# UKIntel Tender Search

> UKIntel Tender Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.ukintel.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Searches a 6-hourly refreshed index of live UK public-sector tenders from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, returning the top 10 matching notices as plain-English briefs with buyer, value, deadline, CPV codes, and official links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.ukintel.uk/v1/tenders/search
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ukintel-tender-search-bb7a23f4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JNXQfMNztVyQtRTwWw_xc

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 ukintel-tender-search-bb7a23f4
```

Example prompt: Can you search UK public sector tenders for cybersecurity services in London, planning stage only, with contract values between £50,000 and £500,000?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, broad scan of live UK public-sector tender opportunities without signing up to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder directly. It is ideal for automated pipeline monitoring, supplier prospecting, or triage workflows where you need plain-English summaries of up to 10 relevant notices in a single call. Prefer the sibling full-dossier endpoint when you need deep parsed requirements for a specific tender identified here.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for highly specific keyword/CPV/region combinations — returns empty result set
- CPV codes returned as null when the original notice omits them — by design, not an error
- Stale results possible within a 6-hour refresh window if a notice is newly published or withdrawn
- Invalid date format for deadline_after returns a validation error
- Unsupported region slug may return no results or an error

## How this service works

Live UK public-sector tenders from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder in one call. Returns the top 10 matching notices as one-paragraph plain-English briefs with buyer, value, deadline, CPV codes (honest null when the notice carries none) and the official notice link. Searches a 6-hourly refreshed index - no signup with either portal needed.

## Output

Returns up to 10 tender notices, each as a plain-English one-paragraph brief including: buyer organisation name, estimated contract value (or null if unavailable), submission deadline, CPV codes (null if not carried on the notice), procurement stage, and a direct link to the official notice on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Keywords (synonym-expanded)"
      },
      "cpv": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "CPV prefix filter, comma-separated"
      },
      "stage": {
       "enum": [
        "tender",
        "planning"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "region": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "UK nation or English region slug"
      },
      "value_max": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "value_min": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "deadline_after": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "YYYY-MM-DD"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ukintel-tender-search-bb7a23f4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.ukintel.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.ukintel.uk/llms.txt)