cn_id |
Contract Notice identifier (e.g. CN4249036) |
title |
Title of the tender or contract |
agency |
Awarding agency |
category |
UNSPSC category code and description |
atm_type |
ATM type (Expression of Interest, Open Tender, RFT, etc.) |
publish_date |
Date the notice was published |
close_date |
Tender close date (ATM only) |
close_time |
Tender close time in ACT Local Time (ATM only) |
location |
Geographic delivery location(s) |
description |
Requirement description |
supplier_name |
Winning supplier (CN only) |
contract_value |
Awarded value in AUD (CN only) |
contract_start |
Contract start date (CN only) |
contract_end |
Contract end date (CN only) |
detail_url |
Full URL to the detail page |
Input
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
mode |
atm |
atm for open tenders, cn for contract notices, both for all |
cn_weeks_back |
4 |
Number of weekly CN windows to fetch (CN/both modes) |
maxItems |
— | Cap total records across both legs |
Anti-bot handling
AusTender uses an AWS CloudFront WAF with a TLS fingerprint gate. Standard curl/got TLS fingerprints return 403. This actor uses impit (Chrome JA3/JA4 TLS fingerprint) to pass the gate — no proxy required, no CAPTCHA solving.
Scale
- ATM: ~80–100 open records at any time (all scraped in seconds)
- CN: ~1,000 contract notices per weekly window;
cn_weeks_back: 4covers ~4,000 recent awards