# Alvento Kestrel NHS Procurement API

> Alvento Kestrel NHS Procurement API is a paid API for AI agents from kestrel.alvento.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a live feed of UK NHS and health-sector procurement tenders in OCDS format sourced from Find a Tender under the Open Government Licence.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://kestrel.alvento.uk/v1/tenders
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/alvento-kestrel-nhs-procurement-api-9a28ec15
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xO6c5-5R7slz40JNLk654

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability alvento-kestrel-nhs-procurement-api-9a28ec15
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest NHS and UK health-sector procurement tenders from the Kestrel feed so I can see which contracts are currently open for bidding.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, machine-readable UK NHS and health-sector procurement data in OCDS format without building a scraper or managing a Find a Tender integration yourself. It is ideal for supplier intelligence tools, bid monitoring agents, and procurement compliance workflows focused specifically on the UK public health sector. Prefer this over generic procurement aggregators when OCDS standard compliance and NHS-specific scope are required.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid — returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream Find a Tender feed unavailable — returns 503 or empty result set
- Malformed query parameters — returns 400 Bad Request
- Rate limit exceeded — returns 429 Too Many Requests
- No matching tenders at time of call — returns empty tender array

## How this service works

UK NHS and health-sector procurement tender feed (Find a Tender OCDS, Open Government Licence) for AI agents.

## Output

A JSON response containing a feed of UK NHS and health-sector procurement tender notices in OCDS (Open Contracting Data Standard) format, including fields such as tender title, contracting authority, procurement category, estimated contract value, submission deadlines, and tender status.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/alvento-kestrel-nhs-procurement-api-9a28ec15/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kestrel.alvento.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kestrel.alvento.uk/llms.txt)