# Public Procurement News for Software Builders

> Public Procurement News for Software Builders is a paid API for AI agents from market.datapackvibe.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Fetches recent news and reporting about government technology procurement contracts and tenders, curated specifically for software developers and builders.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-next-news-public-procurement-builders?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/public-procurement-news-for-software-builders-a26b0f2d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lSYsKWkYv3PDC1Q9QmJSd

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 public-procurement-news-for-software-builders-a26b0f2d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Find me up to 5 recent news articles about government technology procurement contracts and tenders relevant to software builders — I want the headlines, publisher links, and publication dates.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need curated, recent news specifically about government technology procurement contracts and tenders aimed at software builders — particularly when you want publisher-sourced articles with dates rather than raw contract database listings or general government news.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for the given query — try broadening the search terms
- Rate limiting or payment failure if the x402 micropayment is not processed correctly
- Query too narrow returns zero articles about procurement in the specified niche
- Service unavailable or timeout from upstream news aggregation source

## How this service works

Public procurement news for Software builders: Find recent reporting about government technology procurement contracts tenders. Focused for software builders, with publisher links and publication dates.

## Output

A list of recent news articles about government technology procurement, each including a headline or title, a publisher link (URL), and a publication date, filtered to be relevant to software builders and public sector tech contracts.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "government technology procurement contracts tenders Software builders",
   "description": "Optional focused search query."
  },
  "max_results": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 5,
   "maximum": 10,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/public-procurement-news-for-software-builders-a26b0f2d/health.json
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