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Overview

Returns federal tender notices — open and historical solicitations published on CanadaBuys. Use these to monitor active procurement opportunities or research the competitive landscape before a contract is awarded. For the full procurement lifecycle linking a tender to its award and contract, use the Procurement Lifecycle endpoint. For awarded contracts, use List Contracts. Single tender records are available at GET /api/v1/tenders/{record_id}.

Query Parameters

string
Partial match on vendor name. Note: many tender notices will not have a vendor — this field is only present when a specific supplier is named in the notice. Example: Palantir.
string
Partial match on department name (case-insensitive). Example: National Defence.
string
Exact match on procurement_method field. Example: Non-competitive.
string
Exact match on source_dataset field. Example: open.canada.
number
Minimum estimated value in CAD. Example: 100000.
number
Maximum estimated value in CAD. Example: 5000000.
string
ISO 8601 start date — e.g. 2023-01-01. Example: 2023-01-01.
string
ISO 8601 end date — e.g. 2023-12-31. Example: 2023-12-31.
integer
Results per page. Default: 50. Max: 200. Example: 25.
integer
Result offset for pagination. Default: 0. Example: 50.